It is a real bitch of a time!!! Especially after you get through the twice a day applications of the cream. There is no way to sugar coat this. Besides the skin blisters and eruptions, the itch will drive you crazy!!! I found that poli-sporum made the itch bearable.
I am going to another dermatologist and he is using what they call the 'blue light special' or in technical terms Levulan PDT. They put a salve on you and put you under a special blue light for 17-20 minutes. Then you have to stay out of any sunlight for up to 48 hours. According to the dermatologist it does the same thing without the two week pretreatment and there is less skin eruptions.
After all of my skin surgeries are done, I am supposed to give that a try.
Ask about the Levulan PDT as an alternative.
Z
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