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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Paige Oldfield

'Horrendous condition left me too embarrassed to go outside - I couldn't even use my hands'

Whether you were unfortunate enough to be born with eczema or developed it later in life, the skin condition can be painful, embarrassing and debilitating.

Someone who knows that more than most is mum-of-two Lisa Johnson, who started suffering with the skin condition when she was 18.

Lisa, from Wilmslow, says her eczema peaked in her late 20s while she working in a stressful marketing job. Though she was prescribed steroid cream to help ease her symptoms, the treatment only provided temporary relief and made her condition worse.

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