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Will my skin grow back to normal?

Hello, hope you’ll answer me :( as stupid as i am i had a small pimple on the upper side of my breast and i put on a cotton soaked with ethanol with propolis on it but it covered a larger area than the pimple. i left it like that doing other stuff and later when i took it off it was brownish i started rubbing it with what not, shocked, and the brownish part peeled of the skin even bigger-the size of my thumb nail.. When the upper part peeled a white part showed under it. Now it is like a wound and there is a difference between the level of my skin and the deepness of the wound.
This happened 3 days ago.

I'm afraid if it will scar or there will be difference in the level of my skin :'(
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563773 tn?1374246539
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
This white skin can be due to granulation tissue and the redness is caused by contact dermatitis and chemical burn due to the ethanol. Please do not apply anything except for some antibiotic cream like Neosporin or Mupirocin on the area and do not mess with it. Also wear cotton clothes and keep the area sweat free. It may scar but it is too early to assess it for scarring.
It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your doctor. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.


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SO I Smashed My Right Index Finger On A Board And A Flap Of Skin Was Hangin Off. I Peeled that Skin Off And it Has Left A Red Circular Dent In M Finger. My Skin Will Not Grow Back And Can Be Peeled Off Some More. How Do I Get My Skin To Grow Back?
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563773 tn?1374246539
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
From the photograph the skin has healed very well and it has left a small hypopigmented mark. It can be due to post inflammatory hypopigmentation. Post inflammatory hypopigmentation is very difficult to treat but sometimes it goes away on its own after exposure to the sun. Creams like  Elidel cream or Protropic can be used on these hypopigmented  areas but at such a young age it is not advisable to use them . If the symptoms still persist then  you can talk to your dermatologist about laser-assisted chemabrasion(LACA).

I hope it helps. Take care and regards.

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Hello, it is me again. I'm very grateful for you guidance!
Here is how the wound healed. But the skin is different :(
Will it stay like that or will it get back to normal? :(((( It is very thin and through it I can see what's inside.
Is this the scar it will leave :((((((

http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5323/dsc01564v.jpg
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563773 tn?1374246539
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Hello,
We have to rule out the possibility of any infection since you have mentioned that the wound has become more deep and scab has fallen off. Healthy healing wounds do not go deeper but tedn to become more superficial and drier.

I suggest you to consult your PCP as if it is getting deeper then it may get infected.

I hope it helps. Take care and regards.

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Here is how the wound looks like today in day 6 - i have no idea why but it got worse and deeper since then, maybe because it got a scab which got wet and fell off.
It was 1 cm in diameter and 0,05 mm deep in day 3 though on the previous photo this doesn't show. Now it got a bit raised though.
Here is how it looks:

http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/1417/picture12z.png
http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/7206/picture14up.png


It doesn't have pus or infection but I don't understand why it isn't pink but yellowish and dark reddish. Since the scab fell off I started keeping it moisted. The level of  the inner part is nearly getting raised to the level of the skin but there is a "deep channel" between the edge of surrounding skin of the wound and the wound itself.

I'm asking if I can do something while it heals to prevent scarring because I'm into modeling and this wound is located right on my decolte and this is devastating for me.

Thank you a lot for helping me out!
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