Woman reveals how £7.99 cream cleared painful eczema herpeticum

A woman who spent last Christmas with a skin infection that made it too painful to shower or sleep is now hoping to make up for lost time and have fun over the festive period thanks to an 'unbelievable' simple fix. Anisha Joshi, 24, from Shropshire had painful red blotches oner her face which appeared overnight in November last year Anisha, who lives with her boyfriend, Nathan Harding, 24, who works at a college, said: 'My skin was so bad to the point where it was giving me anxiety. The use of £7.99 store-bought Balmonds skin salvation cream helped clear up her skin and she is now 'hoping to have fun' again this Christmas Her skin was so painful she was unable to shower or sleep and her body was covered with sore patches When she went to A&E she was told she might have scarlet fever but she later discovered she had a skin infection called eczema herpeticum She said: 'I've always had eczema since being born and it's something I went to the doctors for as a child and was given cream to use.' According to the NHS, the infection causes areas of painful eczema which quickly get worse, causing open sores on the skin and hot and shivery symptoms. In March 2022, Anisha started four months of UVB therapy which treats the area using ultraviolet light and had previously been given steroids Anisha started using the Balmonds skin salvation cream to clear up her skin which she described as 'such a simple fix' To Anisha's surprise, within a week of using the cream, her skin began to clear up.