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Efudex treatment questions

4th time efudex facial treatment
ifor pre-cancerous cells also using on my brown spots Into 3 week no crushing brown spots darker ?

  1. Hi Gilles. I think there might be a typo in your forum post. Can you clarify your question a bit more? Are you saying that your brown spots have darkened with treatment?
    Brown spots usually do darken, then turn red and then darken during treatment. It's actually a good sign that the treatment is working. This article includes some discussion of dark spots (actinic keratoses) and their evolution during treatment: https://skincancer.net/life-with-skin-cancer/efudex-erosion-stage.
    I hope this helps and that your treatment is effective.
    Best wishes. - Lori (Team Member)

  2. The answer re: dark sun spots Efudez treatment is encouraging. I have already 2 mohs surgery on the nose and just outside the nostril. They had to lift the nostril and skin quite alot to get the cancer quite deep
    Efudex treatment is ongoing x6 months. On treatment now. Bothered by a nose with small
    Ulcers and pimples that never go
    away. 2 operations reacting alot to efudexx. Are ulcers and problem ?
    Sue





    1. This for the encouragement t
      Just finished 3 wk treatment
      Made the mistake of covering up w makeup one night !!! Now 2 days after Efudex treatment, my skin is swollen, throbbing . Applied antibiotics And have started using Vaseline. Sure hope it settles down and heals
      I look like a monster !! I have to go out for dinner to install!!

    2. Hi . I hope it calms down quickly and that you are soon fully healed. Thinking of you. - Lori (Team Member)

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