Re: Protopic Redness - 2 weeks later

February 20, 2002

no cant help im afraid. as a fellow protopic user ihave only had medium to

good results with it. the thing is ive got to a level with protopic where

im not improving anymore and i seem to suffer a little more from triggers

(weeknesses, like alcohol) and i never get back at any stage to near

perfect ,as i would sometimes when on the steroids. but protopic gives me

a 70 pct improvement i can live with and the slight tingling has gone now

when i apply . because it is quite thick to apply i reccomend that washing

and soaping it off daily as a tip , then reapplying.

on the shaving front now im so miffed with all of these non irritating

foams/gels that i now shave with cetaphil soap bar lathered up . at least

i know that i am cleaning my face asweel as shaving it , and with less

irritation. soory cant be more help but works for me (ish)

dave

--- Adam filter@...> wrote:

> Three weeks ago my derm gave me Protopic to try. I applied it on my

> upper lip and lower cheeks (all areas where I had a weird rash but NO

> flushing). Five days after starting I had to stop. I had a TON of

> increased redness/flushing, especially after getting out of my shower.

> I haven't used Protopic now in a little over two weeks. The redness

> went away. Except every time I shave now, the dark, Protopic-induced

> redness comes back, just as dark and painful as it did when I was

> applying it. It Only happens where I applied the Protopic. (if it

> matters I shave right after I shower)

> You can tell EASILY by looking at my face after I shave EXACTLY

> where on my cheeks I applied the Protopic. The area never used to flush

> or even get red, but now every time I shave it is alot darker red/purple

> than anywhere else on my face (even worse than my worst flush areas).

> It still burns too, and the redness/burning will usually take about an

> hour or so to subside. My first guess was that somehow there was some

> protopic stuck on my razor, because it only seems to happen when I shave

> (every other trigger including food/sun does not affect this area), but

> the only areas that seem to be being affected are the areas where I had

> applied it a few weeks ago. Anywhere that I shave now that I didn't

> apply the protopic to before, isn't getting red and sore like this. I'm

> sure the protopic is involved at least in some way however, because as I

> said this is ONLY happening EXACTLY where I applied the protopic. Other

> than this, and some weird acne, my skin hasn't looked this good in quite

> a while. My overall redness on the rest of my face is down considerably

> (I think Photoderm is working).

> I'm not quite sure what to make of this because my flushing

> everywhere else is doing so well.... Is this typical of a protopic

> reaction? Taking weeks to stop occurring? It seems to me that something

> caused directly by the protopic applications would have worn off over a

> week ago, so I think there's something more to this... can anybody clue

> me in as to what might be going on?

>

> Thanks

>

> Adam

>

February 20, 2002