Does the use of corticosteroids cause problems such as acne?

We always have various questions about corticosteroids. The key is whether the use of corticosteroids will cause adverse reactions, such as acne, redness, irritation, etc.

A study in the British daily may give you an answer to this question. According to Dr. Garrett C. Coman of the Carilion School of medicine at Virginia Tech University, there is no direct association between the use of corticosteroids and adverse reactions such as acne, redness and irritation.

Experimental method: 20 experimental recipients were all acne patients. Nine and 11 were randomly assigned to receive TCS on the left and right sides of the face, respectively. The data of 16 patients were analyzed. After applying retinoic acid cream to the whole face, TCS was applied to half of the face for four weeks, while the other party used non acne emollient as control. Only visual pigments were used in the last four weeks.

Experimental results: for the TCS side, the erythema score assessed by the researchers was low, while the degree of dryness was low in the first and second weeks, which was statistically significant, but did not reach the primary endpoint of local 1-point difference. Tolerance. The data from the subject preference questionnaire showed that the preference for TCS was very high, 64% and 86% respectively. They preferred corticosteroids before the second week and the fourth week.

Therefore, we can clearly know that the use of corticosteroids will not cause these adverse reactions.

However, corticosteroids are prescription drugs in most countries and are not recommended for patients to use by themselves. It is best to use it on the advice of a doctor.

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