A doctor recently gave me Tretinoin and Hydroquinone to battle my age spots and fine lines. I also just signed up for red light therapy at the tanning salon (I will not be tanning. I will only be using the red light bed and doing an occasional air brush spray tan). It is ok to do all three treatments together as long as a rotate days for the creams which I will do in the evening and do the red light during the day?
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Here is what to do:
- First, do not use IPL to treat melasma
- Second, use broad spectrum sunscreen and skin lightener products
- Third, seek a qualified skin specialist in your area who knows how to treat melasma to provide the correct laser treatment. One of the new technologies that are...
Hi Owen. If Melasma is ruining your life, we can help. We have the ability to use (q-switched) lasers or topical treatments and we choose topical treatments instead of lasers for several reasons.
1. Neither lasers nor hydroquinone can cure your Melasma. It will almost...
Very common to experience a retinoid dermatitis either during or shortly after accutane therapy...can last for quite sometime...treatment might be as simple as some over-the-counter hydrocortisone several times a day for several weeks...and avoiding irritation...don't use irritating topicals and...