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.

I'm having steatocystoma multiplex for roughly 15 years now

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Hi all, I have had SM for roughly 15 years now and I am now ready to do something about it.I have been in talks with a company in Seoul, Korea who say they have treated over 500 cases. I have sent them photo's of my condition and they have ran through time frames, costings and some knowledge of...

by Guest over a year ago

Dark Spots on body

Hi, so I have dark discolorational spots under my breast a big quarter size dark spot on inner right thigh and I noticed tonight 10/8/13 before i got in the shower the my inner butt has big blotches of dark areas and iv never had it before!!! Also the spot on my inner tigh gets bigger when the ones...

by Guest over a year ago

I don't know what this is.sounds like reoccuring chicken pox or herpes

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20 years ago my then sexual partner started getting chicken pox like symptoms, she would get headaches, fevers, occasionally nasea, then a week or two later blister like rashes would appear on her body in different areas. A year after she started getting this I started getting the same symptoms but...

by Gina2166306465 over a year ago

Dry bumps on my lips that sometimes scale off

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I have thes bump on my lips that feels dry, it started over 6months ago after using a lipgloss and since then it keeps appearing and disappearing. It so discomforting cos it feels dry and sometimes scale off,i don't knw wat to do. And i don't understand what it is. Pls,help me i am confused

by Guest over a year ago

Sudden peeling of skin on inside of left hand

About a week ago when I woke up my left hand felt as if I had grabbed a hot curling iron or something. My fingers on the inside were red only about half way up and a spot on my palm by my thumb was also red. It had a slight burning feeling. That lasted about 2-3 days and went away. Now my skin is...

by Guest over a year ago

I woke up and realized i had tiny bumps on my lips

I woke up and realized i had tiny bumps on my lips. They seem to flare up and eventually spread to my bottom lip. For some reason they dry up after flaring and then get really tight, harden and finally peel...leaving my lips to discolor to very dark shade for about a week or so. It seems overnight...

by KenPat304331 over a year ago

Finger numbness followed by feeling loss then peeling skin

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I'm 15 years old and lately my fingers and my toes sometimes start to go numb or like tingle, but the like pass week or two instead of them being tingly they just have lost feeling in them. I still have some feeling in them but very little. Then about the past couple days my fingers have been...

by Heatherawnna over a year ago

Red Boil/Cyst like lumps?

All throughout my lifetime I've randomly gotten these red boil/cyst like lumps. They start off colorless and I never notice them until I mistakenly put pressure on them. At that point they swell up and turn red. They NEVER reach a head and always seem to go away or at least reduce in size and turn...

by Guest over a year ago

Pimple on inner right buttcheek

I have had this pimple since November 2012, I thought it would go away after a while, but it didn't. It is located a few inches above the anus. From time to time it swells and releases blood, puss or both. I went to the doctor on December 2012, they said nothing was wrong. I went to another doctor...

by mattz302911 over a year ago

I just woke up with a slightly swollen left upper lip

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I just woke up with a slightly swollen left upper lip, and the reason I woke up, was because of a horrible burning sensation on my skin. No marks. No scratches. No bites. It's really quite scaring me! It's not doing it anymore, but I can't help but think my lip is getting bigger...WHAT DOES THIS...

by Guest over a year ago