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Grover's Disease: What works to help find relief?

Skin Health | Last Active: Nov 4 2:57pm | Replies (2012)
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@frjohn

An oral steroid will stop it, but it WILL return when the steroid is discontinued, which it must. Plus, they make most people hungry and cause weight gain. Those are the least of a long list of nasty side effects. Most derms will reserve steroids for extreme flare-ups.

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sophiep | @sophiep | Nov 14, 2022

I know that Prednisone is a short term fix, but can you share any knowledge or personal experience that you may have of it's hazards and if it's possible that it may halt the Grover's, at least for a while, after stopping. So far it's been the only way I've gotten complete relief. Clobetasol, a topical and also very strong, offers some relief. I've never had a remission in a year and have severely damaged my skin, so at least for now on the Prednisone I'm healing and not itching.

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