[ChemistMama]

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"In addition to acne, other potential uses include inflammatory diseases and rosacea, a well as the prime oral dapsone target — dermatitis herpetiformis, Dr. Schlessinger says.

"The prototypical condition that we use oral dapsone for is dermatitis herpetiformis, and I feel this is a great off-label use for Aczone," he says.

And without the unwanted risks of oral dapsone, Aczone, and any other topical formulations, could give dapsone an important new role in dermatology. "


For me, Aczone helped clear up some of my older lesions, and when I got accidenally glutened, it helped decrease the weeping I usually get on those lesions. I had got some samples from my dermatologist, but from what I've found online on the acne forms, Aczone isn't cheap, one small tube (30g) is about $125. I believe that's before insurance. I have a small sample tube and haven't used it all yet, but I only spot apply. Haven't tried it on new active breakouts since I haven't had any since going off the oral dapsone (knock on wood!).

[captaincrab55]

I saw my Dermatologist 11 days ago... I inquired about Aczone and was informed that it had a limited use for DH patients... My Doc gave me 4 small sample tubes of Aczone to use on outbreaks and report back my results.. I was informed that only the oral dapsone would prevent outbreaks until the gluten was out of my system...

[ChemistMama]

You're right, the oral dapsone is the only thing that will prevent outbreaks. Some DH-ers (myself included) have old lesions that take lots of time to heal, and flare up when we're glutened, and the topical dapsone can help there. I"m curious to know if anyone has had a breakout reaction and then used dapsone on the new lesions. I went on oral dapsone but had to go off it because of the side effects.