A 77-year-old Caucasian female with a history of asthma, high cholesterol, degenerative joint disease, and stroke presents for assistance in managing post-zoster scalp itch. The patient had shingles approximately 2 years before the clinic visit with lesions in the left V1 distribution. She had a 7-day course of valacyclovir and the rash resolved within 2 weeks. After the rash resolved, she had about 2 weeks of pain, followed by constant, unrelenting pruritus in the same distribution. She had no current pain, numbness, or vision problems. The pruritus is a 3/10 with occasional exacerbations to 5/10. She gets temporary relief from scratching and will scratch while sleeping. There are no other obvious aggravating or alleviating factors. She has had no significant relief with desonide 0.05% lo…

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