For the past month I’ve been experiencing an itchy chest and neck/chin on and off, with little to no physical signs of a rash. My partner has also been experiencing this on occasion. This past week i haven’t been too itchy, but these 3 bumps formed on my chest that I thought were pimples initially but now I’m unsure. I woke up this morning with these red splotches all across my neck, and I am curious to know if this looks like some sort of rash/infection or if I somehow scratched myself so hard in my sleep that I bruised my neck? My neck and chest haven’t been itchy today and weren’t before I went to bed either, so I don’t know why I’d be scratching there. Thanks!

I've done nothing in particular!!! Never had eczema or anything similar.

It's under both eyes.

I'm 53, no medical condition, nothing you introduced in my routine. It really baffles me... And it won't go away as of tonight, still just as red and sensitive.

Thank you, if just one person could say something useful, I'd appreciate it

what is this? it’s been going on for a few weeks. it’s mainly on my left thigh and some on my right. a spot started on my calf and went away. mainly itchy at night and flares up. went to urgent care they didn’t know what it was but they said it wasn’t scabies

A few weeks ago I noticed that a small lump under a mole had formed, then maybe a week after that it burst while I was in the shower and some pus came out. I figured it may have been an ingrown hair or just a pimple and thought nothing of it. I shaved yesterday and noticed that it had come back again but much bigger. Any ideas on what it might be? If it might be something to be worried about? Or if my original suspicion of ingrown hair might be correct? Only notice it after I shave and I use an electric razor

Is there something you would recommend I try to clean up my skin, it certainly looks like I have light colored pink spots on my skin. For context I do little to no skin cares. After I shower every other day I wash my face and moisturize. The next day or so I do nothing with my skin. Also I shaved my beard just before this.

Duration: about 2 days but mostly noticeable today.

Location : top lip

Changes: i felt a bit of roughness yesterday but it's more noticeable today

Symptoms: it stings ever so slightly and just feels a little weird when I move my lips. I cant really tell if its swollen as I have naturally big lips.

I have a history of impetigo on my lips, thats been treated twice. Ive been putting Vaseline on it over the past few hours. I'm on antidepressants but I dont think thats relevant.

Correction: It will be 57 days, over 8 weeks from my consultation appointment with the surgeon for the diagnosed BCC (from March 2024) on my forehead.

Is this proposed timeline reasonable for a large forehead BCC near the skull?

Biopsy-confirmed basal cell carcinoma, present since March 2024 on forehead above eyebrow.

Timeline: The lesion was approximately 5 mm in March 2024 and has grown to approximately 3–4 cm. CT showed smooth underlying skull bone without definite invasion. The lesion is not mobile relative to the skull.

Symptoms: Ulceration, crusting, burning skin sensation, and throbbing pain.

Treatment tried: Biopsy; surgical excision is planned.

Relevant background and proposed treatment: The surgeon plans wide local excision with assessment of the deep periosteal margin. If the periosteum is involved, a margin of bone may be removed and reconstruction delayed pending final pathology, with Integra or Biodesign placed over the wound. If the periosteum is clear, immediate reconstruction, potentially including a skin graft, is planned.

The forehead lesion is large and covered with an adhesive bandage. The bandage spans much of the forehead above the eyebrow. When the bandage is lifted, the lesion appears as an irregular, ulcerated area with dark crusting and exposed, moist red tissue, surrounded by inflamed, pink skin. It hurts a lot! Burning sensation. I have actual pain on the front orbital area of my skull from this diagnosed Basal cell carcinoma.

My consultation was September 15 and surgery is tentatively scheduled for November 18.

Questions: Is this timeline generally reasonable given the lesion's growth, size, symptoms, and proximity to the skull? Would requesting an earlier date or cancellation-list placement be appropriate?

I work in retail and it's physically demanding work. Approximately how long should I plan to be out of work?

For the last six months, I’ve gotten red and painful constellations of pimples stretching from my nose to my mouth. Sometimes they almost go away with zit patches and tea tree oil, but they come back with a vengeance. After doing Accutane for two years and now Spironolactone, I’m at a loss of what to do with these painful spots. Please help!

I picked at it a bit a few days ago (I know I shouldn't have). Thought it was just a pimple. I decided to take a pic of it and got worried. I feel I have a slight fever but IDK if it's related to it. Seeing a doctor soon but I wanted to get an initial opinion from the sub as well. Thanks in advance.

Alguém pode me ajudar? Faz alguns dias que estou com muita irritação nas 2 orelhas, coçam bastante, abre feridas e a orelha direita está um pouco inchada e sai um pouco de líquido, depois fica ressecado e descascando. A coceira está se espalhando pra perto do buraco do ouvido, tem chances de comprometer o canal auditivo/tímpano?

This has been on my skin for at least three months. Back then I thought it was just a tiny scab, but I noticed it again today and freaked out because I've removed several ticks from my boyfriend's skin over the summer and to me if it would be a scab, it should be gone after 3 months right?

It started as just random itchy bumps on the back of my hand but it turned into this huge discolored red patches on both hands. These pictures are over the course of months it started in June, second one is July. The last few are September and October.

My doctor diagnosed it as eczema, he gave me fucibet to use and that helped but It never cleared it fully. Pictures 5 and 6 are what it looked like after using the fucibet for a few weeks. Fucibet calmed the inflammation but when I stopped it would go right back to how it was.

I then switched to 1% clometrazole, and pictures 7 and 8 are from just 9 days after using that twice a day.
I suspected it’s fungal based off that, I got my doctor to write me a script for oral terbinafine which I’m about halways through, I stopped using the clometrazole to monitor the response to oral, and just 3 days after stopping the areas were red, raised and itchy again. The final picture shows one hand at that point. also have other areas like this, which is why I asked for a systemic antifungal rather than a cream.

I’m going to finish my course of terbinafine but idk I guess I’m concerned. I even started getting small itchy spots on my shaft which look like the hand ones but smaller, and I noticed that the corners of my eyes are dry and itchy, the back of my ears in one area. Thoughts would be appreciated!

Hi 26M I really need help to know if these will heal as dents in my leg or will they just become normal scars. I'm just worried about the big one, the smaller ones seem to be healing fine.

I'm a runner and I do body building so this is a big blow to me because I was attacked by a dog last week.

I don't want to sound superficial but its literally my job to do this and I already lost feeling in my left hand from the attack.

I am in a very dark place guys I'm sorry if I sound like I'm whining.

No treatment besides drs rubbing betadine daily on the wounds. I was attacked last week Thursday and it's Friday morning 3am Southern African Time.

Duration: First appeared about two months ago, cleared up but left dark marks, then came back about a week ago.

Location: Buttocks, same area both times.

Timeline: Cleared on its own the first time but left several dark spots. Came back a week ago in the same spot as a cluster of small pink bumps. Some have now opened or scabbed. It's spreading.

Symptoms: Very itchy. Some bumps have broken open or crusted, probably from scratching.

Treatments tried: Hydrocortisone 1%, mupirocin 2%, and terbinafine 1%. For the last two weeks I've been alternating between mupirocin and terbinafine. Urgent care looked at it and referred me to a dermatologist.

Could this be fungal, or something like folliculitis? Photos attached, cropped for modesty. Thanks.

last winter, I had super dry lips that would form thick patches of dead skin, and I had a bad habit of peeling them. once I peeled a spot that wasn't quite "ready", and drew blood. ever since, I've had this spot on my lip that looks like a pimple. it hasn't changed in size or color or anything, it doesn't hurt or feel any different, it just looks weird. is this just scar tissue? will it go away eventually, or did I accidentally scar my lip forever ?!?

Had a similar rash to this in January 25, it was gone by spring when the sun game out. Now I’m dealing with it again. First photo is from Today, second photo is Jan 2025. GP put me on fluconazole oral to make sure it isn’t fungal. Seems to be some type of psoriatic eczema she said. Anyone else familiar??

I noticed the spot about a month ago, but considering it’s spot on my lower back and how faint the colour difference is, it could have gone unnoticed for a while. It’s not itchy or raised, it’s just the colour. When I pull the skin the redness become spotty. I know this doesn’t look like a skin cancer example, but cancer does run in my family so I’m a bit concerned but I don’t have a doctor. Sorry the pictures are bad it’s in an awkward spot.

Hello have had these bumps on my nose for over 5 years, I think it’s sebaceous hyperplasia with rosacea but I am unsure. Anyone know how to get rid of these, every time I consult a derm they always recommend accutane. I have tried cryotherapy and red light but am unsure if these things will actually work. Anyone gotten rid of these before?

noticed these light brownish bumps appeared on the side of my big toe. no signs of other growths, showed up like two weeks ago, hasn’t grown or spread anywhere and doesn’t itch or hurt. just feels smooth(er than my normal skin) and bumpy

i started a new job about a month ago, as a result i wear new shoes and walk a lot, so im wondering if this is a result of breaking them in?

anyways, wondering is this is something to be worried about or just what the heck it is! appreciate anything :)

I did a face mask last night (the Biodance collagen one), which I’ve ever used before but didn’t seem to have a bad reaction to it at all. I woke up this morning with this small, round red rash on my forehead. It doesn’t itch or have a welt so I don’t think it’s a mosquito bite. It also is completely flat and doesn’t feel like a pimple. I do have seborrheic dermatitis on my scalp but this is farther down than usual. Could it be ringworm or something similar? It doesn’t have a very distinct ring around though. Or perhaps my SD in a new spot or some irritation that developed from the face mask? Obviously it can be hard to tell from such a generic mark but I was wondering if I should just go ahead and apply an anti-fungal or my prescription topical steroid on it?

Okay, so context. For the last... 6 or 7 years, I have had this redness on my face. You can see it doesn't effect around my eyes, but everywhere else is just completely red. It also comes with acne that bleeds profusely if I scratch at any of it too long. It doesn't pus or anything like that, it's just blood. No where else on my body has this. Not my back, not my neck or chest, not any of my appendages, just my face. I have tried using Peace Slices brand to help with it, but the most it's ever done is pop out the tiny capillaries around my nose after about a month of using it (Looks like that scene in Iron Man 2 where Tony is getting poisoned by the reactor, for context).

I am fairly hygienic. I shower most days, though my diet does consist of a lot of greasy food and coffee which might be making it worse. I have heard around that doctors don't really have a full understanding of why these kinds of things happen and what triggers it. I don't know if it's the sun, the caffeine, the grease. I know after I get out of a hot shower my face is particularly more red that usual, and when I do wash my face with CeraVe the acne spots start turning purple and get bigger.

I really feel like this, disease or whatever it is, is really hindering my chances of meeting a potential partner since on the surface it looks like I'm either sick or I don't take care of myself. People have called me Sun Raccoon in the past. That, accompanied with my rather poor dental state I feel like is putting me at a significant disadvantage in the social spaces of today.

Can anyone help me? I don't know the first thing about dermatology, how to make an appointment, how to get insurance, how to talk to a licensed professional. It's been 8 years of this and I'm tired of always being looked down on for this.

Yesterday my scalp was itching in one spot. I scratched it and it bled. Felt like a pimple that I scratched off. Now red and itchy. I know I felt some itching there in the past few weeks. I tried Benadryl gel, but it just caused burning. I do have a history of rosacea, but it’s always just been on my face. Any ideas?

Hi! I’ve noticed this occasionally when taking pictures of my booty and i’m wonder what this discoloration/ tint could be. I do use hibiclens quite regularly because my butt is very sensitive and acne prone. Hibiclens has been the only thing that stops me from getting cystic bumps / boils on my butt.

Right side of my scalp I don’t understand what is going on with hair, it is really affecting my confidence in many ways. I just want to understand what is going on so I can treat this and get back to a full head of hair. I haven’t tried any treatments, and this has been going on since I cut off all of my hair in 2022.

36f. If I'm overreacting, that's ok, I just want to be sure before I just go to get a facial. I've had these two spots on my cheeks appear out of nowhere over the last 2 months. I know my family has a history of squamous cancer, but these are very faint and possibly nothing? I wear sunscreen every day even through winter, and rarely use retinol in my multi step daily skincare routine.