Symptoms include hot red rashes, oozing, excessive skin shedding ... In February 2019, Ms Wade stopped using her steroid creams after she lost weight, had hallucinations and her hair fell out.

An account manager was 'addicted' to steroid creams for 30 years to tackle her painful eczema - only for them to leave her with crusty skin and her hair falling out. Rebecca Ebbage went from a ...

The creams contain a powerful steroid - clobetasol propionate - usually used for short-term treatment of certain skin conditions such as eczema. The NHS recommends patients should normally use it ...

“Over the years the steroid creams and bleach baths were suppressing it and it tricked me into thinking my eczema was cured, only to be covered with rashes again.” So she was back on the ointments ...

A beauty therapist ‘addicted’ to steroid creams for 40 years, while trying to ease her painful eczema ... But Flett claims she decided to quit using it after starting to experience sweats and rashes ...