‘The first thing that appealed to me was that the ingredients are from Mother Earth – now I’m 100 per cent clear’

‘I developed psoriasis eight years ago during the last months of my wife, Alma's, life. ‘She had been suffering from multiple sclerosis for a long time and towards the end she contracted pneumonia, her second bout, and it was like an emotional rollercoaster for three months – my three sons and I would be told she wouldn’t last the day, then she would recover, then fall ill again.

‘I had psoriasis for 60 years but after Soratinex it has almost completely gone’

Mrs Brockie, a former shop worker, developed psoriasis four years ago during a period of stress when her husband, Tom, was ill. She had it under a breast and on both legs, meaning she always wore long skirts or trousers and suffered from a lack of confidence.

'I thought this was it. I would be like this forever'

The first British patients to use Soratinex, a treatment for psoriasis that does not contain potentially-harmful steroids, say their symptoms have reduced by an average of 79 per cent during the 12 months it has been on sale in the UK.

FRANKL Pharma was founded in the Czech Republic in 2003.