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    Glossary Topical Corticosteroids

    medications applied to skin to reduce inflammation and immune response

    Topical corticosteroids, also known as steroid creams or ointments, are medications applied directly to the skin to reduce inflammation and suppress the immune response. They are commonly used to treat conditions like eczema, psoriasis, and alopecia areata by decreasing redness, swelling, and itching.

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    1. A Review of Topical Corticosteroid Foams PubMed · 2019 · 3 citations
    2. Topical corticosteroid in foam vehicle offers comparable coverage compared with traditional vehicles Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology · 2000 · 7 citations
    3. Advances in Topical Therapies for Clinically Relevant and Prevalent Forms of Alopecia Life · 2024
    4. A young woman with frontal firbosing alopecia: a case report and review of therapeutic options International journal of women’s dermatology · 2018
    5. Management of Hair Loss Dermatologic Clinics · 2005 · 74 citations
    6. Contact immunotherapy‐resistant alopecia areata totalis/universalis reactive to topical corticosteroid The Journal of Dermatology · 2015 · 5 citations
    7. Different Patterns of Lichen Planus in Three Members of One Family Case Reports in Dermatological Medicine · 2026
    8. Alopecia: evaluation and treatment Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology · 2011 · 76 citations
    9. Clinico-epidemiological and Therapeutic Aspects of Alopecia Areata in Children at the Dermatology Department, University Hospital of Antananarivo, Madagascar International Journal of Clinical Dermatology · 2026
    10. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia Indian Dermatology Online Journal · 2013 · 11 citations
    11. Primary cicatricial alopecia Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2016 · 65 citations
    12. Un caso de alopecia areata con repoblación paradójica espontánea con buena respuesta a propionato de clobetasol Medicina cutánea ibero-latino-americana · 2017
    13. The Role of Topical Vitamin D in Vitiligo: A Narrative Literature Review Bioscientia medicina · 2022 · 2 citations
    14. Dermatological Drugs, Topical Agents, and Cosmetics Side effects of drugs annual · 2015 · 1 citations
    15. Drug utilization of topical and systemic steroids in treating various skin diseases in the dermatology department of a teaching hospital, Bangalore International Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Science · 2023
    16. Successful treatment of corticosteroid-resistant ophiasis-type alopecia areata (AA) with platelet-rich plasma (PRP) JAAD case reports · 2015 · 30 citations
    17. Adolescent hair loss Current Opinion in Pediatrics · 2008 · 29 citations
    18. Acquired scalp alopecia. Part II: A review Australasian Journal of Dermatology · 1999 · 37 citations
    19. Management of ‘refractory’ skin disease in patients with lupus erythematosus Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology · 2005 · 30 citations
    20. Cicatricial alopecia Journal der Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft · 2018 · 23 citations
    21. Treatment Patterns for Alopecia Areata in the US JAMA Dermatology · 2023 · 7 citations
    22. Alopecia Areata: Burden of Disease, Approach to Treatment, and Current Unmet Needs Clinical, Cosmetic and Investigational Dermatology · 2023 · 1 citations
    23. Alopecia Areata Steinkopff eBooks · 2003
    24. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia: Past, present, and future Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2009 · 75 citations
    25. Involvement of scalp and nails in lupus erythematosus Lupus · 2010 · 44 citations
    26. Cutaneous lupus erythematosus: clinico-pathologic correlation Italian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology · 2018 · 33 citations
    27. Concentric or Targetoid Regrowth in Alopecia Areata Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas · 2016
    28. Central centrifugal cicatricial alopecia Dermatologic Therapy · 2008 · 72 citations
    29. Common Dermatologic Conditions Medical Clinics of North America · 2014 · 14 citations
    30. Primary cicatricial alopecia Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology · 2016 · 95 citations