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Impetigo desperation!
- Dermatology Community
Please help me. Since christmas last year I have had recurrent impetigo on my face. I don't know what caused it or where it came from, but its causing me major issues. I wash my face daily, I don't use the same towel more than once, I'm always showering...


acne to impetigo after acne steroid shot
- Dermatology Community
went to see doctor for pimples on my chin... he said it was acne and gave me steroid shot and i will be beautiful by the next day... well it did not happen, the next day it became a blister and all of them look twice as big and it was crusting...by the ne...


Impetigo Scabs
- Dermatology Community
I was kind of curious if I was doing anything wrong with treating my impetigo. I was given a cream and antibotics. The impetigo is kind of hard and scabby now and doesn't seem to be really getting better. Should I remove the scabs then put the cream on it ...


Sudden lesions/scabs on my face
- Dermatology Community
I developed two lesions a few days ago, for lack of a better word, on the right underside of my jaw. Each is between 1/4 and 1/2" inch long. At first they looked like when you cut into an apple and it starts to turn brown, they were shallow. I touched them...


Pink rash-like turns brownish then barely noticeable
- Dermatology Community
My 5 year old daughter had about 7 pink little blotches (mosquito size but not raised) on the back of her neck that itched a bit just one time, turned light brown I applied triple antibiotic cream and it then became barely noticeable by day 3, but a bit dr...


Desperate to know what my daughter has....need to confirm
- Dermatology Community
I believe my 14 yr old daughter has impetigo...about a week ago she caught a cold, and got over it, however on the fourth day she has had this breakout that at first they looked like small zits (tiny whit heads but redish around) then they pop and ooze, by...


The impetigo that will not die
- Dermatology Community
For 18 years, I've had impetigo chronically. I can rarely make it 10 days without an outbreak. It is so bad in my eyelids that I can no longer read, look at a cell phone, watch tv, etc. If I look at a cell phone to type 5 text messages in one day, I will h...


Skin rubs off on face
- Dermatology Community
A few weeks ago i reached up to touch my face and brushed off a patch of skin. I thought i had just scratched it but it formed a circle and just burned (no itching) after a few days it started to get yellowish crush all over it. I washed my face with ant...


emptigo
- Dermatology Community
my baby has recurent emptigo on her fasce


I’m scared I have an STD
- Herpes Community
So, I broke out with a cold sore—you can see my previous questions I’ve asked on other threads for the story—I got a big red patch on my face with a correlating sore on the inside of my lip, it turned into a cold sore and the DR. Said I had impetigo. Well ...


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