pimple like marks on buttocks

Dr., I hope this finds you well.

I am a 30 year old male an am concerned about some 'pimple' like things on my buttocks, that I have had for many years. although not the same ones for many years. they seem to go away fairly quickly (3-4 days maybe a few longer) but others return in different spots. they are not really grouped closely and look like mosquito bites and typically seem more irritated in the evening. For instance right now I have one on the center of my right buttock cheek and one on the other cheek closer to the

[Alan Rockoff, MD]

Folliculitis of the buttocks is common and unimportant.  You might try putting an antibiotic ointment like bacitracin or neosporin in your nostrils every night for a month, because staph germs hang out there and sometimes "seed" other body parts.  Otherwise, I'd ignore these pimples and certainly not pop them.  They sound nothing like herpes.  (Besides, you've had them for years....)

Best.

Dr. Rockoff

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sorry for the addition but let me clarify it always takes 3-4 days the only times it has taken longer is when I scratched it ... for instance last night the bumps where red and bigger but today after I put some baby powder on last night they are much smaller and less red ...  and incase I wasn't clear they do go away but another will often show up somewhere else on the buttock it always seems like there is one ... sometimes not but sometime more