Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Tretinoin With Perioral Dermatitis #shorts

15 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Short dermatology advice explaining that perioral dermatitis is a rash around the mouth (tiny dots) and advising against applying topical tretinoin to the central perioral or "kiss of death" area. The speaker notes tretinoin may be used on other facial areas but often causes flaking, redness, and irritation when applied to the perioral zone.

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If you have perioral dermatitis, which is a rash that appears around your mouth in tiny little dots, you usually can feel it before it fully erupts. I would not recommend using tretinoin around this area, but that doesn't mean you can't use it here or here or here. I would just not use it in the kiss of death area, which is this area. Even if you don't have perioral dermatitis, most people can't really tolerate it here, here, and they end up getting really flaky, really red and really irritated.