Excessive Skin Darkening

[Tasteful1056]

Hello everyone, I am 23 and 16 months back i got diagnosed with MDR TB. I took the vigorous 9 month regime which was very difficult but now im TB negative.

The only problem is that i am a Korean and we people have very light skin but since i took the medication, my skin became ultra sensitive to sunlight and has darkened a lot. Now people who see me think i am a tourist from a tropical country as i have become very dark.

I asked my doctor and he said that they are the side effects of the drugs. i took the medicines like moxifloxacin, Ethionamide, Kanamycin,Pyrazinimide etc. It's been 5 months since i finished my drugs but my skin has not returned to it's previous self.

What i wanted to know is are there any asians who have been throgh the same problem?? Is there any remedy to this? Or how long do i have to wait to get my normal white skin back?

Thankyou

[HelenC Partner TB Alert]

Hi Tasteful1056,

Congratulations on getting through the long nine months of treatment for MDR-TB. I'm glad that you can look forward to a future free from TB.

If you don;t get any responses to your question about skin colour changes through this forum, you may want to ask through our Facebook page which has followers from all over the world (though I understand if you prefer not to for privacy's sake): facebook.com/TBAlert/

Best wishes,

Helen

[Ayeeshamehta]

Were you taking clofamazine?

I have the same problem. It's been 11 months since I am medications for MDR TB. I lost my fair skin tone. Initially I was pink. Bt now it's dark pink looks really dark. How long did you took clofamazine?

[jhjhjjhj in reply to Ayeeshamehta]

yes i did take clofamazine, i guess for 6 months, still no clear improvement ffs

[Ayeeshamehta in reply to jhjhjjhj]

It will get better. I hope so🙂