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Dermovate

Dermovate

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Brands

Temovate • Dovate • Clobex • Xenovate • Olux E

Generic Drug

Clobetasol

Side Effects

Common

Itching or burning
Elbow pain
Itchy rash
Thin skin
Spider veins
Red skin
Skin redness or irritation
Finger numbness
Itchy skin

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A female asked:

Can dermovate be used for allergic underarms?

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A 42-year old asked:

What is Dermovate cream prescribed for?

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A 48-year old asked:

Does Dermovate fade scars?

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A 30-year old asked:

Is it safe to use Dermovate on the armpits?

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A 44-year old asked:

Dermovate cream for psoriasis, where is it available?

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A 18-year old female asked:

Can I use dermovate that is expired less than a year as I bought it from another country +can only get it here by going to the doctors for presciption?

1 doctor answer • 7 doctors weighed in

A 25-year old female asked:

First of all am thanking for your help.My question is I used dermovate cream for several years and i need to quit this cream , and i tried for weeks but my face look worse what can i do please help.

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A 38-year old asked:

Is Dermovate ointment used for alopecia?

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A female asked:

How to treat the side effect of applying dermovate for whitening?

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A 34-year old male asked:

Are Daivobet and Dermovate similar or they have different functions each one? I am with plaque psoriasis.

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A 21-year old female asked:

I have psoriasis all over my body, including under my clitoris. Which ointment can I put on? I have hydrocortison, Dermovate and dovobet.

3 doctor answers • 6 doctors weighed in

A 25-year old male asked:

I have access to Mederma and Dermovate (0.05%). Which is a more effective medicine to treat scars? I am aware that the scars will not disappear.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 31-year old asked:

Dermovate can be used to whiten armpit?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 31-year old asked:

Can I use Dermovate for pimples and acne?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 32-year old male asked:

Is it ok to mix Dermovate and ketoconazole to treat ringworm?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 18-year old female asked:

My eczema has been flaring up more nowadays Is there anything I can use to get rid of it which is organic as Ive beenusing dermovate + dont like it ?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 25-year old female asked:

I used dermovate cream since 2012 . Now my skin become sensitive when I stop this cream my face looks with red pimples and looks burned. So please help me how can i get good skin with out this cream help please?

2 doctor answers • 7 doctors weighed in

A 18-year old male asked:

Does dermovate help reduce acne/dark/red marks?? I was told that it bleaches the skin somehow.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 34-year old female asked:

Is it ok to use Dermovate on the scalp for repeated short periods over 10+ years? What usage could thin the scalp and is that a long term side effect?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

Can i apply Dermovate ointment on hair loss on my eyebrows?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 34-year old male asked:

Got 2 cut on my foreskin while mastubating.Cut healed.burning sensation still there from last 2 week.Dermovate cream didnt work.no redness no swelling?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 37-year old male asked:

I have psoriasis since my teenage i am using clobetasol ointment, dermovate ointment today the pharmacist give me clotrimazole cream usp1%w/w. is that same??

1 doctor answer • 4 doctors weighed in

A male asked:

Hi doc, just want to ask if its good to continue use of dermovate cream for my face, i have some redness in my face and rashes.

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A 30-year old female asked:

Hairloss and eyebrows and lashes itchy. went to dermatology precribe me ketrozol and trbinafine daktarin for eyebrows and Dermovate selsun shampoor?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 33-year old male asked:

What causes dyshidrosis? Been suffering mildly from reoccurring blisters / fissures on fingers for last 3 years. Very annoying. Treat w Dermovate ATM.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 21-year old female asked:

Does Dermovate cream get rid of acne scars?

2 doctor answers • 5 doctors weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

Would Clobetasol Propionate (Dermovate 500mcg/g ointment) cause false negative test result to Syphilis and HIV if applied on open wounds?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 41-year old female asked:

What are differential diagnoses for lichen sclerosis without white spots?and alternative treatment methods for lichen sclerosis? Allergic to Dermovate

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 30-year old female asked:

Would applying clobetasol propionate (dermovate) on genitals for a short period worsen HPV condition? what are the side effects?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 29-year old female asked:

Im suffering from itchy skin on face neck scalp and behind ears.small pimples which looks like skin rash.i used Dermovate ointment, it reappear again?

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