Terrifying withdrawal symptoms from eczema creams left one woman unable to leave the house — or even look at herself in the mirror. Daisy Malin was diagnosed with mild eczema when she was just a ...
Michelle Sansiveri's eczema began as a teenager with a tiny patch on her neck. A dermatologist prescribed the now 28-year-old a low-to-medium dose topical steroid cream with just one instruction: use ...
Many people lather on a cream or two every day -- a moisturizer, perhaps, and maybe some sunscreen. But creams known as topical steroids, often used to treat rashes, eczema and dermatitis, aren't ...
A 23-year-old British woman with eczema says the skin condition “was controlling [her] life” and affecting her mental health after steroid-based creams failed to alleviate her severe symptoms, instead ...
A man has told how he was left bedbound and with horrific flaky, oozing skin because of rare reaction when he stopped using steroid cream. George Palmer, 25, has spent his life savings trying to treat ...
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — A Cartersville woman said using steroid cream has led to a lifetime of pain and skin issues. Natalie Merchant said she wants to help raise awareness for TSW, or Topical Steroid ...
If you're on the skin-care side of TikTok, you may have seen videos about topical steroid withdrawal, or TSW, come across your FYP. TSW is a rare side effect that occurs when someone stops using ...
Researchers have shown how a topical steroid cream frequently used to treat common skin conditions, can be used to improve dermatitis in cancer patients. Radiotherapy uses X-rays to destroy cancer ...
A young Hawaiian boy suffered a severe skin reaction that included painful, oozing and sometimes bloody red scabs after his parents used a steroid-based cream that was prescribed to treat his eczema.