Ketoconazole topical and Redness: What Users Say

• Anonymous
• April 5, 2010

Ketoconazole topical for Seborrheic Dermatitis "The symptoms were improved, but not to the extent mentioned by other reviewers of this product. The gel was prescribed for use twice a day, but at the end of each day, had redness, itching, and scaling again."

• 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."

• Dr...
• November 19, 2009

"Ingested a small amount of ketoconazole cream on gums from lip application for herpes sore at the corner of the mouth. Severe facial edema, itching, redness, description of hives resulted. I administered an EpiPen injection, which relieved the reaction for 2 hours, but then symptoms returned, requiring a course of prednisone to resolve. DO NOT ingest ketoconazole internally, as this may result in an anaphylactic event for predisposed individuals. EXTERNAL USE ONLY."