Cosmetics dermatitis warning containing corticosteroids

 

Dermatitis is corticosteroids, embodies many of the level

For over 10 years, the research group of DR Nguyen Phuc Anh, former marble on the Faculty University of medicine. HCM has been receiving and treatment for almost 10000 cases suffer skin inflammation due to corticosteroids. The patients used the quick beauty products such as cream, cosmetics, cosmetic whitening of unknown origin ... which does not understand that are in ruin your skin. Depending on the product, the concentration of corticosteroids and time use, users can skin inflammation in various levels of corticosteroids.

The most severe is probably inflammation of the skin irritation due to the use of corticosteroids and high toxicity. Typical symptoms are redness of the skin, skin itching, burning hot enclosed; many cases dry skin peeling thick texture arrays, each red papules around the face; the broken blisters watery gold lead to skin infections.

Inflammation of the skin increases secretion of sebum and pimples is also common format. This situation of persistent, can last up to 12 months with the expression skin pour greasy lot, pimples, black heads and white heads; lot of whiteheads sink under the skin have acne, inflammation, pustules; many deep scars and scarring. This form is usually caused by using creams containing corticosteroids on oily skin or acne pimples and neoplasms.

In addition, topical corticosteroids for several years or more will manifest in a collapsed artery redness of the skin stretching. At first the skin red, hot burning phừng phừng; increased redness of the skin condition when campaigning in the face, the body, when touched, when having heat or chemicals, accompanied by the sensation of swelling in the front line, stretch the skin beneath, feeling angry, or itching like ants crawling. This can often last long, slow reduction, vulnerable to relapse when stimuli.

Inflammation of the skin is blistering form could be severe, acute, also known as Steven Johnson Syndrome (agriculture skin necrosis syndrome caused by infection) due to the high toxicity of corticosteroids on infection allergic congenital. When Steven Johnson Syndrome, the famous skin bulging and more water; When rupture of water bulging cause soreness, burning hot. If the infection, the water will turn into pus bags bulging. When dry, clean peeling skin blister, the next status will be extended or the red, pearly skin penetrating strongly stain human.

The lightest is able to dry the skin peeling, because only the corticosteroids low toxicity type infection, use a short time. Dry skin mild to moderately lumpy, may accompany itching.

Easily confused with common acne skin

Dermatitis forms of corticosteroids, difficult to distinguish. There have been so many cases that patients with no skin cosmetics should go find another ice cream to lather. Even the doctor specialists but lack of experience may also be wrong. Typical cases of patients age 20 (V.H., Tan Binh District, HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM). After taking acne medication, the patient has known many manifestations of acne, grainy ... Next, patients are prescribed a different medication to treat BS acne. After using topical medications and oral medications, acne as strong dispersal, blistering, just slight touch, the pustules broke, soreness, burning hot. One other patient, Ph. A. (24 years, District 2, HO CHI MINH CITY. HCM), after the reduction, acne medication and topical fast, but then more and more pimples. Acne swelling, pus, it turned to pain.

According to BS Earthly Institution, clinical science, HO CHI MINH CITY Dermatology HOSPITAL. HCM, some acne medication containing corticosteroids. If the patient has suffered inflammation of the skin that use of corticosteroids or acne medication containing corticosteroids corticosteroids skin inflammation will cause more and more heavy. Can differentiate dermatitis with corticosteroids acne skin acne by:

-If often, acne lesions in the skin surface has many manifestations, including pustules, black head, white, pearly penile papules, cysts ... Also due to acne skin inflammation corticosteroids often only in a certain format.

-Acne typically the majority concentrated in the region of increased sebum secretion such as face, upper back, the chest. Acne skin inflammation due to corticosteroids also can in these positions, there are topical corticosteroids such as shoulders, neck, arms, back under ...

-The skin is inflamed due to corticosteroids, apart from pimples will have more skin atrophy, skin thin expression, collapsed veins, can be infected more fungi (mushroom, reduced resistance due to easy attack).

Inflammation of the skin due to corticosteroids not only caused heavy damage skin that comes many other diseases of the skin, so the treatment is difficult, time-consuming, can last all year. According to the specialist of Dermatology, skin inflammation treatment principles of corticosteroids is to stop immediately and absolutely not taking back products containing corticosteroids.=

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