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Teacher who used steroid creams for 44 years says her skin is “addicted” and vacuums her bed daily as she sheds it “like a snake” after quitting

A secondary school teacher who believes her skin has become “addicted to steroid creams” now vacuums her bed every morning as she sheds it “like a snake” in her sleep after ‘going cold turkey following 44 years of using the treatments. First ...

29 Apr 2022 at 08:25

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Baby who itched until he ‘bled all over the bed’ due to steroid withdrawal and severe eczema cured by high street cream

A mum whose baby suffered withdrawal from steroid creams to treat his severe eczema, causing his skin to become so aggravated he would “bleed all over the bed” from scratching, can now “see the light at the end of the tunnel” after finding ...

02 May 2023 at 07:00

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Mum who became a recluse after allergic reaction led to sore and flaky skin says cream ‘helped me get my life back’

A new mum who became reclusive after an allergic reaction to hair dye sparked a flare-up of flaky skin, resulting in painful, sore patches across her face as she battled steroid withdrawal, said she thought she “would be stuck like that ...

26 May 2023 at 07:00

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Woman whose face swelled due to topical steroid withdrawal says condition was so painful she could barely open her eyes

A woman whose face swelled after suffering topical steroid withdrawal from her eczema cream has said the condition was so painful she could barely open her eyes or move but is now ready to have her “normal life back” after a high ...

30 Jan 2023 at 07:00

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I would do anything to have eczema again, says 20-year-old afflicted by ‘burning’ and ‘oozing’ steroid cream withdrawal

A young woman has said she would “do anything” to have her eczema back after a suspected extreme withdrawal from steroid creams made her “burning” skin so painful she had to quit university. Bethany Gamble, 20, from Birmingham, ...

10 Apr 2025 at 00:01

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‘I used steroid creams for 10 years and the withdrawal left me in never-ending agony – recovery has taught me self-love’

A woman who used steroid creams for 10 years and later suffered from suspected extreme withdrawal says she was left in “unbearable, never-ending agony” but the experience has taught her self-love. Lily Holden, 30, based in ...

27 Nov 2025 at 06:55

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