Melacare Forte Cream Health Feed

Your skin has suffered a chemical burn due to unwanted use of creams and Fusidate can be used to clear the burn problem there.

Hello jasmine,
using melacare, which contains a combination of medications like hydroquinone, tretinoin, and mometasone, may not be appropriate for acanthosis nigricans and can lead to worsening of the condition.
I recommend you to schedule an appointment with a dermatologist for a proper diagnosis and treatment plan. They can determine the underlying cause of the darkening and suggest suitable treatments. Acanthosis nigricans can be linked to various factors like insulin resistance, obe...more

First of all for what indication melacare is used? First of all it's not a fairness cream it contains a combination of steroid /hydroquinone /retinoids
so it can cause steroid dependence - means you can get colour changes /increased redness of face /skin rashes / thinning of skin if you stop it - there will be increased darkening of skin and burning sensation and redness during day time hydroquinone can cause long term side effects termed oochronosis-irreversible changes so no self medicatio...more

Melacare forte has hydroquinone and tretinoin. Its safe onky for 4 to 8 weeks not four years. Please stop the cream and apply a good moisturizer (aveeno) and sunscreen (Facegaurd) on daily basis to repair your skin. If you are seeing redness and pimples or any other side effect. Please consutl a qualified dermatolgist . As you may have oochronosis.

Dear Lybrate user, you r using melacare that contains hydroquinone ,it has many sideeffects. Don't use this for longer time. Use sunscream according to your skin type as advised by your skin doctor.

Use Aloe Vera with Vitamin E skin cream in the day time Diprovate plus skin cream at bed time for one week.

It is never better to use...
It will.show initial improvement and then will have worse side effects..

No. Treatment depends on the grade of pigment skin. For detailed prescription do direct online consultation with photos.

Hi!
Even though you are not going to sun, SUNSCREEN is important as artificial sources of light like computer screen, tube lights etc can emit UVB radiation and cause tanning .One more important thing is , tretinoin is retinoid cream which causes exfoliation of skin ,so sunscreen is a must and should .

Hydroquinone and steroid based combinations are not to be used for more than a month. Even if you r not experiencing side-effects now it's making your skin thin and very sensitive leading to redness and heat sensitivity. You will experience problems when you stop using it as it's kind of addicting for the skin but you should stop it asap under the guidance of an m.d or DVD dermatologist. Permanent problems that could arise from such creams are excessive skin redness burning and itching, hair gro...more