How to Avoid Topical Steroid Withdrawal?
Ulyana Michailov 
How to safely wean from corticosteroid cream use when you have eczema. Using an integrative and wholistic approach to manage eczema naturally.
The first line of medical treatment for babies and children with eczema is a visit to your doctor or dermatologist who will most likely prescribe a corticosteroid cream to manage the symptoms.
If that’s all it took to heal eczema, this website wouldn’t exist. Sadly, most eczema rashes will reappear once you have stop the medicated cream and so a cycle and dependency is created.
What are the risks to long term steroid cream use?
- Skin thinning
- stretch marks
- easy bruising
- dilated blood vessels
- Burning, stinging
- bright red skin
- Flaking skin
By the time you have reached this site it’s most likely you have already started using medicated creams and are looking for answers in helping your child’s eczema naturally because you’re tired of the steroid cream cycle and have some concerns about its long term safety.
When Topical Steroid withdrawal is a rebound effect of stopping steroid cream use…How do you wean off steroid creams safely?
Firstly, you have to do this under the guidance of the doctor who prescribed the cream to your child and a naturopath who is experienced in treating children and babies with eczema.
The most important rule is never to stop using the cream cold-turkey.
The second step is to start a reputable naturopathic regime to address the underlying drivers and root cause of the eczema. This is to ensure when your child finally weans off their steroid cream that you will have the condition under control, otherwise you’ll find yourself needing the steroid cream again.
The third step is to either be prescribed a lower dose corticosteroid cream or to start weaning the amount of cream that you are using. It’s best to be guided here. Along side the reduction of steroid cream you may want to consider also using a non-medicated cream to help ease symptoms as you go.
Final step is to be patient. Recovering from eczema is possible but it will take time and the right approach.
This website is dedicated to teaching parents how to help treat their child’s eczema naturally using nutrition and naturopathic principles.
If you are ready to consider treating the root cause of your child’s eczema using naturopathic methods book in your virtual appointment here.
Otherwise, consider getting your child’s free skin report to learn more.
