By Isobel Williams

A man has told how he was left bedbound and with horrific flaky, oozing skin because of a rare reaction when he stopped using steroid cream .

George Palmer, 25, has spent his life savings trying to treat the awful symptoms of Topical Steroid Withdrawal .

He was first prescribed steroid cream as a baby to help with some mild eczema and had been applying it daily ever since.

But with his body quickly building up a tolerance, his prescription was upped until he reached a point where he either had to start on the highest dose available or stop completely.

When he finally came off the medicine George was hit with the horrifying realization that he now suffered from topical steroid withdrawal (TSW).

This is a severe reaction which causes oozing burning skin with ex

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