Introduction: Topical Corticosteroids (TC) provide prompt symptom alleviation for a variety of dermatological disorders, its unrestricted availability and use by the general public, physicians, and chemists has led to a high prevalence of irrational use of TC in India. Aim: To determine the extent of steroid abuse among patients presenting to the Dermatology Outpatient Department and the repercussions thereof in order to increase public awareness regarding the abuse of topical steroids. Materials and methods: Cross-sectional observational questionnaire-based study conducted over a period of 6 months. Patients were questioned and assessed for misuse of TCs in terms of indication, dose, frequency, duration and source of recommendation of TC. Results: out of 160 participants, out of which 68 were males and 92 were females. most common steroid molecule used by 97 (60.6%) patients was clobetasol propionate.