Hi Angela400
Please provide an update: are the scars all gone? Is your skin entirely clear like nothing happened? As a black woman with PR, I'm keen to understand more about the post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
I know this is really old, but was wondering what you ended up doing? Mine took it's natural course in 3 months with some sunlight. But now I have hyperpigmentation. Hydroquinone seems it would take up too much time to apply to each spot (100+) without causing the regular tone skin to lighten as well.
You are welcome. Wishing you a speedy recovery.
Thanks for your help!
Angela
Hi,
You can apply any non perfumed, hypoallergenic moisturiser. Take care and regards.
Thanks so much for your response! Just one more question, is it okay to put vitamin E on the rash? Should I use any sort of moisturizer?
Hello,
First of all you should wait for pityriasis rosea to run its course and then if there are any dark scars then they have to be treated on lines of post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. The treatment for post inflammatory hyperpigmentation includes various skin creams like hydroquinone, azelaic acid, corticosteroids, tretinoin cream and laser treatment. If it still persists then you can go in for laser treatment, Chemical peeling or microdermabrasion.
I hope it helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing or if you have any additional queries. Kind regards.