A glamorous 50-year-old fashion influencer, who was forced to swap glitzy events for sitting at home in tracksuits after perimenopause caused painful eye eczema, is now showing the reality behind the filter and raising awareness by sharing pictures of her condition to her thousands of followers.
Jane Dumas, from Tunbridge Wells in Kent, loves all things fashion and has amassed more than 36,000 followers on Instagram by posting outfits and snippets of her glamorous lifestyle jet-setting around the world. But in August 2022 she was stumped when she developed red eczema patches around her eye, and as it spread Jane’s confidence dropped, leading the mother-of-two to refuse to go out and even turn down Instagram deals in an effort to hide her face.
After months of research, Jane discovered that eye eczema was a common problem for women who are perimenopausal, the time before menopause, so she decided to share her story on Instagram, hoping to make other women aware of the signs. “With Instagram I love it and I hate it,” she said.
