Specialists in TSW care and CAP treatments
Please note, we are unfortunately unable to take on clients at this time.
At TSW clinic, we specialize in CAP treatment and care for TSW patients.
We are a medical clinic, located in the Netherlands, founded by a medical doctor who suffered from TSW and eczema first hand. That's why we understand the pain you're experiencing due to this debilitating condition.
We're passionate about safely supporting and guiding you through topical steroid withdrawal, to help you reclaim life one day at a time.
We are the first clinic to offer TSW care and cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) treatment to alleviate TSW symptoms in the Netherlands. We also support you on your healing journey dealing with TSW.
Please note, we are unfortunately unable to take on clients at this time.
TAKING TSW TREATMENT TO THE NEXT LEVEL
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TSW SUPPORT / CONSULTATIONS
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At TSW clinic, we acknowledge topical steroid withdrawal as a medical condition. Since we've been going through it ourselves, we know how debilitating this condition is.
After extensive research, we have gathered specific knowledge on TSW to guide you as best we can during this challenging course of disease.
Feel like you've been let down by the medical community? Feeling discouraged, not being able to identify the way to improve? We are here to help.
At TSW clinic we offer consultations and support for patients experiencing topical steroid withdrawal.
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COLD ATMOSPHERIC PLASMA TREATMENT
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To help ease your TSW symptoms and help speed up your recovery, we offer CAP treatment plans. CAP treatment has proven both safe and effective in reducing TSW symptoms and accelerating recovery. By restoring the diversity of skin
microbiome, as well as promoting wound healing for damaged skin barrier and increasing skin regeneration rate, CAP can accelerate your recovery from TSW.Tired of waiting around for your symptoms to improve?
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Let's start healing journey together
Whether you’ve just begun your topical steroid withdrawal journey or have recently realized you’re experiencing symptoms from topical steroid addiction (TSA), you may be seeking information, advice, and support. With the wealth of resources and patient experiences available, it can feel overwhelming to find your way through this. You don’t have to face it alone.
Feel free to contact us if you’re looking for guidance on your healing journey. We’re here to provide personalized advice and support.
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Kirsty van Beek, MD
Founder and medical director at TSW clinic.
Kirsty was trained as a medical doctor starting from 2009. She later trained as a general practitioner.
As a child she suffered from eczema and needed extensive treatment. She fully recovered during teenage years.
During her first pregnancy, her eczema reappeared, and she was treated with topical steroids due to which she developed steroid induced eczema. She started going trough topical steroid withdrawal in 2022.
She still works part-time as a GP in practice today but decided to follow her passion for helping TSW patients by founding TSW clinic. Kirsty did extensive research to best guide patients on their healing journey from TSW. She also found a way to bring CAP treatment to the Netherlands, to help TSW patients on their healing journey.
Topical steroid withdrawal
TSW refers to a constellation of symptoms that emerge in the days and weeks after one stops the use of topical steroids.
It is a serious potential side effect of topical steroid use that is not readily recognized by health care providers yet. Much is still unknown about this condition, due to lack of clinical studies.
The potentially debilitating symptoms of TSW can include are burning, weeping, flaking, shedding, peeling, swelling, redness, wrinkling, thin skin, pus-filled bumps, cracking, itching, nodules, pain, insomnia, hair loss, shivering, fatigue, depression and disability.
Most patients experiencing TSW will at some point find themselves homebound and unable to function, disrupting their social and professional obligations. This situation can lead to significant physical, emotional, social, and financial challenges.
Cold atmospheric plasma treatment
Cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) delivers plasma directly to the skin’s surface. Plasma is considered the fourth state of matter and is achieved when a gas is heated up to the point that its particles become ionized.
Plasma can also be generated at relatively low temperature. This cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) is plasma generated at temperatures below 40 C.
CAP was first used in the 1960s as a method of sterilisation. In the 1990’s, the medical community began using it as a treatment for various conditions, e.g. to promote wound healing, help with dental procedures, treat diabetic foot and leg ulcers.
Cold atmospheric plasma has been identified as a potentional effective treatment for TSW and eczema. It can trigger growth factors in the skin, to increase regeneration rates. It has been demonstrated that CAP up-regulates the expression of hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in human dermal fibroblasts.
CAP has the potential to effectively improve the severity of TSW and mild or moderate atopic dermatitis by recovering the diversity of skin
microbiome, as well as promoting wound healing for damaged skin barrier.
Pruritic symptoms might also be alleviated by the treatment without safety issues. This provides a possibility for the effective treatment of atopic dermatitis and topical steroid withdrawal.
TSW Clinic
Burgemeester van Erpstraat 4
5153 AW Berghem
The Netherlands
Contact: info@tswclinic.com
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Email: info@tswclinic.com