Ketoconazole topical and Burning: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• November 13, 2017

Ketoconazole topical for Tinea Corporis "Rash under my fat roll on stomach, yep, you heard me correctly. That large inner tube that flops over. This is great medication, however, it burns so bad I thought I would scream. I may have, it is a blinding pain. I had to Google it to see if others felt the same way. Your skin numbs, and you do feel better. It takes the rash away every time I use it. So get it, use it, and watch the rash disappear."

• col...
• November 8, 2015

Ketoconazole topical for Cutaneous Candidiasis "The 1st application of Xolegel burned so badly I couldn't help making pain-filled noises. What I really wanted to do was scream. I wish my Dr. had warned me. But my rash improved and each day it hurt less to apply the gel. It was amazing to see how quickly the rash disappeared."

• lis...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 16, 2017

Ketoconazole topical for Seborrheic Dermatitis "This is a wonderful medicine. It worked really well on the most stubborn fungal infection I've ever had. I had tried everything on the market, and nothing would work until this. I'm not going to lie, this stuff burns like crazy. You will scream and cry because it burns that bad for about 10 minutes. Stick with it, and you will get rid of the infection. After about the 4th day, it quit burning when I used it - and finally, I got rid of the infection. It's expensive even with insurance, but well worth the cost. They gave me a coupon to use, and it brought the cost down to about $35."

• Flo...
• December 2, 2020

For Tinea Corporis "I had a very negative reaction to the 2% cream. Within 3 hours of the first application, the skin on my forehead, cheeks, ears, and neck turned red, and I felt a slight burning sensation. After 8 hours, the skin turned EXTREMELY red, and the burning sensation was a bit worse. I stopped applying the cream the next day, but on that day, the skin became very dry and started flaking. On the following day, the skin's flakiness worsened, and there were quite a few larger flakes, e.g., 1/4 inch x 1/4 inch and 1/4 inch x 1/2 inch flakes. I washed my skin repeatedly, applied fluocinonide .05% (which I was applying on my skin on other parts of my body), and within 2 days, the irritation and flakiness stopped. My dermatologist believes I may have had an allergic reaction to other components in the cream because I had not had a reaction like this with my ketoconazole 2% shampoo, which I had been using for 3 months."