Tri-Luma® CreamTri-Luma® Cream is a unique medicine because it combines 3 effective ingredients into 1 formula...giving you a single, once-a-day product to put on your face at bedtime.
People allergic to sulfites should not use Tri-Luma® Cream. Tri-Luma Cream contains hydroquinone, which may cause a gradual blue-black darkening of the skin. Safety and efficacy with Tri Luma Cream have not been established in pregnant or nursing women, or individuals with darker skin. Tri Luma Cream may cause redness, peeling, burning, dryness, or itching may occur. Exposure to sunlight, sunlamps, or UV light and extreme heat, wind, or cold should be avoided when using Tri Luma Cream.
How fast will Tri-Luma® Cream lighten my melasma?
In just 8 weeks, Tri-Luma® Cream will have a maximum effect lightening moderate-to-severe melasma. Some patients who have used Tri Luma Cream had improvement of their melasma after only 4 weeks.
See your doctor when your melasma recurs to determine if retreatment with Tri-Luma® Cream is right for you.
But, remember that everyone's skin is different. Your dermatologist can determine if Tri-Luma® Cream is right for you and tell you what to expect during treatment.
What have other patients said about Tri-Luma® Cream?
In a study of 1,076 people melasma, most patients treated with Tri-Luma® Cream reported improvement in their quality of life:
- 64% Tri Luma Cream caused them to be less embarrassed
- 52% Tri Luma Cream led them to use fewer cosmetics
- 56% Tri Luma Cream led them to put less effort into hiding their skin
- 60% Tri Luma Cream helped them feel younger
- 61% Tri Luma Cream helped them feel more attractive
Like many of these patients, you may have found that your quality of life is negatively affected by your melasma. The great news is that studies have show that Tri-Luma® Cream can have a positive effect on how you look and how you feel!
Where can I get Tri-Luma® Cream?
If your dermatologist decides that Tri-Luma® Cream can help your melasma, you will get a prescription that can be filled at your local drugstore. (If you are pregnant or nursing, asthmatic, or over the age of 65, be sure to let your dermatologist know.)
Tri-Luma® Cream is contraindicated in individuals with a hypersensitivity, allergy or intolerance to fluocinolone acetonide, hydroquinone or tretinoin. In clinical trials, the most frequently reported side effects were erythema, desquamation, burning, dryness and pruritus.
Mild to moderate redness, peeling, burning, dryness or itching may be experienced. This product contains sulfites that may cause severe allergic reactions including anaphylactic symptoms and life-threatening asthma attacks. Exposure to sunlight, sunlamps or UV light and extreme heat, wind or cold should be avoided. Use of sunscreen with appropriate SPF of 30 or higher is required. Wear protective clothing and change to nonhormonal forms of birth control, if hormonal methods are used.
Tri-Luma® Cream contains hydroquinone, which may produce exogenous ochronosis, a gradual blue-black darkening of the skin, whose occurrence should prompt discontinuation of therapy. Tri-Luma® Cream contains the corticosteroid fluocinolone acetonide. Systemic absorption of topical corticosteroids can produce reversible hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis suppression with the potential for corticosteroid insufficiency after withdrawal of treatment.
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