Woman’s agonising rosacea is ‘cured by miracle £20 cream – made from CAPERS’

AS a teenager Emma Scholz was blessed with "perfect skin".

But as she got older she developed painful red bumps, so severe she was left in a "near permanent state of anxiety".

The IT consultant had tried everything to clear her rosacea but it wasn't until she discovered a £19.95 cream made from capers that her skin condition was "cured".

Emma, 29, was originally diagnosed with adult acne but after nothing worked to clear it a dermatologist diagnosed her with rosacea.

She suffered for eight years and had all but given up on getting rid of it before she discovered Kalme cream, which uses plant extracts from capers that claims to have anti-inflammatory properties.

"My rosacea started very suddenly when I was 20, before that I had near perfect skin," Emma said. "As a teen I had no spots and my skin has always been a lovely colour and clear.

"I woke up one day and my face was a bit red and felt sore and my cheeks felt dry and tight.

"At the time I was at university studying in Southern Spain and so I thought it was just sun burn as I’d been out and about in the sun the previous day.

"But from that day, it just got worse and worse. First it was the soreness and the dryness, then the redness and then came the bumpiness and the intense itching, usually in that cycle.

"It started just in my cheeks but within months it had spread over most of my face and down my neck."

Thinking it was acne Emma tried over-the-counter bacterial washes, acne creams and scrubs, but nothing worked.

The redness got worse and worse and at one point was so painful she found it difficult to apply make-up.

That's when she decided to see a dermatologist.

"With the state of my skin as it was there was no way I’d consider leaving the house without make up on, so I just had to bear the pain," she recalled.

"The problem was that as my skin got worse I was applying more and more make up to try and cover it up.

"After years of battling with my skin I finally went to a dermatologist as I was beginning to face the fact that there was something wrong with my skin and it wasn’t just a passing phase or due to the sun or heat.

"The first dermatologist I saw diagnosed me with adult acne and prescribed an acne cream.

"It stung like hell and made my skin furious. I carried on anyway hoping it was just my skin adjusting to the treatment, but it became so painful I had to stop using it.

"I felt having tried so many acne treatments that this diagnosis just wasn’t correct, so I sought a second opinion. The second dermatologist immediately diagnosed me with rosacea."

Emma was prescribed a topical cream and tablets, but her skin didn't change

She went back to the dermatologist and was prescribed several different creams but again was disappointed by the results.

"Some days my skin got so bad I was unable to go to work because my face was so painful I could barely speak," Emma said.

"I’d have to just stay at home in the cool and try and calm my skin down with cold flannels.

"My family were getting worried about me as I was clearly getting quite depressed about my skin.

"I was getting very distraught by this time. I’d spent years trying different prescription creams and nothing really seemed to be working. Fed up with the lack of results, I went back to my dermatologist to beg for something stronger.

"I was eventually put on a four-month course of strong antibiotics to see if that had any effect."

The antibiotics worked for a while and that's when Emma met her partner Florian in 2015.

"I felt very insecure about my looks and so when we first started dating I was wearing a lot of make-up and would never be without it in front of him," she said.

"I was always worrying that my make up was sliding off and would frequently have to check it was still in place no matter where we were.

"But, inevitably, after stopping the antibiotics and a few months into our new relationship I had another flare up.

"Instead of talking to Florian about it, I simply cancelled dates when I felt my skin was too bad to face him.

"I was living in a state of near permanent anxiety about what my skin would do next."

Fed up with taking different medications Emma started to look for an alternative treatment.

That's when she came across Kalme cream, which claims to reduce the sensitivity and redness of skin by up to 70 per cent.

"As soon as put it on it was a relief as they didn’t sting my skin at all," she recalled.

"I didn’t see results immediately but I had read in the reviews that the products take a bit of time to work, especially if you have been using medicated products for a long time.

"Within two weeks I started to see a significant improvement in the state of my skin.

"Firstly, the itching decreased along with the dryness. The redness and bumps were still there but my skin felt less sore and softer.

"Then after about four weeks the bumpiness and the redness started to really decrease."

"The relief I felt is indescribable, to finally find something that actually works and that didn’t hurt when I put it on felt like a miracle after almost eight years of struggling."

Emma has been using Kalme products for a year now and thinks her skin has improved by 90 per cent.

"I’ve got so much more confidence now I barely have to think about my skin," she said.

"I can go to a party or a social event and never worry. I’m even sleeping better now as I think I have less anxiety."

Kalme creams also contain liquorice extract, plant extracts and antioxidants, its makers claim.

Rosacea is a common condition that causes the skin to become red, flushed and bumpy.

Some sufferers may also experience a burning or stinging sensation.

According to the British Skin Foundation rosacea cannot be cured.

"No treatment can be guaranteed to switch rosacea off forever," a statement on it's website reads.

"However long-term treatments control symptoms and can clear the spots.

";Treatment works best if started when rosacea is at an early stage."

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