Remi Hashida had eczema since she was a baby.
For more than 20 years, her mom applied corticosteroid, antibiotic, and antihistamine creams to her, unaware that this treatment came with a hidden cost.
When she tried to stop using them as an adult in 2022, her body collapsed: she developed topical steroid withdrawal syndrome, a crisis that left her skin cracked, oozing, and burning as if it were on fire.
She went through months of extreme pain, insomnia, and no-moisture treatments to force her skin to regenerate on its own. Today, two years later, she manages her condition with a medication that costs nearly 2 thousand dollars and shares every scar from that process online.
But what moved people most wasn’t the before-and-after of her skin, but whom she identified as her support: her boyfriend and husband, who stood by her through every crisis and is now her life partner. 💛
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