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Prescription Dermatologic Compounding for Every Skin Challenge
Compounding Solutions for Dermatology Prescribers Dermatology prescribers often struggle with commercial products that lock in the vehicle, the concentration, and the combination. Pharmacy Solutions gives your clinical judgment control over all three.
The acne patient who has cycled through every commercial option without adequate response needs a customized combination. The melasma patient whose skin cannot tolerate the irritation of standard commercial strengths needs a different formulation. The Mohs patient whose wound needs a Pracasil-Plus-based preparation that commercial pharmacy does not stock needs a compounding pharmacy that understands what that vehicle does to wound healing and why it matters.
Pharmacy Solutions has been a compounding partner for dermatologists, Mohs surgeons, and aesthetic providers for more than 30 years. We prepare custom topical compounds across a comprehensive range of dermatology and aesthetic categories and quality-verify every preparation before it is dispensed.
Compounding Solutions for Dermatology Practice
Pharmacy Solutions supports dermatology prescribers across a broad range of clinical compounding categories. Full preparation detail, specific active ingredients, concentrations, and vehicle options are available on our Dermatology Compounding Solutions page.
- Skin conditions: custom topical formulations for acne, melasma, hyperpigmentation, eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, and related conditions at concentrations and in vehicles not available commercially
- Wound care and scarring: specialty vehicle-based preparations for post-surgical wounds, Mohs reconstruction sites, hypertrophic scars, and keloid management
- Procedural preparations: BLT topical anesthetics and chemical peel agents at custom concentrations for dermatological and aesthetic procedures
Where Commercial Options Fall Short for Your Patients
Common scenarios where prescribers in this specialty turn to Pharmacy Solutions include:
- Acne patients who have not responded to standard commercial tretinoin concentrations and need a higher strength, a more tolerable vehicle, or a combination that no single commercial product provides
- Melasma patients requiring hydroquinone above the commercial 4% threshold, or a non-hydroquinone brightening protocol in a custom vehicle formulated for their specific skin tolerance history
- Patients with chronic eczema or psoriasis who react to preservatives in commercial corticosteroid preparations and require a custom allergen-excluded formulation
- Post-Mohs and post-surgical patients requiring wound care preparations in specialty vehicles that optimize healing in ways commercial products do not address
- Providers performing laser, microneedling, chemical peels, or other procedures who need a multi-agent topical anesthetic that commercial single-agent numbing creams cannot match
Why Dermatology Prescribers Choose Pharmacy Solutions Dermatology patients who require compounding have often already tried what the commercial market offers. When you bring a compounding pharmacy into that relationship, its consistency and quality reflect directly on your practice. A preparation in the wrong vehicle, at the wrong concentration, or that varies between refills does not reflect poorly on the pharmacy that made it. It reflects poorly on the prescriber who recommended it.
- PCAB-accredited in both sterile and non-sterile compounding, placing us among fewer than 2% of compounding pharmacies in the United States to hold this independent quality credential.
- All active pharmaceutical ingredients are sourced exclusively from FDA-registered suppliers.
- Sterile preparations are compounded in our ISO-classified cleanroom in compliance with USP standards. Our facility maintains full USP compliance for hazardous drug handling.
- Pharmacists with specific depth of knowledge in topical vehicle science, active ingredient chemistry, and the base selection decisions that determine how a compounded preparation performs on real patient skin.
- Direct pharmacist access for clinical questions before you prescribe, with no queue and no callback from a technician.
What the Partnership Looks Like Day to Day
Your patients expect consistency. Here is what working with Pharmacy Solutions looks like for dermatology prescribers in our network:
- Direct pharmacist access for vehicle selection, concentration, active ingredient compatibility, and combination formulation questions at any stage of the prescribing process, with no queue
- Formulation feasibility confirmed before you prescribe, so you are not writing an order for something we cannot prepare. Call before you write.
- Proactive communication when something needs your attention, so your staff is not fielding patient calls about preparation status during a scheduled clinical day
- Nationwide patient delivery with tracking, so your patients receive compounds regardless of their location
- Consistent preparation specification across every refill, so the compound your patient receives on their fourth order matches what worked on their first
Accreditation and Quality Standards You Can Stand Behind
Pharmacy Solutions holds PCAB accreditation in both sterile and non-sterile compounding and maintains full compliance with USP <795> standards for non-sterile preparations. All active pharmaceutical ingredients are sourced from FDA-registered suppliers.
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Pharmacy Solutions has become a real extension of my practice. When I have a patient who needs a precise combination in a vehicle their skin can actually tolerate, I know the pharmacist will have a useful answer before I prescribe and the preparation will be consistent when my patient reorders it.
Michelle, MD, FAAD
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you prepare hydroquinone formulations above the commercial 4% concentration?
Yes. Hydroquinone preparations at custom concentrations above the commercial 4% standard are within our compounding capabilities per prescriber direction. Contact our pharmacists to discuss the appropriate concentration and vehicle for your patient before prescribing.
Do you prepare hypoallergenic topical formulations for sensitive patients?
Yes. Hypoallergenic formulations are among our most common requests from dermatology prescribers. Contact our pharmacistss to discuss the appropriate hypoallergenic vehicle and active ingredient options for your patient.
What vehicle options do you offer for BLT and procedural topical anesthetics?
We prepare BLT in multiple bases with different penetration and onset profiles depending on the procedure and the patient. Contact our pharmacists to discuss the vehicle that best fits your specific procedural application. Full BLT detail is available on our Dermatology Compounding Solutions page.
Do you prepare chemical peel agents?
Yes. Chemical peel formulations at custom concentrations are within our compounding capabilities per your prescription for individually identified patients.
How do I get started working with Pharmacy Solutions for my dermatology practice?
Contact our team using the link below or call us directly.
Ready to Find Your Dermatology Compounding Partner?
Dermatology prescribers who work with Pharmacy Solutions get a pharmacist team with specific depth of knowledge in vehicle science and active ingredient chemistry, preparation accuracy verified on every order, and a turnaround consistent enough to build protocols around. PCAB-accredited. Nationwide dispensing.
