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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?

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Dermatology · Forefront Dermatology

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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Dermatology · University of Alabama at Birmingham

I personally have used botulinum toxin with excellent results.

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Dermatology · Emory University School of Medicine

Botulinum toxin would be my next choice.

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Dermatology · Geisinger Commonwealth Medical College

My most severe Hailey-Hailey patient is now 95% clear on the following regimen:

  1. IM Kenalog 40 mg q 3 months.
  2. Topical Zoryve (roflumilast) daily.

(Note: she had failed all of the above, plus CO2 laser.)

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Dermatology · Dept Dermatology Jefferson Medical College

Weight loss, Botox... perhaps oral Robinul.

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