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Use weakest steroid cream which controls patients symptoms
|Mild|Moderate|Potent|Very potent|
|Hydrocortisone 0.5-2.5%|Betamethasone valerate 0.025% (Betnovate RD)|Fluticasone propionate 0.05% (Cutivate)|Clobetasol propionate 0.05% (Dermovate)|
||Clobetasone butyrate 0.05% (Eumovate)|Betamethasone valerate 0.1% (Betnovate)||
Finger tip rule - 1 finger tip unit (FTU) = 0.5 g, (sufficient to treat a skin area about twice that of the flat of an adult hand)
1 FTU - Hand and fingers (front and back)
2 FTU - foot (all over)
2.5 FTU Face and neck
7 FTU - Front of chest and abdomen
7 FTU - Back and buttocks
4 FTU - An entire arm and hand
8 FTU - An entire leg and foot
BNF - quantity of topical steroids needed by adult for a single daily application for 2 weeks:
15-30g Face and neck
15-30g Both hands
15-30g Scalp
15-30g Groin and genitalia
30-60g Both arms
100g Both legs
100g Trunk