Hi.
When did your condition start?
Has this been present for quite sometime?
This does not sound like it is infectious.You have noted that you see a similar condition with your sister. This may suggest an autoimmune or genetic component. Folliculitis may present with bumps or lumps involving hair follicles. They may have a yellowish center containing pus. They are found in areas rich with hair follicles such as the face, the chest and the groin.
In your case, an infectious process may not be completely ruled out yet. Has your physician considered a skin biopsy? A referral to an infectious disease specialist or rheumatologist may help.
Hi Vanessa
I have had a skin plug biopsy done. It came back negative, that is why the doctor thought it might be hair folicle infection.
And mine do not have a yellow or pus center. There isn't but a tiny bump, that I don't even knows that it is there, till it starts burning real bad; till I make it bleed. Then the burning stops,because it is bleeding. It will start burning again maybe that day, the next day, it might be a couple of days before the burning happens again. After the scab is picked, it looks like a crater/volcano. Once the scab comes off the burning stops, and it bleeds till it is ready to stop.
Also I had not idea that my sister had the same thing, I don't get to see her very offten, but she was down for Mothers Day. I got to see her legs, and they are worse than anything I have.
This (my sores) all started about two years ago.
The only thing that I have found, to at least slow them down, once they erupt has been Avon conceler. I came by this because I didn't want them glowing and drawing attention. Like I might have bugs.
I sure don't want them to get as bad as my sisters are. She even had a culture done on hers to no results.