'I had eczema everywhere - but donkey milk was a miracle cure'

A mother who was "relentlessly" builled at school and told she had a "disease" can go swimming with her children for the first time after finding a "miracle" donkey milk salve. Megan Duncan, 24, has had the condition since she was a baby. It caused her skin to look “raw, sore, flaky and red”.

She said it felt like "sandpaper". As a child, she was often picked on by other children, leaving her ostracised. Megan said eating too many eggs or stress can exacerbate her eczema .

She said she had tried every available cream or topical treatment, and even sunbeds, to alleviate her symptoms, but none have worked. As an adult, Megan said many people have given her unsolicited advice or told her to apply moisturiser. But she said that was frustrating, as she is aware of her skin 24/7, but after doing some research one day, she came across a salve which contains donkey milk.

She said it had been a “miracle cure”. Megan, who is a single mother to Gracie, two, and Poppy, one – can now go swimming, wear shorts and do activities and household chores without experiencing extreme pain and discomfort. “Obviously with everything that happened in school, I would get bullied, so I didn’t want to go out and do things with other kids,” Megan said.

“My friends would go swimming and I would just avoid going completely. I’ve actually been avoiding swimming until recently..

. but now I’ve started going with the kids because I’m not so self-conscious. “I can do the dishes without.