A mum says she felt “like a monster” - even hiding her face from her daughter - when an attack of cystic acne refused to respond to antibiotics.
Now she is finally able to leave the house after her mother treated her to an £85 “miracle cure". Suffering with cystic acne for 10 years, legal PA Jaime Graves, 42, had always been able to clear her complexion with antibiotics.
Jamie believes the pus-filled pimples that form deep under the skin were first triggered by hormonal changes in her early 30s.
But when a break out covered her face in January 2022, after she had tested positive for Covid, the single mum says her usual prescription had no effect. READ MORE:Latest Covid peak that has seen cases soar will be felt for MONTHS, Manchester's public health boss warns Even hiding her face under make up from her 13-year-old daughter Freya, it was not until her mum, Susan, 68, bought her a skin care bundle after reading about its properties, that Jaime says her spots started to disappear.