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Polytar
Polytar is a skin-related agent.
Dr. Jeffrey Pollard reviewed this
23 year experience in ENT and Head and Neck Surgery
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A 35-year old asked:
Is polytar (coal tar) soap safe to use all over you body and face?
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A 41-year old asked:
Polytar (coal tar) shampoo for psoriasis, what else?
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A 45-year old asked:
Which shampoo is better: polytar (coal tar) or oilatum?
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A 29-year old asked:
Do polytar (coal tar) bar soap actually works for psoriasis?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Small pustules all over the head. When form crusts and are scratched away, have a hair in the middle. Used polytar (coal tar) and oral contamycin. No benefit?
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A 44-year old asked:
Can I put polytar (coal tar) shampoo on inflammed scalp?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Is coal tar good for psoriasis ?
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A 31-year old asked:
Does coal tar have any side effects on vision?
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A 26-year old female asked:
I have psoriasis in scalp sunce ages it fades away once by azadirachita indicai while coal tar shampo only stop its growth...what should i do to treat?
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A 48-year old asked:
Does neutrogena t-gel (coal tar) have side effects on vision?
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A 59-year old male asked:
Psoriasis treatments I have had active psoriasis for over 40 years. I have used every possible over-the-counter treatment, including coal tar cream. Everything seems to work for a while, then becomes ineffective. I am leery of internal medications as i a
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A 35-year old male asked:
When dealing with dandruff, what is a best solution for an OTC medicated shampoo, one with Salicylic Acid or Coal Tar? What are notable differences?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Does coal tar work for getting rid of scabies nodules off penis?
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A 46-year old female asked:
I have fine, long,color treated hair. Have seborheic dermatitis. Can I use coconut oil/ conditioner b4 washing w/ coal tar shampoo? Shampoo is harsh!
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A 22-year old male asked:
I've started washing my hair 3x a week with Nizoral (ketoconazole) and neutrogena coal tar in roatation for seb dermatitis, will lost hair slowly grow back?
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A 45-year old female asked:
If I use coal tar shampoo for seborheic dematitis on scalp , wont it stain my blond hair ? Is there an alternative that wont ? Thanks !
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A 38-year old female asked:
Scalp always itching. Never stops. Seem to be losing hair from it. Tried coal tar, and all dandruff shampoos but it always comes back.
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A 19-year old male asked:
I got smelly,itchy,pimples,hot feelings on my scalp bad order coming out of it. I tried Psoriatrax 5% Coal Tar shampoo + Nizoral-AD shampoo?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Can I use coal tar shampoo on my pubic hair? For some reason all of my pubic hair follicles are inflamed and hurt to the bottom but not infected?
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A 46-year old female asked:
How use coal tar shampoo daily for 2 wks, when it is too drying/ possibly damaging my long , fine hair? Have hair loss from the seborhc. dermatitis .
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A 42-year old female asked:
Daughter17yr sebo_psoriasis on scalp, uses "coal tar & salicylic acid" twice weekly.She gets headaches, eye burning .Is it the side effect of solution?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Isla has had a couple of incidences that make me worry her childhood cancer risk is elevated. We were on a walk a couple of weeks ago and a coal tar truck sped by and we both got a facefull of harsh fumes, she has also head a head CT after a fall?
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A 45-year old female asked:
Any danger of cancer from Neutrogena coal tar shampoo to use daily for 2 wks 4 hair loss from seborheic dermatitis ? Thought I read it was questnable?
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A 41-year old female asked:
Is there another way to treat my psoriasis from psoriatic arthritis? So far have tried uv therapy, low dose radiation treatment, methotrexate, humira, enbrel, halabetasol ointment, coal tar, hylatopic, and any other cream my dermatologist could think of.
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What is asp?
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