Re: Protopic Redness - 2 weeks later

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Have you tried Aveeno sensitive skin shaving gel? I have tried

shaving with the cetaphil bar to poor results, but the Aveeno gel is

great.

> > 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

> >

> >

> >