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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Martin Ruffell & Sam Elliott-Gibbs

'Steroid creams left my skin as thick as an elephant and gave me months of insomnia'

A woman claims her steroid creams have left her with skin as thick as an elephant and she is still battling insomnia three months on.

Pharmacist Sofia Love, 24, was diagnosed with eczema at birth and was prescribed creams as a teenager to prevent her skin from developing a painful and itchy rash.

With her medication proving less effective as she reached her late teens, Sofia's GP prescribed her a higher potency steroid cream at the age of 18 to alleviate her worsening symptoms.

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