The side effects are itching, burning, stinging, dryness, folliculitis, hypertrichosis, acne form eruption, hypopigmentation, perioral dermatitis, allergic contact dermatitis, maceration of the skin, secondary infection, skin atrophy, striae, miliaria.
Systemic absorption of topical corticosteroids has produced reversible hypothalamic-pituitary- adrenal axis suppression, manisfestation of Cushing's syndrome, hyperglycemia, and glucosuria in some patients. Vision, blurred.