Newbie got diagnosed with guttate after a strep infection

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Hi I'm new here, just got what turned out to be guttate after a bad strep infection in March. What started out as brown discoloration on my legs turned into tiny red dots all over my legs. I didn't pay much attention until it showed up on my chest. That's when i went to a dermatologist and got a biopsy. My doctor put me on betamethasone, however it doesn't seem to have lasting effect. I started out with tiny dots, now after 3 rounds of topical steroid, it spreads to other areas of my body. It does seem to reduce the inflammation and redness during my 2 weeks treatment, however as soon as i stop, the spots come back with a vengeance. Some spots even joined together and formed a 1inch leisons

I'm hesitantly carrying on with my current round of betamethasone as i know it will get worse and then have to go back to square one again. I heard people saying weening off steroid is the same as quitting cold turkey, since the lest you put on your body the easier it is to quit. I'm tempting to manage my guttate with dietary change and natural sunlight.

People often say that guttate goes away in a couple months. Does that mean I have to keep up with topical steroid until it fades? From my own experience, last time most of my spots seemed to fade, with only some white discoloration but then after a week, they come back redder and more raised and showed up at other places in my body as well. If you have succeed treating your guttate with topical steroid, do you still have to use it for maintenance during remission?