Topical steroid withdrawal: old problem, new terminology and diagnostic inflation in the social-media era
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Published version
Author(s)
Shanshal, Mohammed
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Topical steroid withdrawal (TSW) has moved rapidly from patient forums into regulatory warnings, clinical consultations and mainstream dermatology debate. The discussion is often polarized between two unhelpful positions: that TSW is either a newly discovered disease or merely an internet myth. A more productive framing is that contemporary TSW functions as a social-media-amplified umbrella label for heterogeneous steroid-related phenomena, some well-characterized and others incompletely defined, whose boundaries have expanded faster than the evidence.
Date Issued
2026-09-17
Date Acceptance
2026-09-11
Citation
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology, 2026, pp.1-2
ISSN
0307-6938
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Start Page
1
End Page
2
Journal / Book Title
Clinical and Experimental Dermatology
Copyright Statement
© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of British Association of Dermatologists. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site—for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
Identifier
10.1093/ced/llag412
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
412
Date Publish Online
2026-09-17