I questioned Tom Hale about topical [stuff you apply to the skin] treatments
and breastfeeding at a recent conference. He couldn't come up with any that
were contraindicated.  The systemic absorption, and thus the serum level of
any topical drug is minute - if  measurable at all - and therefore won't
pose a risk by entering the breastmilk.

Gail Hertz, MD, IBCLC

Subject: Re: Benzoil peroxide (Proactiv)


>      Has anyone on list heard of this mail-order acne medication and is it
> compatible with breastfeeding?  Mom wants to use it on her face for acne.
> Baby is 6 months old and breastfeeding well.  Search of archives, Hale,
> Lawrence turns up nothing.  TIA
>
> Alice Ernest IBCLC
> Simpsonville, SC
>

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