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Author  Topic    homestrong USA 24 Posts Posted - 05/29/2009 :  12:26:56     Hi. A biopsy in Feb 09 confirmed that I had a BCC on a my left nostil. I have been applying Cymilium and a home brew of Aloe and SuperClens to it since then. It does not LOOK bad. In fact, it looks very healthy now. My Derm Doctor has wanted to do a Mohs on my nose since Feb 09. I'm trying to avoid that. I talked to him today and told him I wanted to keep trying my home topical treatments and plan for a 2nd biopsy in 2 months (Aug 09). He agreed but said I should try Prescription Aldara. I've read a little about it online, but I wonder if anybody has any opinion or experience with this, for treating BCC? thanks Chris chris@homestrong.com RidgebackDogs USA 103 Posts Posted - 07/05/2009 :  23:32:55     Hi Chris, hopefully someone emailed you about their experiences w/Aldara. Using the search function on the top of the page works quite well - just type in Aldara. From what i've read here some folks seem to think it works well but is a rather miserable experience. Others think that is too risky to use based on some very bad reactions that some have had with it - i.e. ruined their health. I was given some Aldara samples by a derm and did not use them as after doing some reading i wasn't sure i wanted to mess with "activating" the cytokines via Aldara as there are some accounts on the web of side effects that include people developing auto-immune disorders (where the body's immune system attacks the body itself as though it were a microbe or cancer or other invader). There are some who say it may cause cancer. Too new and too many potential nasty side-effects for me.    Topic

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