Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic The cream (lomela) that you have been using is a drug combination of a potent topical steroid (mometasone), tretinoin and hydroquinone. It is a prescription product. Dermatologist s commonly prescribe them for facial hyperpigmentation/ melasma. It is not meant for regular use and should never be used without a dermatologist s advice and in any case not for more than 2-3 months since the steroid content of this cream can cause various side effects like acne, photosensitivity, skin thinning and telangiectasia and facial hair growth (hirsutism) which is specially troublesome in females. You should definitely stop using it any further. Rather I would suggest you to use a broad spectrum sunscreen, throughout the day to protect from sun since the skin would be sensitive and sun exposure would make it red. The skin would take some time to recover. Till the time your skin recovers from years of steroid abuse you should just use bland moisturising cream for night time application and a broad spectrum sunscreen during the day. Regards