Have steroid ointments thinned your skin

[jiml]

For a large portion of my life I had my psoriasis treated with various topical steroid ointments and creams,which were quite effective at reducing the plaques. I was told by my doctors and dermatologist that one of the side effects was skin thinning, but being foolish I just wanted to be rid of the scales. I used them on and off for many years. I just kept putting in for repeat prescriptions and without question they were prescribed. I found after a few years that the slightest knock on my legs would rip the skin open. I used to be very self conscious about my psoriasis, and as an engineer I was constantly banging my legs, when out on sites and often excused myself and went to the privacy of my van to roll up my trousers to reveal blood pouring out so I got to carrying a roll of tube gauze with me and steri strips to repair the damage.
When I stopped using steroid creams it seemed as if my skin recovered a bit. But I still have to be careful, and was wondering if others have had the same experience or worse. Or was I just unlucky