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summer of fun
Holidays are about letting go of all our stress – and yes, that includes any shame or self-consciousness about how we look. Three women from the Stylist team share how they learned to feel comfortable in their bodies
Photography: Emily Delphine
Fashion: Lucy Reber
Beauty Direction: Hanna Ibraheem
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“I began to accept there was no cure. This was the first step to my journey of confidence”
Mercy Momah, talent and events assistant at Stylist and founder of Secure Agency
I can’t remember the exact age I was correctly diagnosed, but I was in my teens. With mycosis fungoides – a rare type of skin cancer – it can take a while. At first, I was told it could be eczema, which I’ve heard is a common misdiagnosis. But I had eczema as a child,