An Arts Council officer who “became a hermit” after waking to find his face and body covered in red and scaly raindrop-sized patches cured it thanks to £19.99 “miracle cream” and diet change. 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.
Steroid creams kept the mild flare-ups at bay until October 2021, when Scot, of Salford, Greater Manchester, woke to find his entire body and face covered in unsightly and itchy red patches which would not budge. His confidence dented so badly he seldom went out, in April 2022, Scot says he swapped steroid creams for a plant based diet and an over the counter remedy costing less than £20, adding: “Seeing my face clearing made me tear up with happiness.”
He added: “I felt on top of the world and like my bubbly, funny, sassy self again.” When Scot first started getting psoriasis in October 2017 while studying for his Masters in radio and TV script writing at The University of Salford, he thought little of it.
