"Stuart Pickering our conditioning coach came up with the idea about six months ago and I foolishly put my hands up and then a couple of months ago they said 'no, you've actually got to do it, '" he explained.

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Before the dance, when I was all dolled up in my silk skirt, and I pushed my hands along them and put my cheek against the dark cotton, just for a second.

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Although the eczema on my face and body has cleared up now, I still suffer with chronic eczema on my hands, and have to put extremely strong steroid creams on them to control it.

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