Reduces swelling and itching caused by lichen planus.
Dermovate is a topical corticosteroid used to treat swelling, irritation, and itching caused by skin conditions, including lichen planus. It’s available as a cream, ointment, and scalp solution.
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Dermovate is a topical corticosteroid that uses a medicine called clobetasol propionate. It belongs to the most potent class of topical steroids, which can help with symptoms caused by a range of skin diseases. For lichen planus, it can reduce swelling, irritation, itchiness, and redness.
Lichen planus is a skin condition that causes itchy, reddish-purple, raised, and flat bumps on the body. Using topical treatments like corticosteroids can help manage these symptoms, but lichen planus often clears up by itself between nine and eighteen months.
When your skin becomes inflamed because of an allergic reaction, various chemicals widen your blood vessels and cause your skin to become irritated, red, itchy, and swollen. Topical corticosteroids, like Dermovate (clobetasol), are effective at reducing inflammation because they inhibit the production of cytokines (a small protein) in your immune cells, which play a role in causing the reaction. They’re used for their anti-inflammatory, anti-itch properties and can help narrow blood vessels to help with swelling.
If lichen planus is affecting your scalp, you’ll be prescribed the scalp application, which you apply directly to the affected area. The cream is better suited for skin that is moist or weeping, whereas the ointment is thicker and greasier, so it’s better for dry or flaky skin. Once your clinician has examined your skin, they’ll be able to recommend which ones are best for you.
Dermovate's main active ingredient is clobetasol propionate. Each gram contains 0.5 mg of clobetasol propionate, which is equivalent to 0.05% w/w. The other ingredients in the ointment are propylene glycol, sorbitan sesquioleate, and white soft paraffin. And the inactive ingredients in Dermovate cream are cetostearyl alcohol, arlacel 165, propylene glycol, glyceryl monostearate 40-55, beeswax substitute 6621, sodium citrate, citric acid, chlorocresol, and purified water.
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For most cases of lichen planus, it can clear up by itself within nine to eighteen months. Using a topical corticosteroid can help speed up this healing process. Usually, after it’s cleared up, the rash won’t return. So it’s best to follow the guidelines given by your clinician. The active ingredient in Dermovate, clobetasol, can start to work after a few days, and you shouldn’t use it for more than four weeks.
If you apply too much or accidentally ingest it, seek urgent medical attention. If you forget to apply Dermovate, use it as soon as you remember, but if it’s close to the next time you were supposed to apply it, just wait until then. Make sure to use it exactly as your clinician has advised you to, because if you stop suddenly it can make your rash worse.
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Comparative efficacy of topical coconut cream and clobetasol propionate ointment for the management of oral lichen planus: A double-blinded randomised control trial. Indian journal of pharmacology, 54(2), 84–89.
Randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial of clobetasol propionate 0.05% in the treatment of oral lichen planus. Oral diseases, 24(5), 772–777.
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