Hi
I completed a 7 week course of Efudix at the beginning of March to spot treat a precancerous actinic keratosis on my face. A scab about the size of a 1p piece formed and fell off about two weeks later. As requested, I sent photographs to my Dermatologist at the start of April. She called to say she thought it was too early to say whether the cream had worked and asked me to send more photos at the end of the month, which I did.
Dermatologist called me again at the start of May to say she’d compared the photos sent at the end of April with those sent at the start of the month and could definitely see improvement. She was reassured when I said the area felt smooth and thought the redness would continue to fade over time.
It’s now four months since I stopped using the cream but the area can still be quite red at times (some days it looks paler than others) and, as the surrounding inflammation dies down, the shape of the original lesion is beginning to become more obvious again (it still feels smooth, not rough and bumpy like before).
I was told the main benefit of the cream was no scarring whereas cryotherapy would leave a scar and am becoming concerned that not all of the abnormal cells have been destroyed. Has anyone else had persistent redness like this and, if so, did it eventually fade?
Many thanks!
