Testimonial — Adults

Sue was diagnosed with a very aggressive breast cancer when a 33mm tumour was discovered at a routine breast screening.  The tumour needed to be shrunk before it could be removed, so Sue began a four-month course of chemotherapy. Following chemotherapy, the tumour had shrunk and Sue then faced surgery, a lumpectomy. This was then followed by a course of radiotherapy, a futher six months of chemotherapy and Sue will have zoledronic acid for three years.  Sue has fantastic news as the cancer has gone and she will be monitored for the next five years. Unwelcome side effect Whilst going through...

Two days before flying to her best friend’s wedding, Gemma was struck down by a condition which affected the whole of her body.  ‘’I started feeling a rather unusual itching on my legs before the wedding,” explained Gemma. “The morning of the wedding I woke up at three in the morning, with huge welts across the whole of my body, like I had been whipped.” My skin was on fire “I felt like my skin was on fire and I gained a very temporary sense of relief by having ice cubes on the welts, but nothing really touched it."  Gemma’s symptoms...

“If you have a skin problem, ask the Skin:Genius experts. They really know what they’re doing and you can certainly trust them. Within 17 days of my skin reacting to chemo drugs, my face had returned to normal. I wouldn’t be without them.” Hayley has always been self-conscious about her skin having been bullied at school for having acne and was ‘that girl’ at school with the spotty face and bullied with one girl even making up a song about her spots: she still remembers it now. Resigned to living with bad skin By the time Hayley turned 20, her acne had settled...

This is Aimee's story which has been published in The Telegraph today. I am lucky enough to live near this wonderful young lady, who tells her story. Aimee once felt so bad about her skin and herself and now, she has completely changed - feels happy and confident and wants to give other hope.  Please read as Aimee is an inspiration to so many. Don't give up - you are beautiful - Julia x Aimee 15, has had acne since the age of 11.  It started suddenly, almost overnight, as she hit puberty and went to secondary school.  The acne appeared...