Lily previously never had any problems with her skin (Image: Collect/PA Real Life)

A woman who used steroid creams for 10 years and later suffered from suspected extreme withdrawal says she was left in 'unbearable, never-ending agony' but the experience has taught her self-love. Lily Holden, 30, based in Bristol, noticed a small rash on her neck after returning from an outdoor adventure retreat in 2014, and she was prescribed a topical steroid cream to treat it.

The senior brand marketing manager for HexClad, a cookware company, said 'random rashes' then periodically appeared over her neck and she was prescribed steroid creams on and off for 10 years – but in January this year her face 'erupted' in circular patches of rashes.

Lily started to 'really panic' and she was prescribed an im

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