Vinero
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After having used topical cortisone on my skin for 18 months, I decided to go cold turkey from it.
Eczema-like rashes spread all over my body. Very red, burning, itchy, weeping skin. It is assumed that the body produces large amounts of Nitric Oxide during the topical steroid withdrawal. The topical steroids constrict blood vessels and supress inflammation but causes massive skin thinning and other problems. When you stop applying the corticosteroids, the body reacts to make the blood vessels wide open and the skin turns red, itchy and fluid leaks out of the skin.
This condition is called "red skin syndrome" or "steroid induced eczema" and affects all people who decide to stop their topical corticosteroids. More information can be found on itsan.org
Anyone have any tips to help the body and skin heal faster from the damage that cortisone does? Any specific things that reduce nitric oxide maybe?
Eczema-like rashes spread all over my body. Very red, burning, itchy, weeping skin. It is assumed that the body produces large amounts of Nitric Oxide during the topical steroid withdrawal. The topical steroids constrict blood vessels and supress inflammation but causes massive skin thinning and other problems. When you stop applying the corticosteroids, the body reacts to make the blood vessels wide open and the skin turns red, itchy and fluid leaks out of the skin.
This condition is called "red skin syndrome" or "steroid induced eczema" and affects all people who decide to stop their topical corticosteroids. More information can be found on itsan.org
Anyone have any tips to help the body and skin heal faster from the damage that cortisone does? Any specific things that reduce nitric oxide maybe?