Skin Conditions

Skin can get infected by bacteria, viruses, fungus and parasites. Discuss topics related to bacterial infections (cellulitis, folliculitis, boils, and carbuncles, Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome); fungal infections (Candidiasis — yeast Infection, ringworm, Tinea Versicolor); viral infections (Cold Sores, Herpes Zoster — Shingles, warts) and parasitic skin infections (creeping eruption, lice, scabies). There are also many skin inflammations, including psoriasis, eczema, and dermatitis. You can post topics related to skin infections and inflammations as well as other skin topics that do not belong to the other forums right here.

spots on my armpits, each one have red circles around them

hi what should i do i have these weird little spots on both armpits there are loads of them each have red circles around them what is it i`m a girl 13 haven't shaved my armpits for about 5 days and they've been fine!?

by katy over a year ago

Hives on 2 of my daughters! I suffer from endometriosis and had hysterectomy

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I suffers from endometriosis for 20 years before I had a hysterectomy, so I've been on a crazy roller coaster of hormones, but only had hives 6 months after my hystorectomy. However, I have 3 daughters and the youngest two have been dealing with hives. The 17 year old seems to get them...

by Guest over a year ago

Sores on my arms & back will not heal.

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I am a 45 year old female. I broke out on my arms & back with these sores that will not heal. It's been 3 months & I still have them. They started out looking like a small, red dot. Within days the dots turned into larger, crusty, open sores. They're discolored except for the skin at the...

by Guest over a year ago

long shape pimples in armpit, under legs and under chest

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My mother she is 45 years old since three months she is having long shape pimples in her armpit and and under leg and under chest any treatment for that she is over weighted what she should to to cure that pimples and get relief from that

by Mojojojo over a year ago

Itchy, swollen, red fingers, not all of them at once and not the same ones all the time

I have been experiencing this for over a year now. No known allergies, it has happened at different times during the day, the year, the geographical area. My fingers will start itching, then start turning red then start swelling. It is random fingers and thumbs. Not all of them at once and not the...

by Guest over a year ago

swollen and itchy lips whenever the weather changes

It has been from rwo yrs that i...

by aishasharma over a year ago

Peeling skin under new areas of hair growth/discoloration

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My skin peels off under my beard. I'm 23, and embarrassingly, I've never asked a doctor about this. As long as I can remember, on any part of my body that grows hair, particularly new hair, my skin peels off. At an absurdly high rate. On areas of new body hair during puberty, winters were the worst,...

by Guest over a year ago

Eczema or Psoriasis on hands? Cortisone helps on a temporary basis

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I am 62 years old and have just now come down with cracking and thickening of thenskin between a coiple of my fingers. It never resolves, but can it h intensely just as it heals over. Costisone helps on a temp. basis. No new soaps, ADLs, period. What'smup? Anyone?

by Guest over a year ago

Weird, small bruiselike pimple on fingertip

hi, just got out of the shower. 15y/o male here. it was a few minutes before I noticed it, but there was a weird oddly colored bruise like pimple/bump on my finger about the size of a sesame seed. If that. At first glance it looked like a splinter, but the more I picked at it (the wrong thing to do,...

by guestx over a year ago

lifetime of skin conditions - psoriasis, eczema, barrier issues, now finger prints disappearing

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I have had a lifetime of skin conditions- psoriasis, eczema, barrier issues, random allergic reactions, etc. I have had a situation in the past where my fingerprints get wrinkly and peel off, and it is painless and only lasts for two weeks at most. However, for the past two months I have had this...

by Guest over a year ago