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Nonpathologic essential pruritus of scalp

Skin Health | Last Active: Apr 10 3:36pm | Replies (9)

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20 years ago I had extensive sun damage of my face and scalp. My dermatologist sent me to UofP in Philadelphia to a MOS surgeon. Most of my treatment was surgery and scraping but in some cases with superficial damage I was prescribed a cream that is extremely effective but cause’s extremely painful burn. The thing is when you go through the treatment your skin is healed. They called it chemo cream.

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Was that Efudex? I have heard of that for skin damage/cancer. I think I could tolerate the painful burn of the cream if it healed my scalp better than I can tolerate this itching. Did you have lesions that were being scraped or just different areas of your scalp?

Thanks for your response.