Light-Sensitive Seborrheid

Topical corticosteroid-induced rosacea-like dermatitis: A clinical study of 110 cases

“…Initially, it was given the name light sensitive seborrheid, perioral dermatitis, rosacea-like dermatitis, steroid rosacea, steroid dermatitis resembling rocasea (in Latin: dermatitis rosaceiformis steroidica) and lastly steroid-induced rosacea-like dermatitis (SIRD). [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] Since there is no consensus regarding nomenclature, we prefer to use the term TCIRD since it indicates the morphology of lesion due to topical corticosteroid use.…”

Topical steroids - fairness fervour to fallout

“…[4][5][6][7] The main clinical presentation of this dermatosis is diffuse facial redness with or without papulopustular lesions in addition to the development of rebound phenomenon after withdrawal of TCs. 8 This dermatosis is routinely seen in the daily clinical practice.…”

Abstracts

“…The following causal factors have been suggested: exposure to sunlight of patients with a seborrhocic skin [6]; oral contraceptives [5,7]; contact allergy: cosmetics, toothpaste [II]; infectious agents: fusiform bacilli [3,4], Candida albicans [2], None of these hypothetical causes was present in all patients and no adequate therapy resulted from eliminating these factors.…”

“…W eber [13] states that rosacea-like dermatitis is to be con sidered an intolerance reaction of seborrhocic skin to topically applied strong steroids. If this would be true, F rumess and Lewis [6] did not describe the same dermatosis but a less frequently occurring variety of seborrhoeic dermatitis as Weber [13] and Gschwandtner [8] state, because before 1957 there were no fluorinated corticosteroids available.…”