I've been using Protopic for about two months now and it hasn't changed my condition so far. I've been only using it once per night, sometimes also once during the day (on weekends). I haven't seen any change in my condition, which could very well be caused by me peeling the build up after usually about a week or so. Did you ever do that while on Protopic or did you leave them completely alone?
I would have liked to not peel them, but I just had to have a more normalish life for a while. :-)
Depending on what my derm thinks I will probably stop using Protopic at the end of the month...