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Can applying permethrin cream 5% on your face with acne cause anything such as scarring or make acne worse? i left in on for around 6 hours and regretted it, as i dont have any scabies?

Q: can applying permethrin cream 5% on your face with acne cause anything such as scarring or make acne worse? i left in on for around 6 hours and regretted it, as i dont have any scabies?

: This would cause no harm of any kind and certainly would not cause acne.

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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This would cause no harm of any kind and certainly would not cause acne.

Answered 6/14/2023

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A member asked:

Can applying permethrin cream 5% on your face with acne cause anything such as scarring or make acne worse? i left in on for around 6 hours and regretted it, as i dont have any scabies?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

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