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Wales Online
Wales Online
Eleanor Wood Bowyer & Neil Shaw

Woman burned by eczema cream so badly she can no longer recognise herself

A woman says steroid cream has 'burned' her skin so badly that she no longer recognises herself in the mirror and can barely move - having to re-apply moisturiser every 30 MINUTES.

Nicole Mackenzie started using topical steroid cream to treat her eczema just over a year ago, but within six months the steroids had 'eaten away' her skin 'beyond repair'.

The 26-year-old's skin condition got so 'horrific' that in October last year she had to move out of her flat with her boyfriend to live at home with her mum, where she now describes her days as 'empty' and 'painful'.

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