Just put some salve on it” sounds so innocuous one could follow up with, “what could possibly go wrong?” Never ask that. Yes, our skin is our living breathing barrier that, while mighty, might get damaged from various insults (and by might I mean will). However, it is also a portal to our inner universe and therefore something applied to the skin may go on a “fantastic voyage.” Simply put, what you put on your skin may have holistic consequences, and the greatest example of this would be with the misuse, abuse, and turned loose use of topical steroids. What could go wrong? You asked again! Ok we got the guy to tell you- none other than Dr. Raj Chovatiya, Clinical Associate Professor at Rosalind Franklin University Chicago Medical School, Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences, and Founder and Director of the Center for Medical Dermatology + Immunology Research in Chicago, Illinois. Uncap to squeeze out all the what you got to know goo when it comes to chronic use of topical therapies and what actually could go wrong. For now, I plead the 5th.
