A member asked:

I am 30 weeks pregnant. can i use epiduo cream for my breakouts? its the only cream that works for my face. if i cant use it. is there anything similar in ingredients that i could use thats safe?

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Basics: As a rule most creams/lotions applied to the skin surface do no penetrate the skin deep enough for their meds to enter the blood. This includes the cream you mentioned. To affect a fetus medications must enter the blood that would then enter the placenta.

Answered 2/22/2021

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