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.

80 Percent Healed from SD

I was diagnosed with SD back in August 2013, it was only on my face, neck up, I was puffy, extremely itchy, my eyes, lips, face, I freaked. My hairline, lips, eyelids where chapped and peeling. I went to one of the top Dermatologists in L.A., that I have seen for over 25 years, and he started...

by venicesquare over a year ago

Red cheeks - what is it??

Hey ppl! Just wondering if you could help me with this problem... I am a 19 year old male with white skin and fair hair, and since the age of around twelve or thirteen (or possibly earlier) I have had deep red cheeks. They don't appear be due to a surface skin problem, but more to do with the...

by Harry2182b71863 over a year ago

red dots on my face

Answered by a doctor

I have a few red dots on my face and am not sure what they are or how to get rid of them. they have been there for about a year with little sign of healing. if you push the skin they go white then the blood returns are they burst blood vessels? should I see a doctor? my Face is important to me and I...

by btone74622 over a year ago

natural cure mrsa

Hi, guys. I have a skin abscess that is caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Methicillin is a form of penicillin. I would like to know if there is any natural cure for this mrsa infection. I wouldn’t like to take antibiotics in large amounts since they are not as harmless as...

by winnie1977173275 over a year ago

heeelp

hello, i am very scared..about 3 or 4 weeks ago, i had oral sex with a condom with a very questionable girl since then (3 weeks later) two spots have come up in my groin area they are the samne size ...they squeesed jus like pimples.alstho they are smaller that wen they first appeared , they are...

by Guest over a year ago

MY SKIN IS NUMB, pinch and NO pain

I thought there was some numb areas on me lower body, becasue of a bad back.. but now I see there are lots of places I can pinch myself HARD and there is no pain at all. Also, I guess the 90% loss of sensation in my nipples must be related, no more pleasure.. some places I can pinch, No pain, then...

by Ayla_Zed over a year ago

brusing on my chest

I have unexplained bruising on my chest. The bruise is the size of a fist and very painful, I am also very tender from the bruising right up to my colarbone. I have had no accident at all, I am also a thuroxine user. What could have caused this bruising ?

by Sanisuki over a year ago

Brown Spots on Back after Biopsy for Melanoma

A little over a week ago I went to a dermatologist to have a mole on my back looked at/biopsied. So they took the mole off and the results came back normal so no melanoma, but the last few days my back about an inch or 2 away from the wound has been really bumpy and itchy, this morning my...

by Sarah Liz Sullivan264243 over a year ago

I have white fingertips

Hello. Just noticed a couple of times this week when some of my fingertips have gone white after being in the cold. I've never had this problem before. I love the cold. I've taken zinc lozenges a few times this week. Otherwise, nothing's different in my diet/supplement regiment.

by emarston4 over a year ago