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Post treatment healing

Did anyone else’s dermatologist tell them to apply alcohol the week after discontinuing the fluorouracil regimen(twice a day for 2 weeks)?

  1. I have never heard that as a post Fluorouracil treatment but who knows. I would think that putting alcohol on raw skin as you often get from Fluorouracil treatment would feel terrible. Maybe double check with your doctor.

  2. Hi . I wanted to check in and see what you've learned. Did you decide whether to go ahead with the alcohol treatment? Did your doctor explain the reasoning more fully? Thinking of you. - Lori (Team Member)

  3. Honestly, after seeking input from many persons, none of whom had received post application instructions to use alcohol, I just decided that I wasn't going to do so. I don't think I misunderstood his instructions...I think he said something about it drying the wounds and speeding healing(I could be wrong) but I just decided that any potential benefit wasn't worth the cost(pain) to me. Thanks for following up.

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