Efudex

This is the 2nd go around  I've had to apply Efudex on my face.  The first time I applied the cream to my entire face was about 1 1/2 years ago. The side effects were horrendous; the usual that everyone else seems to experience.  But, once my face healed, the skin was better then ever before and I hardly remember those painful moments.    Now, I have a spot on my nose that either never healed in the first place, (though my dermatologist said it did), or it's returned with a vengence.  Anyways, as of yesterday I've stopped applying the cream (after 40 days) and my face looks like a red lobster. I applied the cream to the nose and around the nose.  It's crusty, scaling, oozing, and bleeding in parts, and burns after washing.   A couple of things that have helped: Advil to reduce pain, and best of all, Mepital a silicone based dressing to place under the nose pads of the eyeglasses.  If any of you wear eyeglasses and have had to apply Efudex on the nose, you can imagine how painful it is to take your glasses on and off while your skin keeps peeling off.  Mepital is great...it sticks to the nose pads but doesn't peel the skin off.  Thanks to everyone else who's given suggestions.  If anyone has tried a wonder treatment to reduce the lobster reddness...let us know.   

Hello,

I will be on Day 28 of treatment tomorrowm and the pain has been tough at times. I too am putting the efudex all over my face, and have now got what seems like crust under my eyes and across my chin. It looks like a callace to me but I know it is not. When I put on the efudex in the AM I try and wait for 2 hrs before putting on vaseline but my face feels like is about to split open it gets soooo tight. I am to see the dermatologist on Wed and see if I am still to go another week, which will be 5 weeks.

Well good luck to you.