CancerCompass message board discussion started by beverlyr on 11/18/2007 http://www.cancercompass.com/message-board/message/all,18089,0.htm Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 12 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ I used Carac Cream for 20 days, once a day.  My dermatologist usually recommends 28 days but when she saw me 10 days into treatment she thought 20 days would be enough.  My face looked like raw hamburger.  It's better now.  I finished with the cream 5 days ago and I'm wondering how long it takes for my face to look completely normal again.  I'd like to hear from someone who has finished the treatment.  I surely hope I won't have these countless red spots forever!  Thank you.(My dermatologist is new in this area, wet sw Wa state, coming from a dry state and believes that the cream works faster in this damp climate - hence the 20 days instead of 28.)   beverlyr Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 11/18/2007 beverlyr wrote:I used Carac Cream for 20 days, once a day.  My dermatologist usually recommends 28 days but when she saw me 10 days into treatment she thought 20 days would be enough.  My face looked like raw hamburger.  It's better now.  I finished with the cream 5 days ago and I'm wondering how long it takes for my face to look completely normal again.  I'd like to hear from someone who has finished the treatment.  I surely hope I won't have these countless red spots forever!  Thank you.(My dermatologist is new in this area, wet sw Wa state, coming from a dry state and believes that the cream works faster in this damp climate - hence the 20 days instead of 28.)  I also am using carac cream.  I am on day 17 and my cheeks are bright red.  Did your face also get solid red?  My dermatolgist thought this was more a reaction to the medicine.   redface Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT  On 11/18/2007 beverlyr wrote:I used Carac Cream for 20 days, once a day.  My dermatologist usually recommends 28 days but when she saw me 10 days into treatment she thought 20 days would be enough.  My face looked like raw hamburger.  It's better now.  I finished with the cream 5 days ago and I'm wondering how long it takes for my face to look completely normal again.  I'd like to hear from someone who has finished the treatment.  I surely hope I won't have these countless red spots forever!  Thank you.(My dermatologist is new in this area, wet sw Wa state, coming from a dry state and believes that the cream works faster in this damp climate - hence the 20 days instead of 28.)  Hey you two are scareing me. I start tomorrow. I am in NW Wa. so maybe I will only need two weeks. :) Guess this will be a Christmas to remember. Only block of time that I can hide in the house. My family will be supportive, but maybe this yr. they will have to do all the cooking. freckles39 Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT I have been off the cream on my face for a week and a half. The spots are fading. Pretty much can cover it with makeup. (Am a woman, not a man as my icon suggests). I have been off the same length of time on my chest, but they are taking longer to fade. I have been using the Aquaphor cream on them since i stopped the treatment. good luck freckles39 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT Oh and I live in NW Wa. and only used it 2 weeks on my face and chest. Doing it 4 weeks on the back of my hands. Seems strange because the skin on my hands is so much thinner. But, more lesions appeared after the 2nd week. freckles39 Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 GMT