
An Arts Council officer who “became a hermit” after waking to find his face and body covered in red and scaly raindrop-sized patches is looking forward to celebrating Manchester Pride this weekend after a £19.99 “miracle cream” and diet change cured his angry-looking skin.
Blessed with a clear complexion throughout his teens, Scot Cunningham, 27, began to suffer with mild psoriasis – a skin condition which causes flaky patches of often scaly skin – on his arms and torso when he turned 21.