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I don't think men have as much of a problem with Prednisone's effect of thinning the skin. Our skin is different --- thick and rough.
https://www.dermalogica.com/blogs/living-skin/is-a-mans-skin-really-different-from-a-womans#:~:text=Yes!,man's%20skin%20texture%20is%20tougher.
My skin did get rather thin on my legs in the area of my shins. Every time I bumped my shins when I was on Prednisone it would cause mega trauma. The skin in that area was thin before Prednisone.

After Prednisone, my shins would hurt when I was in the sun. It was like the sun could burn right through my shins. There was hardly any skin left on my shins.

I'm off Prednisone now. I have more skin on my shins but it looks more like scar tissue to me.

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That may be, but I've seen several photos posted by men in other PMR groups that show their forearms and hands as bad or worse than mine. But like I said, we don't all have the same side effects. Sounds like you dodged that bullet although it affected your legs. Sorry. I'm sure that's painful. 🙁