Perioral Dermatitis

[Yvonne4021]

I have had P for 17 years ..scalp, toenails, knees etc  and then about a month ago I noticed red patches on both sides of my mouth that went up to the edges of my nose. It was itchy, burning and very painful. It felt as though I had food caked onto my face.
I seen my GP straight away who confirmed my worst fear. The P had began on my face. She prescribed a betamethasone cream which helped at first but then got worse  WAY worse.
I go for light therapy 2X a week at my Derm. office so on my next visit I had him look at it.He concurred it was P as well, Agreed I continue with the cream and expose it to the lights.
This just aggravated it. The burning pain was horrible. This continued for 2 weeks,, I went in again to see the derm. who took a closer look and said "you know this could be perioral dermatitis"  so I discontinued all use of steriod topicals , and was given a RX for another topical and the rash is now near gone!
I wanted to share this in case others have this exp. I am thankful that the P has not moved to my face
Perioral dermatitis can occur for many reasons but is very common on someone who uses topical steriod creams or elecom over an extended period of time

[Fred]

Thank you for sharing and good to hear you  got it sorted.

I'll move this thread to Psoriasis And Psoriatic Arthritis Topics

[jiml]

Thank you Yvonne for making a seperate thread about this problem and I'm sure many others have suffered with this believing it to be psoriasis
I will put a note in the club newsletter at the end of the month so it will get to more members that way  



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[Caroline]

Very smart move to clear this up Yvonne.
This kind of posts makes a forum like this so valuable.

Many thanks !