Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic. Melacare cream contains a potent steroid, mometasone. It is usually prescribed by dermatologist for treatment of melasma. It should never be used without the supervision of a dermatologist because early side effects can go unnoticed by the patients. Moreover, it should never be used as a regular use fairness cream on face because it can cause side effects like acne, hirsutism, photosensitivity, and skin thinning and telangiectasias. Rather, if I was your treating doctor I would have asked you to use a cream containing one or more of the skin lightening agents e.g kojic acid, glycolic acid, arbutin or hydroquinone etc once daily at night to gradually fade away the tan. UV A part of the electromagnetic spectrum is mainly responsible for tanning. Therefore, a good sunscreen should have broad spectrum UV A coverage in addition to UV B coverage, in order to be able to prevent tanning and it needs to be applied in sufficient quantity and every 2-3 hourly. For dry skin you could use a lotion based or a cream based sunscreen rather than using a gel based sunscreen, which is mainly for oily and acne prone skin. A sunscreen with minimum 30 spf would be adequate. It should mention both UV B and UV A coverage. Therefore it is important to select the right sunscreen for desired effects It should be applied in the following quantity: --3ml for face and neck(a little more than 1/2 teaspoon) --3ml for each arm(a little more than 1/2 teaspoon). A sunscreen should be applied every 2-3 hours. regards