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Is It Ok to Use Hydroquinone Bleaching Cream (4%) While Doing Red Light Therapy 4 Days a Week?

Erin02May 15, 2013
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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Dr. R. Stephen Mulholland, MD (retired)
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Answered on Jun 13, 2013
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