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.

Red face that sensitive to touch and burns

This has only recently began to happen to me, say last year to current day. It doesn't happen all the time, but once it appears it's causing me to cough constantly often causing me to lose breath as if asthnatic and I'm not. It causes my entire face to burn red, very sensitive to touch from...

by Guest over a year ago

growth on face

I have something that looks like a tree growing out of my face. Under my eye on my right cheek there is a formation growing out of my face. It looks like a stalk and at the top of the stalk it looks like the top of a tree. A half round top with groves in it and the the stalk comes down, the stalk is...

by tree_stalk over a year ago

Itchy, burning, throbbing cuticles

Answered by a doctor

I've had acrylic nails for at least four years now, and a few months ago my nails would start to inch & burn after getting them done (it lasts for about 2 days). I read through a lot of these comments & questions, and it looks like there are many people with the same symptoms as me. I've...

by mirabellaaaa over a year ago

itchiness on butt, waist, inner thighs and wrist

These red bumps pop up and they itch so bad. Not painful or anything just really itching. Started around my waist then my inner thighs and now my backside. They itch during the day around my wrist. At night its bad on my thighs and butt. Sitting in the bath is the only thing that helps. But when I...

by salada332756 over a year ago

multiple infected lumps at both corners of mouth

I have multiple infected lumps at both corner of mouth, consulted skin spec. i had in my axilla and rectal area before which were removed by surgery leaving scar, my doctor told he will like to treate by medicine first, but i am not getting better, they are increasing in numbers, this is casusing me...

by surendra bhatnagar over a year ago

honeybee cuts out spot below left eye

Hi, its about a case of honeybee cut out on my face. A honeybee cut out below my eye, and i applied suthol(like dettol) on it. After few minutes it turned into a black spot. Now after one and a half month the spot is still black and is still there. Now i am applying coconut oil on it and i am not...

by Guest over a year ago

Ozone treatment and psoriasis

Hi, I’ve been suffering from persistent plaque psoriasis on my hands for years now and I tried probably every treatment there is, including major dietary changes (no sugar, no gluten), but all I ever managed to do is to postpone the next severe breakout which always went down only with steroids....

by Guest over a year ago

dark skin on top of stomach, below sternum

I have a dark area of skin on the top of my stomach, looks kind of like a bruise, and stays for months at a time. this is the second time it happened, the first was 5 years ago. i don't know what it could be, i do not tan, am rarely in the sun for prolonged periods of time, and it is only in this...

by j1431100123 over a year ago

Itchy red spots on face and neck

Answered by a doctor

My daughter 12+ is getting itchy red spots on face and neck. it triggers in the morning and goes off after 3 hrs and also observed that when she is on stress, the itchy red spots comes within half hour. Also after toilet, she gets it. she is having homeopath medicine and also anti allergy tablet...

by Prasenjit Dass over a year ago

Which hormone disturbance happens in psoriasis disease?

Hi everybody, I’ve been diagnose with psoriasis fairly recently and my dermatologist did gave me a general overview of possible psoriasis triggers, but what I’m noticing now is that I have more breakouts few days before I get my period. I still follow all other recommendations and am trying to...

by Guest over a year ago