Steroid Rosacea (Rosacea Induced by Steroid Use)

Usually this is a patient who started out with Stage One Rosacea and was treated for the persistent redness with a topical steroid cream.

Topical steroid medications used in rosacea treatment should be used for short duration only, if at all.

Unfortunately, when long term topical steroid treatment is discontinued, one of the side effects is a marked worsening of the very Rosacea characteristics that the medication was intended to address.

Steroid Rosacea is often difficult to treat because the disease becomes even more pronounced when the physician tries to eliminate the topical steroid.