i stopped fuicidin because at the stage i was trying to find a cure. i still am now but back then i only had ec for about 4 months. once i stopped useing fuicidin it returned my ec so i put fuicidin on the fail list. but now im thinking of possibily doing a combo with it. maybe one of the ingredients prevents the skin from building up. i would defintaely reccomend if somebody just wants a break from ec to go on fucidin for a few weeks just make sure its fine with your doc i would also like to know if fucidin could be used long term. mike have you tried useing fucidin and just a good moisturizer??? anyways let us know how you go.