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31st March 2013 11:25 AM
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Could benzyl alcohol be the culprit?
Hi everyone, for the past few days my face (particularly the central face) has been feeling very uncomfortable with burning and redness, itching and dryness. I assumed this is seborrhoeic dermatitis since I suffer from it and because of the locations it is in (sides of nose and inner cheeks, in the crease down to my chin, eyebrows etc.), however I have had another thought;
I have been using a cream (clotrimazole-antifungal) that the doctor gave me to try ages ago for my seb derm. I have used it before, but intermittantly and over moisturiser. This week I've been using it more often, I think, and without moisturiser.
The first ingredient listed is Benzyl Alcohol, which a lot of sources say can be irritating. Is it possible that this ingredient could be behind the burning, itching and redness? I put some on before bed last night, and woke up at 5am with a burning central face, I had to get up and wash it off! It has set my rosacea off too, even though that is in a different area of my face where i didn't use the cream.
I wonder if the burning would stop if i stopped using it. Which would mean not treating my seb derm...sigh. I feel like I could cry, I have just been invited out for lunch by my lovely dad, and I feel like i can't go because of the redness and discomfort.
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31st March 2013 12:40 PM
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Senior Member