I thought about committing suicide to escape the pain. 'I was in such a state of agony, both mentally and physically, that I felt my grip on reality slowly start to slip. I felt like it broke me again and again, every single day.
DR. ALLAN SPREEN RIP OFF SKIN
I wanted to rip my skin off, and the mental restraint it took to keep from doing that nearly drove me insane. 'My skin smelled of metal, a pervasive, nauseating smell.
Every shower was a painful experience and I eventually began to develop anxiety about it, which I still deal with now. 'My skin was so hydrophobic that showering felt like acid being poured onto my skin. 'My skin itched and I felt like I had insects crawling on me at all hours of the day and night,' he recalled. 'The only relief I could find was when I would scratch so hard that my skin would rip away, leaving me to scratch at bare flesh that would sting and bleed all over myself.
I was covered from my ears down to my thighs in skin that was so inflamed, it appeared to be something non-human.Ĭause? Jake believes his body entered a painful withdrawal state after he tried a third cream per a specialist's recommendation 'The pain that I experienced was almost indescribable. 'I felt like I was being burned alive, every second of every day,' Jake, who works as a client partner, told Jam Press. The severe symptoms of TSW include red, burning, and itchy skin that users of topical steroids develop after ceasing use. He only realized what was happening to him when he looked online and found a community of people on Reddit experiencing topical steroid withdrawal (TSW). He began to experience extreme itching, horrific inflammation, and was covered almost entirely with thin, reddened skin that left him in agony and caused mental health issues. He was given a third type of steroid cream - desoximetasone - and, after the fortnight of use, which concluded in February 2021, his body entered what he believes was a painful withdrawal state. Looks: Jake (pictured in March 2021) said he was given a mid-strength potency steroid cream to treat an eczema flare-up in July 2020Ī different doctor gave him a stronger, more potent steroid to use - clobetasol propionate - and, again, after two weeks he ceased use of it and noticed the dryness was spreading.Ĭoncerned that the steroids were making things worse, Jake declined his dermatologist's offer of more creams, and he was referred to a rash specialist. Jake largely withdrew from society while he battled the horrific ordeal, and it has taken eight months for most of his skin to heal.The severe symptoms of TSW include red, burning, and itchy skin that users of topical steroids develop after ceasing use.Jake only realized what was happening to him when he looked online and found a community of people on Reddit experiencing topical steroid withdrawal (TSW).He began to experience extreme itching, horrific inflammation, and was covered almost entirely with thin, reddened skin that left him in agony.Jake believes his body entered a painful withdrawal state after he tried a third cream per a specialist's recommendation.A different doctor gave him a stronger, more potent steroid to use, and, again, after two weeks he ceased use of it and noticed the dryness was spreading.He used the cream for two weeks before stopping, but he noticed the red patches immediately came back with a vengeance.Jake Lazar, 24, from New York, was given a mid-strength potency steroid cream to treat an eczema flare-up in July 2020.'I felt like I was being burned alive': Man says withdrawal from steroid eczema creams caused a horrific skin condition that left him in so much agony he wanted to rip his own skin off
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