Desowen is a steroid cream!!!

I just got to find out that a cream prescribed for some rash that my child has is a steroid cream!  I have read from magazines and heard from health seminars that PDs usually prescribe steroid cream as the first line of defence against rashes, fearing it might be some form of eczema, unless the child is allergic to steroid.  But even though with this knowledge, it still shocks me to hear from the nurse that this is a steroid cream, after having used it on my girl for the past two to three months... (I was not aware that it contains steroid when the doctor first prescribed this for her rash two months back).  When I use it on her now, I am more cautious to only apply a thin layer.  And thankfully, I have been diligently following the instruction of only applying two times a day and nothing more than that, especially now that I know it has steroids!