A woman left in agony when she had a reaction to a steroid cream said the pain was worse than childbirth . Keilah Govender’s skin flared up the day after giving birth due to hormones and being in the hospital, which irritated her skin. She was prescribed steroid creams, but this has caused the 27-year-old more agony as she now suffers from topical steroid withdrawal (TSW), a potentially debilitating condition which can arise from the use to treat a skin problem, such as eczema . At its worst