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A mum revealed she has to vacuum her bed every morning as her skin sheds 'like a snake' in her sleep. Nicky Higgs, 54, believes her skin has become “addicted to steroid creams” and decided to stop using them altogether after 44 years of relying on them.
The secondary school teacher was first prescribed corticosteroid creams when she was around 10 for “small patches of eczema” on her elbows, knees and hands. But she went cold turkey in January 2021, because if she stopped and started her symptoms flared up uncontrollably.
She began to suspect the creams were no longer working for her and she would feel unwell when not using them. She then read up on topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) and was alarmed to see reported symptoms including everything from burning, weeping and peeling skin to insomnia, fatigue and depression.
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Deciding to cease using steroids altogether, Nicky, who lives with her husband Simon Higgs, 55, and their 19-year-old daughter, in Wirral, Merseyside, said: “Every time I went to the doctor for my eczema for decades they’d prescribe steroids and I’d use them. The cream would clear up the eczema quickly then I’d stop using it and my skin would just get even worse. It was peeling, shedding, crusty and red.
“It was only when I read about TSW that everything clicked into place. It was actually withdrawing from the steroids that was making me ill. Looking back, I think my skin had been addicted to the steroids for a long time and I’d been having mini withdrawals and just not known it.”
Sadly, during the 15 months that Nicky has now gone without using any steroid creams, her withdrawal means her symptoms have become
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