'I finally found out why my skin was red and blotchy for 10 YEARS'
17.04.2022 - 19:43
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It can be hugely difficult for someone living with a skin condition, as flare-ups take place seemingly out of the blue. But if you're struggling to find out what is causing the problem, it can make matters even worse.
That is the situation that writer Will Hayward found himself in for an entire decade. In that time, he had 'false dawns' with possible diagnoses, but the issues persisted for year after year.
Finally, Will had a breakthrough on his skin condition during the Covid pandemic, and he hasn't looked back since. He shared his story with our sister title, Wales Online.
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For the last 10 years my skin has been a bloody nightmare.
Annoyingly it isn't somewhere I can hide. It is slap bang in the middle of my face. It all started about 10 years ago. I would get a burning feeling on my face, which within hours would result in horrible red blotches appearing on my cheeks and nose. Sometimes I would also get scratchy rashes appearing on my neck and in my beard (or the pathetic amount of facial hair I count as a beard).
There seemed to be no reason that this was happening. Sometimes it would happen after a night out so I gave up booze for a few months - nothing happened. I tried every kind of moisturiser under the sun - still nothing. I even tried covering myself in sun cream every time I left the house in case it was caused by UV - nowt. I gave up dairy though genuinely struggled without cheese.
Joking aside it is hard to describe the impact that my skin issue had on my life. Physically it can be very painful but is usually just uncomfortable. The real impact is how it hits my self esteem. I am a
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