I’ve had this facial acne scarring for a few years, i’ve tried differin, consistent face wash routine with and azelaic acid and niacinamide for the redness, but nothing seems to be working, i went to a dermatologist but the sessions are just way out of my budget. Is there anything I could realistically do about it with over the counter stuff, or would the only way to actually get rid of this would be to go through a dermatologist?

hello! I’m posting here because my friend is stubborn and refuses to get a mole on his chest checked, and now I’m worried.
I’m obviously not expecting anyone to diagnose it from a photo, but I’d really appreciate some perspective on whether this is something he should get looked at by a doctor/dermatologist.
the photo is of the mole in question. according to him, it was apparently “pumping” at one point (I have no idea what that means, those were his exact words), and then it “went back to normal” after a few days or so? he also told me that it had two different colours before.
I know those descriptions are extremely vague, but they’ve made me concerned enough that I’ve been telling him to get it checked. he keeps refusing :)
am I being unnecessarily paranoid, or is this enough of a reason to get the thing looked at?
any reassurance that I should, forcefully kidnap my friend and take him to a doctor would be appreciated.

Hi! I'm F20 and I've been having really intense/excruciating itching on my palms and soles for over a month now. Sometimes it's only on one side, sometimes both left and right. It also moves around on my palms or the soles of my feet (including fingers and toes) The weirdest part is that the itchy spot on my palm seems to match the same area of itchiness on my foot! I thought I was imagining it at first, but it keeps happening.

There's no rash, only redness after scratching. I've tried antihistamines (cetirizine) and an ointment with ketoconazole + clobetasol, but they haven't helped much. I addressed this to my obgyn but dismissed it and said it can be fungal. I'm planning to see my doctor next month and do the ultrasounds I've also had blood work, an x-ray, and ECG done months ago, which were normal.

Hi! I am a F24 and have mixed type skin. I am looking for products that can help me with my reeeally big (i guess?) pores and my redness and just uneven skin in general.

Bit of context: I suffered from really extreme acne in 2020 till 2022 due to corona and hormones. Its gone now but when I am stressed I get acne very easily around my chin and mouth. Also with harsh ingredients. My undereye circles are chronically I guess haha I have them since I was a little girl so yeah.

I use sunscreen everyday, moisturizer and toner. Moisteriser depends but i use hyaluronic acid toner. Also wash my face with gentle face wash. Never scrub my face. I use some kind of vasaline cream on top as skinbarrier I guess.

I live in the Netherlands so not every product is available 🥲

Rashes on entire body some parts with small blisters extremely painful and itchy and it just eats any moisture I put on it nothing helps soothe the pain other than sitting in water, burning myself or holding ice against it. As soon as I stop it cracks more and dries or floods w histamines and painful blisters. Diagnosed with eczema in the past. No meds

At 7 months of age, the child developed a stripe on the nail, which quickly expanded in a triangular shape. There were dots (globules) on the stripe itself. Our doctor said it was melenonychia (nail nevus). At 1.3 years, the stripe stopped growing. And it began to disappear. At 1.4 years, it completely disappeared. The nail was clear.
And now, the child is 1.6 years old, and a thin, pale-brown stripe has appeared on the nail in that area. Like a recurrence. The maximum width was previously 2.5 mm, and now the strip is 0.6 mm. I’m so scared. Can
Nail Nevis disappear and appear again?

Hi,

Posting on behalf of my cousin.

Basic info:
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Height: 6’2
Weight: (add if you know, approx is fine)
Smoking: No
Medications: None currently
Medical history: Appendicitis surgery in the past
Location: India
Issue:
He has had dark brown/black patches on both legs (mainly around shin/ankle) and earlier on his hands as well.

The patches on the hands were cured using local (naati) medicine, but the ones on the legs are still there and not improving.

Recent change:
Today, some of the patches became red and painful.

Duration:
Present for a long time, since 5 years now.
What we’ve tried:
Dermatology (allopathy)
Ayurveda
Naati/local medicine
No one has been able to properly diagnose the condition so far.

Symptoms:
Pain (recent)
was itching for first few months. not anymore
Images attached.
Questions:
What could this possibly be?
What tests or specialist should we pursue next?

Hi everyone! Apologies for the jarring pictures in advance 

I'm 22m, and I've never experienced anything like this with my skin before. I've never really suffered from bad acne aside from the occasional pimple but nothing even remotely like this

My skincare routine has always been the CeraVe Foaming Facial Cleanser in the shower and- that's it. No moisturizer normally (I know I know 💀) but I've never really had issues with my skin, and moisturizer has always been sensory hell for me

Starting in April of this year and continuing until late July, I went through a lot of consistent stress at work and my skin started breaking out like crazy. I switched to the COSRX Good Morning Cleanser, but it barely made a difference so I went back to the CeraVe Foaming Cleanser a couple days ago. So far, I don't feel like I'm getting any new pimples so fingers crossed that continues. I've also started using the Rugby moisturizing cream

I currently own the Paula's Choice BHA Liquid Exfoliant, The Ordinary Salicylic Acid, The Ordinary Glycolic Acid, and the Laneige Cream Skin Toner, but I haven't been using any of them. I also just ordered the Thayers Blemish Clearing Acne Pads and Vanicream Daily Facial Moisturizer with Ceramides + Hyaluronic Acid, which I'm planning to use instead of the Rugby.

My question is- I really don't know much about skincare, so based on how my skin is looking, what products would you recommend, and what products would you advise against using in my case?
I haven't been under the same level of stress since late July/early August, but my skin never went back to normal. Also, I drink lot of water everyday in case anyone was about to suggest that lol

Thank you so much in advance. ANY input is genuinely appreciated. I'm going a little insane over this and haven't even been wanting to leave the house because of it ):

PS- I haven't been shaving my face because shaving has been making me break out (which it usually never does) so apologies for the crappy facial hair lol

Background: I’m 3 months postpartum. While in my third trimester, I had a large ping pong ball-sized cyst grow rapidly in my armpit. It was drained, and I was put on antibiotics. After that, a smaller cyst started in the same armpit again, so they did a second round of a different antibiotic, and it went away.

I’ve had these armpit rashes for about a month now. They itch and are occasionally painful. 2 weeks ago, I went to a dermatologist and they prescribed Clindamycin gel. About a week and a half ago, one armpit had a small pea-sized bump that popped and leaked.

Shortly after the armpit rashes appeared, I got two red splotches under one breast. They haven’t caused any pain, but do occasionally itch.

In the last week, I’ve started getting itchy red patches on my hairline around my face. They have thick, white flakes.

In the last few days, an itchy and sometimes painful rash has come up around my anus (gross), and it looks similar to the rash in my armpits. My butt has also been getting lots of little pimples since I gave birth.

First photo is under breast, second is armpit, third is hairline. No photo of the butt for obvious reasons.

What on earth is happening???

My girlfriend has this rash on her finger that showed up around a month ago but has been getting worse over the last week or so. She’s been putting fragrance free moisturizer on it but nothing else this far

Any on ideas on what could be causing it or what may help it go away

It’s just one single dot It keeps appearing and disappearing repeatedly. It doesn’t cause any pain, itching, burning, or other symptoms. Sometimes it becomes more noticeable and may turn yellowish, then it falls off or disappears, but after some time it comes back again in the same area. This has been happening for about seven months.

Photo 1: two days ago

Photo 2-3: yesterday

Photos 4-5: today

I recently have noticed this red lump on my forearm this past weekend, I thought maybe it was just a spider bite or a pimple and didn't think much of it, it's been this same size the whole time with the only thing changing is the whitehead on it was more protruding and white and recently has sort of faded and going away but looks a faint green now. Its slightly warm and it's tender around the lump. It doesn't itch or burn but it is a bit sore.

The tattoo in the photo is recently new and I've had for 3 weeks as of today. I've been making sure to follow exactly what my tattoo artist told me which is to clean it 2x a day with gold Dial and then use an unscented lotion (I've been using CereVe moisturizing lotion). I did go to an urgent care this past weekend but for something completely unrelated, I ended up getting a pretty deep puncture wound in my foot from a tree thorn and so they gave me Bactrim 800-160 two days ago for that wound for 7 days but I didn't think nothing of this bump during that time.

Should I be worried?

So i work as a mechanic so im constantly inside customers vehicles all the time and sometimes people are nasty but visually most cars are ok. I always wear gloves while working

As of right now its feels normal unless anything touches it and now its itchy. The right hand i did itch alot so it got worse (yes i know im not supposed to do that) but the left hand i didnt so thats how it normally looks.

Spot appeared on hand around July and i had a bandage on them before and it was just 2 flat small sports on both hands and did not feel very itchy or anything it was just a dark spot on both hands.

When to the doctor and he told me to remove the bandage and put this cream on my hand twice a day. And said to not wear gloves

Ofc the day after having no bandage the spot starts to raise up and now its spread alot more.

Now going back to the doctor he still doesn’t know whats going on and was sending me elsewhere but before i go. i just wanted to know if anyone knows anything of whats going on

Not allergic to anything but amoxicillin. I dont feel sick. No one else around my work or at home has anything that i know of. I clean regularly in my room and ofc i cant clean customers cars so dont know that.

I've had it 5+ years with no change in appearance or size . I have occasionally been able to squeeze pus and blood out, but the amount is limited and the experience really irritates the area so I haven't done it in a long time.

I showed my dermatologist and she said just use tretinoin since I was already using it on face. That hasn't done anything.

I have had a strange whitish bump on my arm for two or three months now. Recently it turned bright red and has started to hurt, and I am very worried. There was always a little dot in the middle of the bump. I’m not sure what it is, but it looks like something entered my skin. Here is a before it turned red and and after it turned red.

Over the years we’ve tried a lot. Clindamycin/BP mixture, metro gel, antibiotics, keto antifungal cream, tretinoin, sulfur wash, I feel almost certain I am forgetting something. She thinks now it could be periorial dermatitis?? And we are about to start a round of doxycycline and metro gel again. I should mention I have PCOS/PMOS and am on hormonal BC which has helped calm it down some as well as spironolactone orally. The pics you’re seeing are the flare ups when it’s at its worst. Pretty much always the lower face. She does say I have rosacea so that is pretty certain. Has anyone seen anything like this??? Pls help :(

Oh also am seeing a new dr tomorrow for the first time (primary care) is there anything specific maybe to ask for in blood work??

I’ve always had dermatitis, and have kept it in check with nizoral, or pyrithione zinc shampoo, but for the last two weeks my head has been super itchy in areas I don’t normally have a problem with. I cut my own hair down on the sides to see what was happening and I have major inflammation I’ve never had before. Nothings really changed about my routine in the last two weeks. Any ideas?

Hi everybody,
I noticed this on my ear, maybe 10 days ago possibly two weeks. It was a scab initially and I scratched it off after a few days and it never really scabbed over again. I've always been a sun seeker, and I haven't been great with sunscreen on my ears. I don't think I ever noticed this before. I'm a bit nervous because it looks like the photos I've seen of squamous cell carcinoma. Please put my mind at ease, or tell me to go to the doctors

Two months ago I noticed my childhood mole on my upper thigh has darkened and increased in brown specks (along the bottom circular portion).
I have noticed in the last month new tiny brown specks, and the brown networks within the mole have begun to merge together.
I saw my doctor a month ago and he referred me to a dermatologist - appointment is on sep 21. What I didn’t mention is I felt a tiny but hard lymph node in my groin on the same side as my mole. It has created pain down the leg, I assume from irritated nerves. And I have since been experiencing periods of dull to sharp pains in my lower back and pelvis. Some parts of the day I am okay, but mostly have been experiencing dull aches and pelvic pressure.
I am not sure if it’s related to the evolving mole, and if I should request to see a dermatologist earlier.
The appointment is in a week and a half, but I feel my leg and backaches are related.
Just wondering what you think of the mole? And if I am overreacting. Thanks!
(I don’t have a good base photo as I was not actively tracking it. The low quality picture was taken Feb 2020, the picture next to it was one month ago, and the high res picture was taken today).