Painful eczema leaves woman unable to wear a bra after coming off steroid creams

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She stopped using steroid creams after they were thought to start suppressing her immune system but the withdrawal made her eczema flare up worse than ever.

Emilie Dunn’s skin condition became so painful that she was left unable to wear a bra or socks

Emilie had been using the creams on and off for 18 years and said they left her immune system ‘suppressed’. ‘I couldn’t wear jeans and had to wear baggy trousers. I can wear jeans now, but I can’t wear them for long as my skin gets too hot.‘I can’t bend my legs for too long, I have to have them straight.Emiie said she noticed her skin getting worse after stopping the creams.Emilie had a staph infection, caused by bacteria on the skin

‘I’ve been flaring for a while since last year,’ she said. ‘I am having to bandage my feet and hands, which I haven’t had to do for a year.‘Bandages can help to lock in the moisture. It’s difficult to sit with creams on your hands and not touch things.Emilie’s face during a bad flare

 

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