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The TSW Database: The Media



It's funny, when you think something is all done and dusted, then realise there is still yet more to cover. This weekend it hit me that I had completely forgotten to include within my database all the stories that have been featured in the media on our condition.

This section of the database will mostly focus on all the articles currently out there on topical steroid addiction and topical steroid withdrawal because, apart from a couple of TV features and a podcast episode, there isn't much, and unfortunately the TV features so far have not offered an accurate representation of our condition.

With the stories in news outlets, I thought I would divide them by person instead of by publication or website because usually, once a story is picked up by one outlet, others follow suit. I have also shared any Instagram accounts connected to specific people's stories.

I hope you find it useful, and just like every other section of this database, I will be updating it as and when, but if I have missed any, please do let me know.

Cara x


Stories in news outlets

My story
(@carasnextchapter)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3395533/My-skin-covered-scales-shedding-house-Eczema-sufferer-develops-horrific-reaction-stops-using-steroid-cream.html

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/life/633876/Extreme-eczema-red-raw-oozing-skin-Cara-Ward

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-shed-whole-bodys-worth-7163601

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/news/a52060/cara-ward-topical-steroid-withdrawal/


Briana Banos
(@blackvelvetink & @preventable_doc)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3596321/Eczema-patient-filled-two-jars-dead-SKIN-suffering-severe-reaction-stopped-using-topical-steroid-creams.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/human-scab-woman-shed-enough-7994743

https://metro.co.uk/2016/05/18/woman-fills-jars-with-facial-skin-after-she-stops-using-acne-cream-5889873/


Laura Stageman 
(@stagey)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3350782/Eczema-patient-spent-20-hours-day-bath-soothe-flaking-skin-suffering-severe-reaction-stopped-using-steroid-creams.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/my-skin-started-falling-off-6973394

https://www.catersnews.com/stories/real-people/stunning-woman-left-shedding-like-a-snake-from-rare-condition/


Jonathan Rowe
(@tsw_jr)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7651067/Eczema-stricken-man-reveals-shocking-transformation-pictures-ditching-steroid-medication.htmlAlice

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/10282097/eczema-depriving-skin-moisture-steroids-reaction/

https://metro.co.uk/2019/11/06/man-struggled-eczema-face-years-treating-condition-drying-skin-11049982/

https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-man-with-eczema-shows-transformation-after-ditching-steroid-medication-20191105

https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/man-with-severe-eczema-shares-amazing-transformation-after-ditching-steroid-medication/


Alice Burleigh
(@tsw_alice)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7763187/Shocking-pictures-eczema-stricken-student-steroid-withdrawal.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/10496945/slept-mittens-clawing-skin-addiction-eczema-cream/

https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-students-eczema-clears-after-she-gives-up-steroids-20191206

https://www.foxnews.com/health/woman-severe-eczema-steroid-cream

https://heraldpublicist.com/shocking-before-and-after-pictures-of-eczema-stricken-student-with-steroid-withdrawal/


Hayley Woolcock
(@tswdailywithhayley)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-7578989/Perth-woman-eczema-claims-topical-steroids-caused-hair-FALL-left-skin-blistering.html

https://whatsnew2day.com/a-perth-woman-with-eczema-claims-that-topical-steroids-caused-her-hair-to-fall-and-the-skin-to-show-blisters


Abigail Lowe




Nicola Jones






Lucy Mcdermott



Irene Tempelaars
(@itchy_irene)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7075663/Woman-left-horrific-steroid-withdrawal-syndrome-doctors-prescribed-creams-20-years.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9145430/eczema-woman-itchy-flaky-skin-ditching-steroid-cream/


Louise King
(@louigi.skin)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6755475/Eczema-sufferer-lizard-skin-intimate-boyfriend-ditching-steroid-cream.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8515501/eczema-lizard-addictive-steroids-killed-sex-life/

https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/28/woman-with-eczema-left-with-lizard-skin-after-deciding-to-stop-using-steroid-cream-8776682/

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/health/hampshire-woman-left-looking-like-a-lizard-after-weaning-herself-off-steroid-creams-used-to-treat-eczema-1-8829501


Harriet Hammond
(@tswharriet)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6741981/Charity-worker-withdrawal-eczema-creams-admits-intimate-boyfriend.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8503013/eczema-reaction-skin-peeling-ruined-sex-life/

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/fabulous/3922685/eczema-cream-skin-cream-sex-life-ruined/

https://metro.co.uk/2019/02/25/womans-skin-fell-off-broke-huge-blisters-became-addicted-eczema-cream-8734845/


Laurie Williams
(@laurieskinstory)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6829785/Eczema-sufferer-endures-flaking-skin-ditching-steroid-creams.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8679597/eczema-skin-shed-flakes-steroid-cream/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/woman-stops-using-steroid-cream-14168079

https://metro.co.uk/2019/03/21/woman-says-her-severe-eczema-caused-her-skin-to-flake-off-on-train-passengers-8960188/


Holly Broome
(@tsw_hollybee)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7676359/Eczema-stricken-woman-makes-recovery-ditching-steroid-creams-showering-WEEK.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/10330975/cure-agonising-eczema-stop-treatment-withdrawal/

https://www.unilad.co.uk/health/woman-with-extreme-eczema-makes-incredible-recovery-after-ditching-steroid-cream-and-showers/

https://www.tyla.com/healthy/real-life-eczema-cure-topical-steroid-withdrawal-addiction-no-moisture-treatment-20191113


Zainab Danjuma
(@tsw_beezeebuzz)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6035163/Eczema-suffer-reveals-photo-diary-painful-10-month-journey-ween-topical-steroids.html

https://www.getthegloss.com/article/eczema-sufferer-on-topical-steroid-withdrawal

https://www.stylist.co.uk/beauty/skincare/eczema-topical-steroid-withdrawal/793373


Keri Campbell












Eve


Daisy Malin
(@daisymalin_skin)








Stephanie Davis
(@ stephaniedavis88)






Kristi Chun







Georgianna Thorne
(@georgit24)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9740347/Woman-reveals-steroid-creams-prescribed-eczema-left-skin-oozing-burnt-cracked.html

Stephanie Shaw
(@tswsteph)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6085787/Eczema-sufferer-addicted-steroid-creams-reveals-suicidal.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eczema-sufferers-hell-addiction-prescribed-13118634

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/3100216/eczema-sufferers-agony-after-prescribed-steroid-cream-addiction-leaves-her-bedridden-and-jobless/


Frances Wang
(@franceswangtv)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7656791/CBS-anchor-returns-work-treating-skin-condition-left-painful-acne-rashes.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7521905/CBS-anchor-reveals-treating-eczema-steroid-cream-caused-develop-new-skin-condition.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/health/video-2043496/Video-Anchor-Frances-Wang-shows-eczema-face-covered-uncovered.html


https://www.today.com/health/tv-anchor-frances-wang-opens-about-painful-skin-condition-t163638

https://people.com/health/cbs-news-frances-wang-dealing-with-painful-skin-condition-im-very-self-conscious-about-it/

https://people.com/health/cbs-miamis-frances-wang-says-skin-is-healing-after-taking-time-off/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/voices/what-its-like-to-have-bad-skin-and-work-on-tv/ar-BBWqnP1

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/reporter-returns-to-tv-after-battling-severe-skin-condition-there-is-beauty-in-vulnerability-203225547.html

https://www.health.com/condition/skin-conditions/frances-wang-skin-condition

https://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/a29308180/frances-wang-cbs-face-rash-perioral-dermatitis/

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/health-care/article236204043.html

http://breakingnews.ws/my-face-blew-up-cbs-news-anchor-frances-wang-reveals-how-treating-her-eczema-with-steroid-cream-left-her-with-painful-acne-and-rashes.html

https://www.adweek.com/tvspy/miami-anchor-returns-to-tv-after-taking-time-off-to-heal-skin-condition/217709/

https://miami.cbslocal.com/2019/11/22/cbs4-frances-wang-skin-condition-awareness-helping-others-perioral-dermatitis/


Aramide


Rhianna Burns



Megan Chrome









Nicola Barton (@nicola_skin)


Kathryn Hinton


Julianna Permitin


Jake Killeen





Scarlet September




Lyndsie Wright
https://www.ladbible.com/news/news-woman-left-smelling-like-old-pennies-after-skin-cream-disaster-20211024

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/woman-26-left-smelling-like-25285426


Maria Marzaioli
(@tsw_eczemaria)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6927041/Woman-43-claims-BEER-triggered-eczema.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/womans-eczema-flare-up-from-14338188

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8873478/woman-skin-hot-fry-egg-eczema-flare/

https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-womans-eczema-so-bad-she-could-have-fried-egg-on-hot-irritated-skin-20190416


Emilie Dunn
(@emilie_x_d)
https://metro.co.uk/2019/08/22/painful-eczema-leaves-woman-unable-to-wear-a-bra-or-underwear-after-coming-off-steroid-creams-10611713/

https://www.scotsman.com/news/woman-could-not-wear-bra-or-socks-for-more-than-two-years-because-of-skin-condition-1-4989052

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/health/eczema-steroid-withdrawal-pictures-shocking-3227935

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/11847299/woman-disgusting-stranger-primark-eczema-cream-cure/

https://metro.co.uk/2020/06/12/lifelong-eczema-sufferer-called-disgusting-passers-saved-8-wonder-cream-12842239/


Catherine ProvenÒ«al
(@purelycatherine)
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/9877960/mum-cured-eczema-ditching-steroid-creams/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-cured-painful-eczema-after-19637018\\

https://twnews.co.uk/gb-news/mum-cured-painful-eczema-after-ditching-creams-she-d-used-for-25-years


Nina Ajdin
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6230513/Woman-28-cruelly-called-MONSTER-skin-turned-red-scaly-hair-fell-out.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1774218/Video-Woman-battles-ten-year-steroid-cream-addiction-skin-burn.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7400661/womans-skin-burns-smells-like-its-rotting-and-her-hair-falls-out-after-she-became-addicted-to-eczema-cream/

https://au.news.yahoo.com/woman-called-monster-bullies-rare-condition-made-skin-burn-hair-fall-022736487.html


Douglas Maddy (talking about his son, Charlie)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-4184846/Dad-says-son-left-bleeding-steroid-cream.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2861126/toddler-addicted-to-eczema-cream-suffers-agonising-red-raw-skin-after-coming-off-treatment/


Melanie Lynch
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3937474/Extreme-eczema-sufferer-looked-like-monster-quitting-30-year-steroid-cream-addiction-clear-skin-time-life.html

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eczema-sufferer-who-felt-like-9262871

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2188033/mums-skin-left-oozing-peeling-and-burning-after-she-ditched-eczema-cream-and-suffered-withdrawal-for-3-years/

https://pulptastic.com/melanie-lynch-eczema/


Samantha Saunders







Sofia love


https://www.dailyadvent.com/gb/news/010ab1cffc49c90f5ba8136f797cbbab-Steroid-creams-left-my-skin-as-thick-as-an-elephant-and-gave-me-months-of-insomnia


Anita Wong







Laura Barnett
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6876099/Dental-nurse-45-left-feeling-like-zombie-ditching-steroid-creams-VACCUM-bed.html

https://metro.co.uk/2019/04/02/woman-felt-like-zombie-skin-peeled-off-addiction-eczema-cream-9091738/


Colby Chun
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6614935/Toddler-overcoming-horrific-reaction-steroid-creams.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/8243612/toddler-reaction-eczema-cream-scream-oozing-skin/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/baby-left-screaming-agony-after-13886180

https://metro.co.uk/2019/01/21/baby-left-screaming-pain-steroid-cream-left-covered-oozing-scabs-8368787/

https://www.foxnews.com/health/hawaii-toddler-with-eczema-suffers-severe-lobster-red-oozing-skin-reaction-to-steroid-cream

https://people.com/health/toddlers-eczema-turns-into-oozing-scabbed-skin-on-every-inch-of-body-due-to-steroid-cream/







Theo Mills





Elin Wade
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9196789/Woman-severe-eczema-steroid-withdrawal-claims-doctors-laugh-her.html?ito=email_share_article-top


Gemma Day
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6158391/Bride-24-severe-eczema-woke-week-wedding-eyes-swollen-shut.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7237232/bride-skin-burned-steroid-cream-addiction/


Katy Jackson
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6070255/Mother-two-looked-like-acid-attack-victim-ditching-steroids.html

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/7038747/mum-quit-steroid-cream-psoriasis-skin-burns-acid-attack-victim/


Danica Jaldbert
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6859921/Eczema-sufferer-24-fell-deep-depression-ditching-steroid-creams.html


Jasmine Clarke
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5104377/Woman-suffers-excruciating-skin-condition.html

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/creams-beat-eczema-left-skin-9613003


Josephine Raneses (the article says that she cured her eczema through diet, but to me it seems like it's because she stopped using topical steroids ...)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-6062727/Yoga-teacher-treated-eczema-plant-based-diet.html


Ruth Holroyd
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8203783/Woman-says-eczema-look-twenty-years-older.html


Steph Meredith
https://www.tyla.com/life/real-life-woman-eczema-transformation-topical-steroid-withdrawal-nhs-guidance-20200413


Imogen Tingay
https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/11930834/eczema-bad-severe-hermit-embarrassed-creams-skin-condition/


Thalia Daw


Misty Rowe-Elliot
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8632359/Mother-eczema-bad-turned-jobs-healed-naturally-vegan-diet.html?ito=facebook_share_fbia-bottom




https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-25/people-with-oozing-pores-and-burning-skin-turn-to-tiktok-after-nhs-steroid-hell


Television coverage

'Woman's Life Destroyed by Extreme Eczema' (Briana Banos featured on the American TV show, The Doctors in 2015)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cATUV82W0E

Louise King's story featured on Quest Red's, The Bad Skin Clinic in 2019
https://www.facebook.com/questredtv/videos/364179727592077/


Podcasts

Inside Health 'Social prescribing, Topical steroid withdrawal, Pulmonary arterial hypertension' (Two doctors discuss topical steroid withdrawal 'syndrome' <<<<their words. Relevant section starts approximately 10 minutes in) 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b0bd8h7b

The 'Healthy Skin Show' featuring Louise King's journey with TSW
https://www.skinterrupt.com/topical-steroid-withdrawal-story/

Another episode of 'The Healthy Skin Show' with Kathryn Tullos with information on what TSW is
https://www.skinterrupt.com/topical-steroid-withdrawal-crazy-symptoms/


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For Medical Journals, click (here).

For Things to Potentially Avoid During TSW, click (here).

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