Corticosteroid injections directly into the scar are often the first treatment used for keloids. Injections are used rather than topical forms of corticosteroids because the tissue cannot absorb the medication through the skin well enough to be effective in most situations. However, topical application ...
steroid injection.#Keloids from thirty suffering patients were split faced into two identical parts; one part received an intralesional corticosteroid injection while the other part was treated first with fractional ablative 2940nm Er: YAG laser followed by occluded topical application of steroid cream....
For instance, a cream or ointment containing 17 β-oestradiol may be applied to a site on the skin of subject where elective surgery is to be performed and an increased rate of wound healing is subsequently desired. In this case, the composition may be applied during the preoperative ...
The dermal toxicity of four antimicrobial-steroid cream formulations, tolnaf-tate 1%/hydrocortisone 0.5% (TH), clotrimazole 1%/hydrocortisone 0.5% (CH), clotrimazole 1%/betamethasone 0.06% (CB), and clotrimazole 1%/gentamkin 0.1%/betamethasone 0.05% (CGB), was compared in separate studies. All ...