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Does skin recover after prednisone?
Polymyalgia Rheumatica (PMR) | Last Active: Jun 10 2:39pm | Replies (19)Comment receiving replies
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.
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The cheap bandaids I use are no problem as the adhesive peels off itself in a day or so, around when a fresh one needs to go on. The small round medical grade bandaids they apply after blood tests are murder to get off. Like you said, the bandaid is much stronger than the skin and causes bleeding under the skin when trying to get it off. I had to leave the last one on for days to prevent bleeding and skin injury.