A woman said she was left bedbound with “oozing”, elephant-like skin – so severe she was “unrecognisable” – after 28 years of using steroid creams for eczema, which she believes triggered topical ... A woman says she was left bedbound with "oozing", elephant-like skin – so severe she was "unrecognisable". It came after 28 years of using steroid creams for eczema, which she believes triggered ...

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Yahoo: Young woman ‘would do anything to have eczema again’ after steroid withdrawal Young woman ‘would do anything to have eczema again’ after steroid withdrawal Yahoo Life UK: Woman ‘left bedbound and unrecognisable with oozing, elephant-like skin’ after 28 years of steroid cream use for eczema Woman ‘left bedbound and unrecognisable with oozing, elephant-like skin’ after 28 years of steroid cream use for eczema Terrifying withdrawal symptoms from eczema creams left one woman unable to leave the house — or even look at herself in the mirror. Daisy Malin was diagnosed with mild eczema when she was just a ... People with atopic dermatitis are taking to social media to share dramatic images of red, cracked, peeling skin that they blame on overuse of steroid creams. But their dermatologists may not agree.

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A 20-year-old student says she would "do anything" to have her childhood eczema back after a suspected topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) made her skin so painful that she had to quit university.