Man with 'irritated, red skin' for 10 years finds office air freshener to blame

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WalesOnline, revealed that a return to the office caused his skin to flare up. The journalist described his skin as a “nightmare” and that he couldn’t hide the effect as it was “slap bang in the middle of [his] face.”Will noted: “It all started about 10 years ago.“I would get a burning feeling on my face, which within hours would result in horrible red blotches appearing on my cheeks and nose.“Sometimes I would also get scratchy rashes appearing on my neck and in my beard.”Then, having tried everything from giving up booze to wearing sunscreen everyday he visited the GP.For four years, he was given various diagnoses including rosacea – a condition that causes flushing and bumps on the face – and seborrheic dermatitis.Will commented: “The problem is that one of the treatments for [dermatitis], steroids, makes rosacea much worse.“Long story short I maintained my caffeine free diet, my antibiotic cream for rosacea and added a special shampoo to the mix.“But despite this things seemed to just be getting worse until the day we went into lockdown.“Within weeks my skin massively improved.”During the pandemic, where most Brits worked from home, his skin was “better than it had been for years.”Sadly, the improvement was not to last.Will wrote: “Then as the world started to reopen I started going out more and my skin gradually got worse again.“This was particularly true when I returned to the office after a year and half last autumn.“Suddenly I was back to square one, in fact, it was worse.”Having visited doctors again, Will finally received an allergy patch test.It was discovered that he was allergic to Methylisothiazolinone (chemical one) and 2-brom-2-nitropropane -1,3-diol (chemical two).The reporter noted: “Chemical two wasn't.