Controversy

It has been brought to my attention that several pronouncements and postings on ITSAN website and Facebook pages state that there is no treatment or cure for Red Skin Syndrome (RSS) and that symptoms resolve over time. These statements are misguided, misleading, and mistaken. There IS a cure for RSS. The medical protocol that is required for healing involves withdrawal from topical steroids and should be undertaken under the guidance of a qualified physician. Support groups like ITSAN are helpful in reassuring the RSS sufferer that the withdrawal process is necessary and will cure RSS. Under no circumstances should ITSAN be offering medical advice or opinions.

I can promise to be sincere, but not to be impartial.

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Although no longer affiliated with ITSAN, I am the board certified dermatologist who founded ITSAN with the purpose of easing the suffering of steroid addicted patients by guiding them through the proper scientific process to cure. I believe that too many patients are currently buy oxandrolone (anavar) at uk online store being misinformed on the ITSAN website and I am concerned about the outcome of those inappropriately given medical advice.

I will post a recent email that I sent to an ITSAN board member detailing my concerns.

About the Author: Dr Marvin Rapaport, MD

In 1978 I initiated and set up the contact and photo dermatitis clinic at UCLA. There was a need to evaluate a large group of patients who exhibited severe eczematoid rashes, especially on the face. Patients were referred from all over Southern California. All patients underwent a lengthy history and examination. Further evaluations included blood studies, allergy patch testing, special sunlight (photo) testing and skin biopsies. From the start it was apparent that most patients experienced a mild dermatitis on various parts of the body that progressively worsened. Their histories always included numerous doctor visits, multiple physicians, and therapy consisting of an increasing amount of corticosteroids. My testing failed to reveal any specific culprit chemicals, cosmetics, perfumes, workplace or recreational exposures. It became increasingly clear that the physician’s therapy, the corticosteroids, was invariably causing the problem. I wrote 7 scientific articles that were published in the most august peer-reviewed dermatologic journals and I gave many lectures at various dermatology meetings. To this day an unfortunate reluctance exists on the part of most physicians to accept this simple concept.