Hello All, and thanks for taking time to view my question!
I am 30 years old, and a male. I have had eczema my whole life. When I was a child I had it pretty bad, but now I just get it on my elbows and my sides below my ribcage, and only in the winter.
My questions is this: I have been for about 4 years now getting what I thought were ingrown hairs on the back of my legs. Well as I read up I come to realize that since it is persistent that it is likely folliculitus. I have tried everything to get rid of this once and for all.. I have use Noxzema, Clean and Clear (and all sorts of other cleaners with Triclosan in them); I have tried using Neosporin and other anti-biotic ointments, I have tried alcohol hand sanitizer, and all sorts of things. While they may reduce the amount of boils at any given time, without constant use of anti-biotic cleaners and/or ointments these boils on the back of my legs keep coming back, and if I stop use of these products all together the boils get huge, painful and end up bleeding once they burst. At any one given time I could have 4 –5 boils on the back of each leg; they have also appeared on my buttocks, but never higher than my waist line. I have several of what appear to be scars left by previous boils.. In any case, try going to a swimming pool or a lake to swim with 3 boils the size of quarters on the back of your leg.. Not going to happen.. What can I do and could this be a sign of a bigger problem??