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Prescribed Elocon Skin Cream For Seborrhoeic Dermatitis. Symptoms Have Come Back After Stopped Using Cream
Dear Doctor i ahve been diagnosed by my family Dr as having seborrhoeic dermatitis and had prescribed me to use Elocon skin cream for the rash near my nose, eye brows and back for a period of 7 days to be applied twice, after using the cream it all vanished but after 6 days after i stooped applying the cream, the rashes again have come, is there a permanent cure for it, as i have heard that using cortisterodical creams causes health problems in future, what should i do
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Hi. Seborrheic dermatitis has remitting and relapsing course.
Facial Seborrheic dermatitis affects eyebrows, eye lashes, sides of nose (angles) and beard and moustache area classically.
Your treating doctor might ask you to use a soap/cleanser containing, sulphur/salicylic acid which are exfoliating and anti fungal and will help with both scaling and redness.
If i were your treating doctor i would have asked to apply a moderately potent steroid like fluticasone twice daily for 2 weeks and then switch over to an immunomodulatory drug like pimcrolimus for maintainence or for mild disease since you cannot use steroid forever.
Take care
Facial Seborrheic dermatitis affects eyebrows, eye lashes, sides of nose (angles) and beard and moustache area classically.
Your treating doctor might ask you to use a soap/cleanser containing, sulphur/salicylic acid which are exfoliating and anti fungal and will help with both scaling and redness.
If i were your treating doctor i would have asked to apply a moderately potent steroid like fluticasone twice daily for 2 weeks and then switch over to an immunomodulatory drug like pimcrolimus for maintainence or for mild disease since you cannot use steroid forever.
Take care
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