Horrifying photos show woman’s scorched and weeping skin after LAUGHING leaves her ‘looking like an acid attack victim’

A WOMAN is so “allergic to herself” that even laughing leaves her looking an “an acid attack victim”.

Beth Tsangarides says her skin reacts to everything she does, flaring up when she giggles or cries “too much” and even going into anaphylaxis from many foods, herbs and spices.

Beth Tsangarides suffers agonising skin flare-ups from ‘almost everything’Kennedy News

The 20-year-old during a painful episodeKennedy News

Horrifying photos show the 20-year-old’s scorched, weeping and scabby skin that baffled doctors claim is a “medical mystery”.

Beth, who’s suffered with the ailment since the age of 15, said: “It feels like I’m being burned alive, it’s excruciating.”

Beth, from Deal, Kent, was diagnosed with postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) three years after she fell ill.

The condition occurs when your heart rate increases very quickly after getting up from sitting or lying down, according to the NHS.

But she is still undergoing testing to get an official diagnosis for the cause of her skin issues.

Day to day, she suffers from mobility issues, fainting and seizures that make her unable to work, meaning her partner Sasha Hay, 20, is her full-time carer.

Beth said: “At 15 I woke up one morning with a rash on my face and from there, everything just went downhill.

“My bowels, kidneys, everything just kind of stopped working.

“Everything I do affects my skin or my body in some way. Whether I’m laughing too much or crying or emotional, my skin can start flaring.

“The way I describe it is like someone being burnt in a fire or an acid attack. For some people that’s what it looks like as well.

“Medical professionals say I’m a medical mystery and that this is something they have never seen before.

“They don’t understand how a body can do something like this.”

Her whole family and Sasha joke that she is “allergic to herself”.

“No matter what I do, even if someone else with PoTS can do something, my body reacts differently to it,” Beth added.

“My biggest thing is food. I pretty much live in a bubble because they’re airborne allergies.

“If I’m around the smells of certain spices and herbs or something very strong smelling, it can cause me to stop breathing and have a severe reaction on my face.

“I’m very limited to what I can eat and it’s scary.”

She said pasta is her “best friend” because it’s the only thing she’s never had any reaction too, but she also likes other plain things like chicken nuggets.

“I don’t go out to eat, but if I do, it has to be pre-planned and after speaking to the chef,” Beth said.

“It’s something that I haven’t been able to do since I got ill.

“It’s hard because I’m 20, I want to be out with my friends going drinking and for a pizza or something like that.”

Another huge inconvenience has been her inability to wear make-up like her friends.

Beth endured cruel nicknames at school, including “pizza face”, as she couldn’t cover up the red marks.

But years later, she finally feels brave enough to paint her face so splashed £200 on cosmetics.

The beauty lover was given a makeover that she says made her look “so different” her partner of two years didn’t recognise her.

Beth said: “I wore make-up as a teenager a lot. I had really bad acne and I used to love doing make-up looks.

“When my skin first flared, I knew I would never be able to put make-up on it again.

“My doctors just told me to avoid it completely because there’s a risk of infection.

“I was just brave enough to try it again and I think that’s all to do with the confidence I’ve gained over the last year.

“I did so much research into it and looked at every ingredient in everything. I was so happy when I realised it wasn’t hurting and I wasn’t flaring.

“It was crazy. It was so weird seeing my skin so smooth and without any imperfections or scarring.

“It brought tears to my eyes because it wasn’t even the fact I wanted to cover my skin, just the feeling of make-up on my skin felt so refreshing and like I was a new person.”

SHOCK TRANSFORMATION

She added: “My partner was in shock. She’s never seen me in make-up and she doesn’t see make-up as a big thing or wear it herself.

“She did look at me and then looked away because she thought I was a different person. She couldn’t believe how different I looked.”

Posting videos on TikTok has also given her a boost, meaning she is no longer afraid to leave the house during flare-ups.

“It really did affect my confidence at an early age. I didn’t want to go out,” Beth said.

“People have made up nicknames for me. Even in school when I first started posting about it, I would get comments saying ‘pizza face’ and ‘tomato face’.

“They used to affect me but now I just laugh.

“I didn’t have many friends and I was very isolated at school. I was kept isolated in the first aid room because we didn’t know what I would react to.

“People would look at me through the window and rumours were going around about what was actually wrong with me.

“Mentally it changed me. I’ll never know who I would’ve been without all of this.

“That’s something I think about every day. ‘What would I be doing right now if I hadn’t gotten ill?’.”

Beth and her friends say she is ‘allergic to herself’Kennedy News

Kennedy NewsEven laughter can leave her looking like ‘an acid attack victim’[/caption]

Beth experiencing anaphylaxis – a severe and potentially life-threatening reactionKennedy News

Beth wearing make-up before getting ill aged 15Kennedy News

Kennedy NewsBeth was diagnosed with PoTS as a teenager[/caption]

Her skin gets scorched, weeping and scabbyKennedy News

Kennedy NewsBeth in hospital while undergoing tests and treatment for her chronic illness[/caption]

She also suffers from mobility issues, fainting and seizures that make her unable to workKennedy News

Beth Tsangaride goes into anaphylaxis from many foods, herbs and spicesKennedy News

Beth, 20, with her partner of two years, Sasha Hay, also 20Kennedy News