A mum who blames the menopause for causing eczema to break out across her face and neck and was so embarrassed by her “red raw” skin she didn’t leave the house for three weeks is sharing her £9.50 “wonder cure”. When Lisa Dispirito, 54, first noticed an angry red swelling on her neck in January 2022, she thought she was allergic to a perfume she had been bought for Christmas.
But the rash spread rapidly and the retired bank manager who had always had a clear complexion, eventually realised she had eczema triggered by hormonal changes during the menopause. Lisa, who lives in Bideford, Devon, with her partner, John, 55, a retired taxi driver, and has two grown-up children, Kia, 27, and Georgia, 23, said: “At first I wasn’t too worried but as the days and then weeks progressed, the rash spread all over my neck and chest and then to my face and eyes.
“Every morning when I got up, I looked in the mirror and it had got worse. I’ve had clear skin my entire life so I was really shocked by it. It honestly made me feel really low and I worried that I wouldn’t be able to get rid of it.”
