Perioral Dermatitis

Stuart Millar Updated by Stuart Millar

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Symptoms:

Facial patchy redness with small bumps and slight scaling on the chin, or just lateral to the mouth, nose, or eyes. Perioral dermatitis is a common skin disorder that often affects women more than men. Strong steroids such as OTC 1% hydrocortisone will make it spread.

Recovery:

Dr. Harlan typically treats his adult patients for perioral dermatitis by having them apply SmartLotion® 2x per day for up to 2 weeks.

As long as the patient sees improvement during the initial 2 weeks, after 2 weeks he typically recommends tapering down to 1x per day for 2 weeks. The rate of tapering should vary based on how quickly the rash is healing.

He also instructs them to apply cold, icy compression to the affected area for 3 minutes after applying SmartLotion®.

For anyone with perioral dermatitis, Dr. Harlan says you must stop the use of strong steroid creams.

Prevention:

To prevent perioral dermatitis from returning, Dr. Harlan instructs his adult patients to apply SmartLotion® 1x per day, or less as needed.

Some patients require intervals of 2x and 1x every other day SmartLotion® applications for complete flare-up control. Some patients require 1 application per day, and some only require 3 applications per week.

This is why long-term safety was so important to Dr. Harlan when he formulated SmartLotion®. For whatever maintenance schedule his patients require, he wanted to ensure that there would be no chance of side effects. Rest assured, SmartLotion® is 100% safe for long term use, as demonstrated in his peer-reviewed safety study.

To read Dr. Harlan's peer -reviewed safety study, please click here.

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