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Allergy Due To Skilite Cream, Recurring Blackness On Stopping It. What Can Be Done?
Hello doctor.. Iam using skinlite cream which contains hydroquinone , tretinoin n mometasone furoate ive been using it for past 3years n iam facing allergies from it.. I really want to stop using it but i cant.. If i stop using it i become black if i continue using it my skin becomes so much red like on my cheeks so i cant stop it or continue it.. Kind of situation
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if anybody apply steroid like mometasone Furoate for three years he/she will have same side effects as you have,Now apply 1 percent hydrocortisone cream for 1 week daily then apply on alternate days for a week then twice a week then stop. apply sunblock SPF 60 at morning and Kojic acid in night .tell me after 15 days of application
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Dr Sher bhutto
if anybody apply steroid like mometasone Furoate for three years he/she will have same side effects as you have,Now apply 1 percent hydrocortisone cream for 1 week daily then apply on alternate days for a week then twice a week then stop. apply sunblock SPF 60 at morning and Kojic acid in night .tell me after 15 days of application
Regards
Dr Sher bhutto
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