Just diagnosed, need help using dermovate please
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Hi, I got the results of my biopsy back yesterday and have had LS confirmed - which is what I initially thought I had when I saw my GP last October, after much research. I'm hugely relieved it's not VIN, which the consultant suspected I had.
Anyway, the registrar I saw yesterday asked me if I was currently experiencing any itching and I said no. Then she tried to send me away without prescribing any steroid cream, as she said I wasn't having symptoms and they would just keep an eye on it and see me in 3 months' time! NO, NO AND NO!! Luckily I had done my research and everything I've read says to treat every day when first diagnosed and gradually reduce to a maintenance dose. And to continue to treat even if no symptoms. There was no way I was leaving that hospital without a prescription.
The registrar did give it to me in the end, after going off to talk to the head consultant. But the application advice she gave me was ABYSMAL. I asked where to put it and she said 'all over'. I asked how much and she said 'As much as you think you need to get coverage'. At that point I just gave it up as a lost cause.
So can anyone help me out please? How much should I be using? Should I put it only on the white patches? Not currently experiencing any itching but it comes and goes.
Also she said I should use once daily for 2 weeks, then on alternative days for 2 weeks, then twice a week for 2 weeks, then once a week until my next appointment. Does that sound right?
The prescription doesn't specify cream or ointment, do you think the pharmacy will give ointment if I ask?
Thanks ladies
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Chrisy Joan1978
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melissa0 Joan1978
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No more than a pea sized amount. I apply to my areas that are thickened, as over the months I have come to realize where they are. Also the areas that do get itchy. I am still a little confused on this too because I have vitiligo in the same area so I have lost pigment. I am not sure and the two different doctors I have seen told me contradicting advice on where to apply. One said all over and the other never really answered my question but just said my other doctor was wrong.
I started by applying twice a day for a month, then once a day for two weeks, and then every other day once a day for two weeks and now I am at twice a week just once a day.
Also the ointment seems to be the way to go.
I am sorry if this is no help to you. I am still learning too.
Limo Joan1978
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apainter Joan1978
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