Rash and skin peeling

[mjfanchicago]

About 4 weeks ago I had very small red rash on the side of my fingers and on the base of my palms. To get rid of the rash I bought an over the counter Cortizone.10 liquid kind. When I was trying to it on rash the whole thing opend up and spilled on my hands. 2 days later my skin on my palms and fingers started to peel very badly which lasted about 3 weeks. Do you guys know if the peeling might have caused by Cortizone.10?

[mjfanchicago]

Thank you so much for your repsonse
Does the skin react the same way if the the same thing were to happen again?. The reason I ask is beacuse I did the same stuipd thing again. About a week a ago I spilled the Cortizone-10 on my hand but my skin did not peel.

Thank you

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
The peeling can be due to contact dermatitis to the steroid cream. Avoid using any lotions and creams over the face for the meantime. Wash the area with a mild cleanser with moisturizing properties like Cetaphil. Pat it dry. Then apply a good hypoallergenic moisturizer over the area and see if this improves. If the symptoms still persist then you can apply mild steroid like dermacort.

If the irritation persists then please get it evaluated from a dermatologist. I hope it helps. Take care and regards.