A woman whose face swelled after suffering topical steroid withdrawal from her eczema cream is now ready to have her “normal life back” after a high street cream started to calm her skin “within an hour”. Morgan Caldwell said the condition was once so painful she could barely open her eyes or move.
The 23-year-old, who works in marketing, did not leave her house for a month, in December 2022, after she suffered swelling on her face and a red rash across her body due to withdrawal from the steroid cream she had used to cure her eczema. After struggling to find a treatment to reduce the swelling and soreness Morgan, who lives in Manchester, posted on a Facebook group asking for help.
Morgan said: “After going cold turkey from the steroid cream in May 2022, my face started to swell but it reached a peak in November. My skin was so red and sore that I could barely open my eyes and I didn’t want to leave the house.
