Page 5 - Real Life Stories

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. 

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

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

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.

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

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

During a holiday of a lifetime in Thailand Sasha Burton, 22, a biology student from Brighton, had a severe skin reaction to a standard malaria medication that triggered her psoriasis and changed her skin forever.

Sasha says: “It was a summer holiday