Steroid acne appears suddenly with evenly sized bumps 2 to 5 weeks after you start steroids. Dermatologist Shereene Idriss explains how to tell it apart from fungal folliculitis and what to do about it: ketoconazole shampoo, retinols, and stop the steroids.
Foreign. Are you finally in control of your acne but then all of a sudden it erupts all over your face? I'm a board certified dermatologist and although this person is not my patient, this particular condition comes up more often than not. It is known as steroid acne and although I am not diagnosing that particular girl, this is steroid acne when you have equal sized bumps that erupt all over your face and and that look identical two to five weeks after being on some sort of steroid whether it is hydrocortisone or other inhaled steroids, if you have asthma or even a oral steroid you get these tiny microcomedone formations all of a sudden all at once that erupt on your face and it can be very disconcerting. So here's what you can do to help yourself. Starting with making sure it is not Pityrosporum folliculitis AKA fungal acne and adding nizoral shampoo which is ketoconazole into your routine. But but additionally retinols are going to be your best friends and ultimately stopping all steroids will help.
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