Topical Steroid Damaged/Dependent Face (TSDF): An Entity of Cutaneous Pharmacodependence

Topical Steroid Damaged/Dependent face (TSDF) is a phenomenon which has been described very recently (2008). It is characterized by a plethora of symptoms caused by an usually unsupervised misuse/abuse/overuse of topical corticosteroid of any potency on the face over an unspecified and/or prolonged...

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Autores principales: Lahiri, Koushik, Coondoo, Arijit
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885178/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27293246
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.182417
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description Topical Steroid Damaged/Dependent face (TSDF) is a phenomenon which has been described very recently (2008). It is characterized by a plethora of symptoms caused by an usually unsupervised misuse/abuse/overuse of topical corticosteroid of any potency on the face over an unspecified and/or prolonged period of time. This misuse and damage have a serious effect on the quality of life of the patients in general and the skin of the face in particular. Management is difficult and necessitates psychological counseling as well as physical soothing of the sensitive skin.
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spelling pubmed-48851782016-06-10 Topical Steroid Damaged/Dependent Face (TSDF): An Entity of Cutaneous Pharmacodependence Lahiri, Koushik Coondoo, Arijit Indian J Dermatol Concept Article Topical Steroid Damaged/Dependent face (TSDF) is a phenomenon which has been described very recently (2008). It is characterized by a plethora of symptoms caused by an usually unsupervised misuse/abuse/overuse of topical corticosteroid of any potency on the face over an unspecified and/or prolonged period of time. This misuse and damage have a serious effect on the quality of life of the patients in general and the skin of the face in particular. Management is difficult and necessitates psychological counseling as well as physical soothing of the sensitive skin. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4885178/ /pubmed/27293246 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.182417 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4885178/
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