Mum sheds almost 2st of skin a year – now her daughter has the condition too

A MUM-of-two sheds almost two stone of SKIN a year due to a rare condition that makes the surface of her body like TISSUE PAPER.

Melanie Bradley suffers from Bullous Ichthyosis, a rare disorder which means she loses FOURTEEN times more skin per year than the average person.

And by a cruel twist of fate, Melanies 21-month-old daughter Rebecca has also now been diagnosed with the condition.

Melanie, from Atherstone, Greater Manchester, said: My skin sheds rapidly, so overnight I can shed the equivalent of what a person with ordinary skin sheds in two weeks.

Im covered in scales from head to toe. It can be so thick to the point where I can barely move, but at the same time its so delicate that the slightest knock can break the skin.

It can be quite awkward, because you leave a trail of skin behind you. A lot of vacuuming goes on in my house.

Tissue paper ... Melanie Bradley loses 14 times more skin than the average person

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Medics gave Melanie a 50 per cent chance that her children might be born with Icthyosis, and although older sibling Daniel, three, was born free from the condition, his younger sister was not so lucky.

Melanie added: As soon as Rebecca was born it was obvious she had it. Id had an emergency C-section so didnt see her straight away, but I overheard the doctors discuss it and obviously I was devastated.

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