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Student’s eczema sealed her eyes shut and turned her into a recluse but ‘miracle’ cure gave her new confidence

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A student whose eczema got so bad that it sealed her eyes and lips shut so she could only “grumble” and turned her into a recluse who did not leave the house for weeks has regained her confidence after finding a “miracle” cure.

Megan Jones, 22, an opera student studying at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff, recalls the horror of feeling like her face was “melting” when trying to hide her skin problems with foundation in November 2021.

Suffering with painful red and sore patches of skin across her face, Megan would refuse to leave the house for up to

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