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If you're takin permetherin cream, how long is it till the scabies are gone?

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Dr. Michael Ein answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

See below: Scabies is treated with a topical scabicide such as 5% permethrin. It is applied over the entire body from the chin to the toes and left on for 8 to 14 hours before washing off. The treatment is repeated 1 week later. After your first Permethrin treatment you can try calamine lotion or solarcaine to the areas that itch for symptomatic relief. You are cured after the 2nd Permethrin treatment.

Answered 6/30/2014

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