Anorexic self-harmer who shrunk to a deadly four-and-a-half stone

AN Anoxoric teenager who weighed a tiny FOUR stone has shared harrowing photos of her illness after making an extraordinary recovery.
At the height of her illness Gemma Walker, now 22, was given just 48 hours to live, with doctors warning that she would die without treatment.
At 14 she was diagnosed with both anorexia nervosa and bulimia and her weight had plummeted to a minuscule four and a half stone.

Her condition was so bad that her devastated parents were forced to consider palliative care for the teen.

During the seven years that followed, Gemma was admitted to hospital three times - one for emergency care and two long term psychiatric and re-feeding admissions.

Now healthy, Gemma is celebrating her six months of recovery and the launch of her new business: REJUVENATE.ME.

She hopes that by sharing her shocking photos, which depict her looking almost skeletal, will inspire others battling with eating disorders.

Gemma, from Gold Coast, Australia, said: "It's hard for me to look back at the photos, not so much how I physically looked but more so the feelings.