VICIOUS CYCLE
I was bed-bound for a MONTH after ditching steroids for my eczema, my skin was oozing, cracked and burnt
Updated: 29 Dec 2020, 10:53
A WOMAN has revealed how she was bed-bound for a month because of her oozing, cracked and burnt skin after ditching steroids for her extremely painful skin condition.
Dance teacher Lucy McDermott, 27, from Melbourne, Australia, suffered from mild eczema as a child, but by 18 it became more severe and she was prescribed steroid cream.
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Lucy McDermott, 27, from Melbourne, Australia suffers from severe eczema which leaves her with extremely cracked and burnt skinCredit: MDWfeatures / Lucy McDermott
The medicated cream helped soothe her skin for a short period of time, but it would eventually worsen again and Lucy was put on stronger creams.