Source: DGNews  |  Posted 8 years ago

[]By Paula Moyer[]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- March 25, 2003 -- Tazarotene cream has advantages over tretinoin in treating photodamaged facial skin, according to Nicholas J. Lowe, MD.

"Interim data show that tazarotene is significantly superior to tretinoin emollient in mean global responses, overall assessment of photodamage, and fine wrinkling," stated Dr. Lowe, clinical professor of dermatology, University of California-Los Angeles, here at the 61[^]st[] Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology. "Patients on tazarotene had more rapid improvements than those on tretinoin."

This multi-centre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group study sought to compare the efficacy and tolerability of tazarotene 0.1% cream to that of tretinoin 0.05% emollient cream in patients with photodamaged facial skin.

The investigators recruited 173 adult patients with skin type I