“Every day I found myself looking at a different person in the mirror and it got to the point where I couldn’t look at myself at all,” he said.
“I didn’t want to leave the house much, and I’d freak out if anyone tried to take a picture of me.”
He added that, after he developed an eating disorder, medical staff noticed he was losing weight too quickly and a Teenage Cancer Trust nurse referred him for psychological help.
“I was depressed and in a very dark place, it was a dangerous time, but I’m OK now,” Mr Solley said.