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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Molly Powell

‘I was sexually abused – then I developed a condition that left me housebound’

An 18-year-old woman who developed severe psoriasis all over her body due to the trauma of being sexually abused from the age of eight to 11, then endured school bullying and did not want to leave the house due to her condition, has found a cure that is “nothing short of a miracle”.

Ellie Douglass, from Newcastle, who is job hunting, was relentlessly bullied at school because of her skin, making her feel “isolated”, and started skipping classes, leaving her with just one GCSE.

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