Hi all
My daughter suffers with severe eczema on her face that can only be controlled using hydrocortisone cream. The GP referred her to a specialist- community not hospital. The dermatologist we saw originally gave us some advice and said that if there was no improvement then at the follow up appointment he would refer her to the hospital.
At the follow up appointment today we saw someone new. He said her eczema is not active. I explained that it's only because I'm still using the steroid cream and that the course if action the last doctor had advised us to take hadn't worked. He then gave his own advice- to reduce the use of steroid cream to once a day. I explained that we had already tried this under the GPs advice and that it doesn't work. Her eczema becomes infected very quickly. He has still said to reduce it and has prescribed a stronger steroid cream in case reducing it causing the eczema to flare up.
I just feel like I haven't been listened to. The first specialist seemed to be in agreement with the GP that we need to reduce the use of steroid cream. He had advised to do this really gradually by slowly diluting her night time application of hydrocortisone with moisturiser. The gradual removal didn't work and now this new doctor is telling me to completely stop the night time application. This is obviously definitely going to lead to an eczema flare up and I'm unhappy that the answer to this is a stronger steroid cream.
She is not due to see another specialist for two months now. What can I do if I'm unhappy with this advice?
Feeling really fed up.