From Red Raw To Flawless : 5-Year-Old Boy With Eczema Looked Like He Had Third Degree Burns

• Chase Henderson had been taking steroid creams to treat his eczema for 2 years

• But when he tried to come off them, he suffered from some horrific side effects

• Topical steroid withdrawal caused his skin to burn and turn into dry flaking areas

• At one point his mother thought he would die as his body began shutting down

• Michelle, 40, has now revealed that her son is almost close to being fully healed

A little boy who was left too scared to look at himself in the mirror after suffering steroid addiction that looked like 'third degree burns' has nearly fully recovered.

Chase Henderson, five, had been taking creams to treat his eczema for two years - but when he tried to come off them he suffered horrific side effects.

Topical steroid withdrawal - also known as Red Skin Syndrome - caused his skin to burn, ooze and turn into dry flaking areas that peel off. It also affected his walking and caused significant hair loss.

At one point his mother, Michelle, 40, from Highland, California, thought her son was going to die as his body began shutting down as he fought to overcome the addiction.

For two years, she was forced to wash his sheets every morning because they were full of dry skin and blood from his constant scratching during his sleep.

Ms Henderson, who said her son is close to being healed - which usually takes as long as someone was using the creams for, said before using natural remedies, his constant pain could only be resolved with nine-hours baths.

She said: 'My son was in a dreadful state, he was lethargic, lost a ton of weight and had to be wrapped in blankets to keep warm since his body temperature was off.

He stopped walking for two months, because he had lost so much muscle mass he couldn't move his legs and it was because of the steroids. The doctors had no idea what was wrong with him.

'We were in tears, I thought he was going to die and no one could tell us anything other than that he had allergies. We refused to put him in hospital, we knew we were taking his life into our hands.'

'It was a mother's worst nightmare, despite everything I was did he was still screaming in pain, he was itching constantly and was even scratching in his sleep until he bled.

It was so bad that he would cry whenever he saw himself and over time he became too scared to look in the mirror, he found himself scary.'

Chase was one when doctors prescribed him steroid creams to treat the dry skin on his body caused by eczema.

Over time the dosage was increased and Ms Henderson had to apply lotion more frequently that eventually covered his entire body.

She was told to rub the topical steroid cream on his back until the rashes were gone, but typically two weeks later they would come back again.

It got to the point where she was putting it on him three times a day, covering him from head to toe for about a year.

However, while her son's skin continued to worsen so did his health, leaving doctors baffled as to what was making him sick - despite seeing 13 consultants in three months.

With the help of a close friend, she discovered her son had topical steroid addiction and the only way to alleviate his symptoms was for him to stop using the creams and go cold turkey.



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