Re: Steroid induced rosacea, HELP

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Why do some people develop rosacea after steroid use and some don't? Would

those people have developed rosacea anyway? I was given a steroid cream for

my face 20 years ago I'm not sure if the steroid cream caused/made worse the

rosacea or if the rosacea would have progressed anyway.

My best advise is less is more - especially when your face is at it's

worse - it's tempting to slather on " stuff " to make it feel better - but as

another poster pointed out a few days ago when you face is at it's worse

it's more likely for " cures " to bother your face more than those same

" cures " would if your face wasn't so bad.

Steroid induced rosacea, HELP

> Hi everybody:

> I finally decided to join the group.

> I have what the doctors called steroid induced rosacea. I am taking

> Bactrim and using Metronidazole topical.

> At the beginning was very bad, I am a lot better now but still getting

> bumps in the area I applied the cortisone for more than a year!!

> I can not believe I did not know the use of topical steroids in my

> face was so harmful! I never heard of anything like that and when the

> doctor prescribed me the steroid (desonide) for a minor rash in my

> face, She never educated me on how to use it or for how long. And it

> does not say anything in the tube!

> We should make a request to the FDA to make the farmaceutical compnies

> to write a warning in the steriod's tubes or bottles, like the warning

> in the cigarrettes boxes!!

>

> I have a question to the steroids rosacea sufferers out there:

> Is it curable? Will I ever recover from this terrible mistake?

>

> Looking forward for answers!!

> ddkp5

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