Misuse of topical corticosteroids in women in Hail region Saudi Arabia

Abstract

Background: A lot of women seek to get beautified. Consequently, some of the women often resort to using the products contained corticosteroids (CS) and other kinds of cosmetics, and this significantly increased with year 2018, due to the influence of social media. Despite the benefits, that excessive use of corticosteroids leads to serious side effects.Methods: 769 electronic questionnaires were completed by women for using corticosteroids in Hail, Saudi Arabia. Statistical comparison was done using SPSS (ANOVA test) was used to compare the answers given by the participants and P values less than 0.05 were considered significant.Results: 769 women responded. More than 30.3% of the patients were in the age group 31 to 40 years. The main reason for using the topical corticosteroids was to lighten skin color and reduce wrinkles.Conclusions: Misuse of topical corticosteroids is widely spread among women in Hail city, and this due to various reasons, the most important of which is to get bleaching and get rid of skin blemishes.