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What Causes Dryness On Face After Using Mela's Cream For Acne?
Hi my age is 26, female and unmarried. My height is 5.4inches And weight is 51kgs. I hv acne prone skin.I recently started using mela's cream at night, its lotion in daytime and. Wash my face with its soap. I m using it for pimple reason!! After only 2 days of its use, my face starts burning and become so very dry. There r skin flakes al over my face, I need to use heavy moistursing cream to avoid this?? I need to knw if this is normal???
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Thu, 13 Mar 2014
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Hello and welcome to HCM.
It seems you have got local irritation to the cream you have used. It called Contact irritant dermatitis.
Nothing to worry as your skin will be fine soon.
Avoid any further use of Melas cream as it contains steroid and other harmful ingredients like hydroquinone.
I would advise you a week course of oral prednisolone in low dose (5-10mg).
Apply a mild corticosteroid like desonide and antibiotic like fusidic acid twice a day.
After good quality moisturiser like cetaphil DAM twice a day over full face.
Avoid use of any cosmetics/facewash for few days.
Avoid direct sun exposure and use water-based sunscreen before stepping out in sun.
Hope this was useful.
Take care
Dr Hardik Pitroda
It seems you have got local irritation to the cream you have used. It called Contact irritant dermatitis.
Nothing to worry as your skin will be fine soon.
Avoid any further use of Melas cream as it contains steroid and other harmful ingredients like hydroquinone.
I would advise you a week course of oral prednisolone in low dose (5-10mg).
Apply a mild corticosteroid like desonide and antibiotic like fusidic acid twice a day.
After good quality moisturiser like cetaphil DAM twice a day over full face.
Avoid use of any cosmetics/facewash for few days.
Avoid direct sun exposure and use water-based sunscreen before stepping out in sun.
Hope this was useful.
Take care
Dr Hardik Pitroda
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