I was diagnosed by a dermatologist with eczema / dermatitis of my penis glans. I've been treating with prescribed TCI (Protopic) for approx. 10 months, twice daily.
I was not making very good progress over this time. Upon visiting my doctor a week ago he suggested that I switch to a combination of Hydrocortisone 1% & Protopic. I would apply Hydrocortisone in the morning and Protopic in the evening. I did this for one week and made pretty decent progress. Much more progress then 10 months of strictly only Protopic use.
I returned to the doctor today after 1 week of Hydrocortisone + Protopic and he told me he didn't think that Protopic was effective and to switch to twice a day Hydrocortisone 1% for 7 more days and then stop all steroid use and return and re-evaluate.
I suppose my question is as follows.
- Does this hydrocortisone usage pose any significant risk of skin side effects? At the end of the 14 day prescription I will have used as follows. (1x daily for 7 days) + (2 x daily for 7 days).
Anyone with experience here let me know if there are any negative side effects to this course of prescription.