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Suggest Treatment For Redness And Swelling Around Lips

I was burnt on saturday, while taking the prescription drug, accutane for my acne. I applied sunscreen twice in 4 hours but I guess it didnt help much I got pretty red and my face went really dry so I got onto the aloe vera and moisturiser straight away. I m a lot less red today. Below my bottom lip though is a lot whiter than the rest of my face, maybe because I used lip balm, I m a little worried about this as it is pretty visible Below my chin and the outer skirts of my lips are swollen and a little red, how long until this goes down?
posted on Thu, 15 Jan 2015
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Hi! I hope you have stopped taking accutane. Continue with the sunscreen and apply at intervals of 3-4 hours during the day time and apply moisturizer at night.Also apply mometasone cream on the red and swollen areas twice daily. Avoid going out in sun and make use of umbrella, hat, sunglasses whenever out in the sun. Continue this treatment for a week and you will be fine.
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Suggest Treatment For Redness And Swelling Around Lips

Hi! I hope you have stopped taking accutane. Continue with the sunscreen and apply at intervals of 3-4 hours during the day time and apply moisturizer at night.Also apply mometasone cream on the red and swollen areas twice daily. Avoid going out in sun and make use of umbrella, hat, sunglasses whenever out in the sun. Continue this treatment for a week and you will be fine.