Isotretinoin and skin lesions during wax epilation
Prescrire international 7(38): 178
1998
ISSN/ISBN: 1167-7422 PMID: 10848050 Document Number: 490347
(1) Several cases of sometimes extensive skin lesions caused by epidermal stripping during wax epilation have been observed in women on oral isotretinoin. (2) Patients taking isotretinoin must be warned that their skin may be fragile and that they should thus avoid wax epilation.
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