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Does skin recover after prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 10, 2024 | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
My arm looks the same as yours after the lightest of gardening. It's really annoying, especially as clothes get blood on them every time I do some small thing outdoors. The skin catches and peels back, so it has to be carefully put back in place before all the bandaids go on. The skin is so shiny and thin. Physical deterioration speeds up with PMR and the steroids.
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They say PMR doesn't do any physical harm so it must be the steroids. Be very careful if your skin peels back that easily --- that is an open invitation to an infection and cellulitis.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/cellulitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20370762
Whoever says prednisone side effects are "easy to manage if you know how" hasn't ever taken care of patients on steroids in a hospital setting. Bandaids are no good when your skin is that thin. Changing the dressing tends to pull off more skin.