Online ISSN: 2515-8260

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF LOW DOSE ORAL ISOTRETINOIN FOR THE TREATMENT OF STEROID INDUCED ROSACEA- A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY

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Chandrashekar B S 1 , Rashmi Sriram 2 , Harsha G T 3 ,Sapna Bhaskar 4

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Background: The excessive, regular use of topical fluorinated steroids on the face often produces an array of skin complications, including an eruption clinically indistinguishable from rosacea-‘steroid-induced rosacea like eruption ’ or iatrosacea . Although it was believed that only high potency topical steroids could produce SIRD, it is important to note that topical hydrocortisone 1% can also cause such an eruption after prolonged use. Objective: To assess the efficacy and tolerability of low dose oral Isotretinoin for steroid induced rosacea- like eruption.

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