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Article: Acne was ruining my life. I was virtually suicidal until acupuncture cured me at last; By Band Of Gold star DAVID SCHOFIELD.(Features)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 19, 1998
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FOR ten years actor David Schofield's life was hell. At school he was teased, called names and bullied.
When he left to pursue a career that was eventually to bring him a starring role as a corrupt detective in ITV's Band Of Gold, work was difficult to find.
"I got so upset I became almost suicidal," he says. "I could see my career in ruins." The root of all his troubles? Acne - an affliction that causes Britain's young such physical and emotional misery that they spend an astonishing pounds 45 million a year on over-the-counter cures.
Today, as ...
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... ... for more than 3,000 years, acupuncture is now Britain's fourth most popular complementary therapy. But despite actor David Schofield's experience, it's not normally considered an effective treatment for acne. According to Chinese thinking, the life ...
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