When will this Erbitux rash go completely away?

lisa42
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Hi Everybody,
For those of you who have experienced the Erbitux rash and are no longer on Eribitux, how long did it take for the rash to completely go away? I stopped taking Erbitux 6-1/2 weeks ago. Prior to stopping it, I had been on it at 50% strength for 4 weeks and was also on topical and oral antibiotics for the acne/pustule part of the rash. That part of it (thank goodness) has been gone for a while now, but the red mottled, speckly rash is still present on my face and neck. How long has it taken to go completely away in some of you?
I use makeup to cover it, but I'd rather not have to wear put it on everyday, as I wasn't in the habit of wearing it before. I know the sun can make it worse, so I try to stay out of the sun. My oncologist said he has a patient who got a rash from some other medication (not Erbitux) and she still had the rash a year later. I hope and pray this won't do the same thing! (especially since the Erbitux never helped me- I stopped it after testing postive for the k-ras mutation).
Lisa
For those of you who have experienced the Erbitux rash and are no longer on Eribitux, how long did it take for the rash to completely go away? I stopped taking Erbitux 6-1/2 weeks ago. Prior to stopping it, I had been on it at 50% strength for 4 weeks and was also on topical and oral antibiotics for the acne/pustule part of the rash. That part of it (thank goodness) has been gone for a while now, but the red mottled, speckly rash is still present on my face and neck. How long has it taken to go completely away in some of you?
I use makeup to cover it, but I'd rather not have to wear put it on everyday, as I wasn't in the habit of wearing it before. I know the sun can make it worse, so I try to stay out of the sun. My oncologist said he has a patient who got a rash from some other medication (not Erbitux) and she still had the rash a year later. I hope and pray this won't do the same thing! (especially since the Erbitux never helped me- I stopped it after testing postive for the k-ras mutation).
Lisa
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