A boy has to be slathered in moisturiser three times a day due to a rare condition which turns his skin into "thick scales". Jordan John Finnegan, five, has ichthyosis - a genetic skin condition which means his body is unable to shed skin cells, creating “thick scales” of painful dead skin.
Mum Hannah, 29, and dad Jordan, 31, lather their son, known as JJ, in a “concoction” of Vaseline and moisturiser up to three times a day to stop his skin drying out. But since starting school this year, JJ has noticed he looks "different" to his peers, and some of them have started asking questions about his skin, Hannah says.
She said it is heart-breaking to hear JJ say he’s “not beautiful” and worries “what the future will hold”. The condition leave him in agony and she says: "I wish I could take the pain away".
