02/03/2023
Topical Corticosteroids: Friend or Foe?
The most important part of treating skin with eczema is to apply emollients. These are moisturisers, with varying amounts of oil-in-water combinations, that help hydrate the skin whilst simultaneously replacing the oily layer, restoring the barrier function of the skin, but are they friend or foe?
Read more about this in our blog below.
https://www.allergyfoundation.co.za/topical-corticosteroids-friend-or-foe/
Eczema is the result of a disruption in the barrier function of the skin. If one was to think of the skin as a brick wall between the body and the external environment, we can compare the skin cells to the bricks of the wall and recognise that to form a good defence we