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Hi does anybody know if you can overdose on steroid cream.

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I think you can find guidelines for the use of steroid cream on the National Eczema Society website. One of the long term risks is thinning of the skin making it more vulnerable to breaks and thus infections.

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MarySI in reply to lovesradio

Happened to me. My eczema is really bad so I frequently use steroids but it damaged my skin that it has thinned out

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lovesradio in reply to MarySI

Sorry to hear that Mary, i suspect same thing is happening to mine

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Snoogy in reply to MarySI

Hv u tried bleach bathing wen its bad i get it really bad i bet i could be tou sll wen it comes to this stuff

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