Topical Acne Treatment Cream

What is Topical Acne Treatment Cream?

Topical Acne Treatment Cream is a topical cream used to treat acne. It contains the active ingredient.

What is Topical Acne Treatment Cream used for?

Topical Acne Treatment Cream contains, which helps the skin replace its old skin cells quickly. Topical Acne Treatment Cream also exfoliates old cells which helps to prevent new acne from forming. It may also reduce inflammatory acne often experienced with pimples.

Where can you use Topical Acne Treatment Cream?

Topical Acne Treatment Cream is well tolerated and can be used to treat acne not only on the face but also on large areas of the body like the back and chest, which makes it stand out compared with other retinoid treatments.

Who can use Topical Acne Treatment Cream?

Topical Acne Treatment Cream is a prescription retinoid used to treat acne. We can offer it to people aged 18 and over.

How long does Topical Acne Treatment Cream take to work?

Topical Acne Treatment Cream has been clinically proven to show significant results in as little as 2 weeks. However all individuals are different, and it may take longer to achieve the results you need.

How to use Topical Acne Treatment Cream

1. Cleanse the areas that you are going to treat with a mild or soapless cleanser and pat dry.

2. Apply a thin layer of Topical Acne Treatment Cream to the affected areas once a day in the evening. One pump for the face, two pumps for the chest, shoulders, and back.

If needed, you may use an additional pump for your middle to lower back.

If you can’t reach or don’t have anyone to help, applicators can be used to help you apply the cream where it’s needed.

3. Moisturise as often as needed to help minimise skin dryness and irritation.

4. Avoid the sun where possible. Sunlight can darken acne and actually cause it to last longer.

If you have to be in sunlight you should use sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 or more, and wear protective clothing and a wide-brimmed hat to cover the treated areas.

If you become sunburned, you should stop using the treatment and wait until your skin has healed.

What if you miss a dose?

Don’t double the dose to make up for the forgotten one. Just continue the next day with the same amount of product.

Side Effects

Like all medicines, this medicine can cause side effects, although not everybody gets them.

Topical Acne Treatment Cream may cause the following side effects:

Common side effect (may affect up to 1 in 10 people):

Application site irritation, pruritus (itch), sunburn.

redness, peeling, dryness, and stinging/burning of the skin may often be experienced with the use of Topical Acne Treatment Cream.

For a full list of side effects, please see the Patient Information Leaflet contained within your product packaging.

Warnings

Avoid contact with your eyes, lips, mouth, the corners of your nose, and vagina.

Talk to a doctor if you experience redness, peeling, dryness, and stinging/burning.

Topical Acne Treatment Cream should not be used on cuts, scrapes, abraded or eczematous skin.

Take care when you use the cream on sensitive areas of the skin such as the neck or armpits.

You should avoid too much exposure to sunlight whilst using the treatment. If you need to spend extended time in the sun, use a suncream of at least SPF 15. If you become sunburned, you should stop using the treatment and wait until your skin has healed.

For a full list of warnings, please see the Patient Information Leaflet contained within your product packaging.

Topical Acne Treatment Cream during pregnancy or breastfeeding

DO NOT use Topical Acne Treatment Cream if you are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant. Your doctor can give you more information. If you discover you are pregnant during treatment, stop application of this medicine and consult a doctor immediately.

When using there is a risk that the active substance in cream passes into your breast milk and a risk to the newborn/infant cannot be excluded. You and your doctor must make a decision whether to discontinue breast-feeding or to abstain from Topical Acne Treatment Cream therapy, taking into account the benefit of breast-feeding or the child and the benefit of therapy for the mother. To avoid the risk of ingestion by, and/or contact exposure of, an infant, nursing women should not apply Topical Acne Treatment Cream to the chest or breast area.