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MD, FAAD, FAAP

Can other topical products be used after cantharidin application?

Warts And Molluscum

You. We recommend, if possible, to wait a full 24 hours before gently washing with a bland soap and water to remove the medication that was treated, and then following that application. Standard moisturization or petrolatum based products such as vaseline can be applied should any unwanted blistering occur. Otherwise, you can resort back to your gentle skincare and apply moisturizer, sunscreen or anything post 24 hours. Now, if any of the patients do have unwanted adverse events, such as mild blistering in the study, the majority are mild or moderate adverse events. So if there's mild blistering, for example, you're welcome to wash the medication off sooner if need be. But ideally, as done in the study, you would instruct your families to wait a full 24 hours before removing the medication. The.