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Eighty\u2010three women with biopsy\u2010proven vulvar mixed disease were evaluated for this retrospective study. All patients were initially treated with topical fluorinated corticosteroids, and then 2% testosterone propionate in petrolatum or 0.05% clobetasol 17\u2010propionate (44 (53%) versus 39 (47%)). <jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The remission rates were 82 and 93% in the testosterone and clobetasol subgroups at the end of 6 months (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.112), respectively. The disease recurred in 8% of the patients. The recurrence rates in the testosterone and clobetasol arms were 13 and 5%, respectively (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.163). The histopathological review of the repeat vulvar biopsies of the patients without symptomatic relief revealed 6 (60%) patients with persistent disease, 2 (20%) with lichen sclerosus, 1 (10%) with atypical squamous hyperplasia, and 1 (10%) with VIN1. Two patients with recurrent disease and 2 patients with vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia I\u2013II or atypical squamous hyperplasia were treated with skinning vulvectomy. <jats:italic>Conclusions<\/jats:italic>. Clobetasol resulted in higher remission and lower recurrence rates than those in testosterone therapy, although statistically significant differences were not obtained. 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