Page 5 - Real Life Stories
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Lianne Barnett, 31, a beautician from Stoke on Trent. first developed adult acne at 25 which her doctor mistakenly diagnosed as dermatitis.
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We're often told that beating acne is all about reducing bacteria. But in fact, its only bad skin bacteria that needs to be reduced. Good skin bacteria actually needs to be increased to help fight acne. Which is why so many OTC acne treatments leave the
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A survey among acne sufferers by the British Skin Foundation found one in five of the 2,299 respondents had contemplated suicide as a result of not finding an acne cure. More than half of sufferers (56 per cent) have been the victim of verbal abuse
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Indigo Faulkner, 18, is an A Level student from Bridgenorth in Shropshire Indigo says; “When you say to friends you can’t go out because you have a cold sore, they think you’re being silly or vain.
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Sophie Rusetto is a 27-year old actress from Glastonbury in Somerset. For years she struggled with severe facial and body acne that impacted on both her professional and personal life.
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Pat Woodward, 60, an estate agent from the Hampshire, suffered with psoriasis for over ten years. At times her hands were so sore and unsightly she would wear gloves to work.
Pat explains how the condition has impacted on every aspect of her life for
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Frances Batten, 33, is a medical secretary and mother of three from Somerset who developed rosacea after the sudden death of her mother.
Frances says; “If my sister hadn’t found Kalme caper cream when she did, I think I’d have dropped into a black hole
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In medical terms acne is a non-serious condition because it isn't life threatening. However it's a condition that can ruin people's lives, sometimes driving sufferers to depression, chronic insecurity and, in the most tragic of cases, even suicide.
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Rosacea effects one in ten people and is most typical in women over the age of 50 and is often triggered or exacerbated by the menopause.
However it can occur in younger women and also in men. Notably even though less men get rosacea than women, in
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Bruno Cardoso, 31, from London experienced a severe and painful skin reaction from a Caterpillar crawling on his skin while on holiday in Spain and nothing would calm it down until he tried Bug Balm.
Bruno says;“I have never really suffered much from
