Hello: My dermatologist prescribed tretinoin .05% to me a few weeks ago. My skin was a little oily, and I was getting hormonal breakouts around my chin, forehead, and more recently upper cheeks towards my ears. I am a 27 year old female in great health, and wanted something to help me control these breakouts.
About a week or two after use I had this cut form on the side of my mouth. I went to my Primary Care Doctor thinking it was a cold sore (I hadn't had one for 5+ years) and he told me it was angular cheilitis (sorry if my spelling is wrong). He prescribed an ointment, told me to look up the condition online, and that it should go away shortly. Here I am 3 weeks later and it has only gotten worse. I did a lot of digging the past few days and the only cause I could make sense of was because of this retinol cream I had been using. I will stop using the cream ASAP but I am wandering if this is now something I am forever susceptible to? I've found nothing but horrible, dis-heartening feedback about how there are no cures and people have been battling the condition for a year or more.
What is the best way to rid of the condition? Any advice or feedback would be appreciated.