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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Helena Vesty

Mum felt 'like a monster' and hid her face from daughter when struck with cystic acne after Covid

A mum says she felt “like a monster” - even hiding her face from her daughter - when an attack of cystic acne refused to respond to antibiotics. Now she is finally able to leave the house after her mother treated her to an £85 “miracle cure".

Suffering with cystic acne for 10 years, legal PA Jaime Graves, 42, had always been able to clear her complexion with antibiotics. Jamie believes the pus-filled pimples that form deep under the skin were first triggered by hormonal changes in her early 30s.

But when a break out covered her face in January 2022, after she had tested positive for Covid, the single mum says her usual prescription had no effect.

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