I started using Carac cream in mid August on my nose. The cream has found multiple areas now on my cheeks, a few areas on my lower lip (actinic chellitis??), and now is starting up on my forhead. If the areas are bumpy and look like a rash, but not yet scaling over, should I continue applying the cream? How long should I keep using Carac on new breakouts? This is very difficult, and I look awful.
With increasing breakouts using Carac, how long can I expect treatment to go on?
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- 16 Sep 2011 by Lholly
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- carac, actinic keratosis, lips, cream
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Delila16 Sep 2011
Hi, it would be helpful to know how long you have been applying the cream, and if the breakouts have become more frequent since starting the treatment. I ask because sometimes a person can have allergic reactions to the cream showing symptoms that you are displaying. Treatment can be a long process, there isn't really a definite length of treatment outline, but studies confirm that the skin can sometimes take a month or 2 to heal after stopping the cream! Are the breakout areas inflammed, damaged or have open sores? If so you should discontinue use of the cream. I think you should seek advice from your doctor about this really to put your mind at rest. Sorry i couldn't be of much help
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Thank you, Delila for your post. I have been using the cream since mid August, but only applying as the areas continue to expand... Luckily I see my dermatologist next week. There are no open sores, but just red skin and bumpy areas. The areas that are starting to exfoliate, I have stopped the application of the cream. Also, I see some brown spots in some of the exfoliating areas - I assume these are the worst of the AK spots, and so to get rid of them is a good thing. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately in terms of fighting this condition, the cream seems to be bringing out all sorts of damaged skin. This all started with just a couple of small areas on the nose, which were treated with nitrogen, and also Carac... Wish the whole thing were over; it's taking a long time!
Thank you, Delila for your post. I have been using the cream since mid August, but only applying as the areas continue to expand... Luckily I see my dermatologist next week. There are no open sores, but just red skin and bumpy areas. The areas that are starting to exfoliate, I have stopped the application of the cream. Also, I see some brown spots in some of the exfoliating areas - I assume these are the worst of the AK spots, and so to get rid of them is a good thing. Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately in terms of fighting this condition, the cream seems to be bringing out all sorts of damaged skin. This all started with just a couple of small areas on the nose, which were treated with nitrogen, and also Carac... Wish the whole thing were over; it's taking a long time!