On 2/15/2007
Mono_mundo wrote:
I am a physician being treated with aldara for a basal cell carcinoma on my upper lip. After one week of aldara, the inside of my upper lip is totally buring, inflamed, and looks like it is a fever blister or herpes outbreak. I have never had herpes, and prior to treatment had an unrelated blood/serology test confirming that I have never had type 1 or type 2 herpes.
I want to try to use aldara to avoid having surgery that is going to cut through the border of my lip, for which the scar may leave me looking like I have a hare lip. As someone else on here wrote, I am concerned with the appearance- it sucks walking around looking like I am having a massive herpes outbreak on my lip. The pain is pretty significant too.
THe prescribing information for aldara states that it should not be used around the lips, and that vesicles do occur (it does not specify vesicles on lip vs elsewhere). It is definitely possible that someone who has oral herpes could have a reactivation triggered by aldara use, but this thread and other information make me suspect that adara use near the lip often results in a painful blistering that looks like herpes but is not.
Good luck everyone.
Did you ever get a solution to your lip problem? My wife is using this cream on her lips for possible cancer and she had the same out break after one week. Her lips are so sore she can not talk or eat. Her body feal like she has the flu all the time. Is there something that has worked for other users of this cream.
THanks