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Topical steroid withdrawal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 29, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

Dr. Marvin Rapaport first recognized 'Red Skin Syndrome' (RSS) at his UCLA clinic, where he established the connection between topical steroid use, cessation, and subsequent severe skin reactions. Dr Rapaport identified this as 'Topical Steroid Addiction' (TSA), a potential side effect from topical steroid use. Red Skin Syndrome (RSS) became commonly known as Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW).

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current 57-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where Topical, steroid and withdrawal can be independently traced.
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This entry incorporates text from “Topical steroid withdrawal” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.