How would you approach treating patients with biopsy-proven Hailey-Hailey disease refractory to multiple oral therapies (i.e. tetracyclines, naltrexone, apremilast, glycopyrrolate, Cellcept), and requiring monthly steroid tapers for disease flares?
The disease is responsive to ablative lasers however laser treatments are not an option.
Answer from: at Community Practice
I find Hailey-Hailey so challenging and so I often do throw the kitchen sink. Additional options behind what you mentioned include low-dose superficial XRT (recently reviewed in JAMA Dermatology), botulinum toxin, dupilumab, and oral jak inhibitors. My personal approach to those who respond to predn...
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at NorthShore University HealthSystem I've used all of above. Dupiluminab worked best bu...
at Forefront Dermatology It worked very well for the two patients that I&rs...
My most severe Hailey-Hailey patient is now 95% clear on the following regimen:
IM Kenalog 40 mg q 3 months.
Topical Zoryve (roflumilast) daily.
(Note: she had failed all of the above, plus CO2 laser.)
I've used all of above. Dupiluminab worked best bu...
It worked very well for the two patients that I&rs...