Australian Survivor’s Logan Johannisen has revealed that she suffers from Topical Steroid Withdrawal after viewers pointed out her “really, really red skin” during the Tribal Council that aired on March 19.
Logan took to Instagram to explain the skin condition she’s been experiencing for the last few years.
“I’ve noticed online there are a few comments about my skin out there and especially at last night’s tribal when I was really sunburnt and I wanted to provide some context,” she began in a video.
Logan told her followers that her Topical Steroid Withdrawal journey makes her “super prone to inflammation” and gives her “really, really red skin”.
What is Australian Survivor Logan’s skin condition?
Logan referenced her followers to a highlight on her Instagram page, where she’s documented her struggle with Topical Steroid Withdrawal since 2022.
In the highlight, Logan explained that she started using steroid cream for her eczema when she was 18, which resulted in her developing a topical steroid addiction that she didn’t realise until 2022, when she was pregnant with her second baby.
“Long story short, I’m five months into topical steroid withdrawal, which is basically my body detoxing from 20-odd years of serious cream usage. It’s a very long, very painful process,” she explained in one of the videos.
Logan shared a number of photos of her skin when Topical Steroid Withdrawal flared up and has told her followers on multiple occasions that the issue is very painful.
“A lot of pain, a lot of discomfort and I can barely move, I can’t really sleep at night,” she said.
Topical Steroid Withdrawal usually last anywhere from few a months to several years.
Did Logan’s skin condition flare up on Survivor?
While Logan’s skin appeared slightly red on her forehead and cheeks during the Tribal Council when Laura was eliminated, she told Chattr that her skin was relatively calm during filming.
“I have a skin condition, so I was allowed to bring in a skin cream in case my skin flared up,” she explained.
“But I was really lucky out there that maybe the tropical climate and the rice and beans diet, my skin didn’t flare at all, so I didn’t really even need to use it.”
In her Instagram story, Logan reassured her followers that she wasn’t in pain from her skin condition while in Samoa.
“I was fine out there. I was provided the necessary medication that I needed. I’m just a bit more sensitive to the sun than other people, and in a water challenge as well. Where you’re underwater, your sunscreen comes off.”
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