Table 2.

Cutaneous side-effects of immunosuppressive drugs used post renal transplant

Immunosuppresive drug	Cutaneous side-effects
Cyclosporine	Hypertrichosis, gingival and sebaceous hyperplasia, trichodysplasia spinulosa, non-melanoma skin cancer
Mycophenolate mofetil	Increased risk of herpes simplex, herpes zoster and and CMV infections; cutaneous side-effects are extremely rare
Tacrolimus	Non-melanoma skin cancer, virus-associated trichodysplasia
Sirolimus	Acneiform eruption, scalp folliculitis, inflammatory facial papules and nodules, aphthous ulceration, impaired wound healing, onychopathy, periungual infections, chronic gingivitis