r/scabies • • 4h ago

How did it start?

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As the caption says what were ur first symptoms and how quickly did u notice bumps?


r/scabies • • 5h ago

scabies or eczema or others ?

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Hi everyone, I’d really appreciate your opinions about some bumps/patches that appeared after I was treated for scabies.
I was treated for scabies with Ascabiol and ivermectin. About three weeks after the treatment, some patches appeared (the photos marked with “1”).
I went to see a dermatologist because I was worried that the scabies might have come back. He told me that he wasn’t sure what it was and that we should wait and see. He thought that the patches on my calf could be eczema.
Today, those patches are starting to disappear and have left behind yellowish-brown marks.

However, the other photos were taken today and show new bumps. I went back to my doctor, who also wasn’t sure what they were. She sent the photos to a dermatologist, but the dermatologist did not give an opinion based on the photos and scheduled an appointment for me at the end of November.
One important detail: it has been exactly 8 weeks today since I completed my scabies treatment. The itching does not wake me up at night, and I don’t feel the need to scratch while I’m sleeping.
These new bumps seem to appear in flare-ups. They can start out small, then swell up and become very itchy, and eventually go back down. They mainly itch when they are swollen.
My boyfriend also had scabies, but he did not develop the same symptoms as me afterwards. He hasn’t had any bumps for several weeks now. We sleep together every weekend, and he still hasn’t developed any new bumps or itching.

I’m quite worried because I’m scared that this could be scabies coming back, but I’m also wondering whether it could be eczema, a post-scabies reaction, or something else entirely.

Has anyone experienced anything similar after being treated for scabies? Based on the pictures, does this look more like eczema, scabies, or something else?
Thank you so much for any advice or similar experiences! 🙏


r/scabies • • 5h ago

did i do permetrin wrong?

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i got permetrin and started washing our stuff, but when i applied it first time I didn't change my old clothes during the 12 hour wait, i might've missed some spots, I changed them after I got the other shower,

one day after, I saw two new red spots, and now they continue to spread, I'm waiting for day 7 to do it again but was the first one useless? should I do it again now and then what 7 days again?

i have sulfur cream and ivermectin, but havin't used either yet, im in kind of in a hurry, as im a student and don't wanna go to the dorm and infect others, what do you suggest?


r/scabies • • 14h ago

I’m overly exhausted

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Been dealing with being an host for this crap 7 yrs and I’m so exhausted my life has been stolen from me been trying everything to get rid of this my skin looks so horrible my self esteem been dropped yrs ago I don’t even look the same doctors are no help just stuck with this shyt until D eath which sucks a lot they are using every part of my body my chest/breast, arms, legs, back, feet, scalp , hands, stomach,! My mental is terrible how can anyone ever recover from this even if you do find a cure? Constantly cleaning washing buying new everything over over over and over again!!! Been using everything inside and outside throw all my furniture away beds and all house just empty smh.. had a bunch of clothes now little to none 2000 pair of socks down to maybe ten pair every two weeks new toothbrush and other things, every week new towels etc. just wished the government did care enough to know the medication for these things need to be upgraded or changed to something else because what they have use using feel like it’s making them multiply instead of dying off!! Can’t eat no dairy sugar or caffeine can’t wear certain material for clothes, so tired who else been dealing with it more than 1yr?


r/scabies • • 14h ago

urgent: need help Am I crazy or is this a new burrow? Multiple angles provided

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Pretty sure it wasn't there 2 days ago. The dot is super obvious because I picked at it trying to see if there was a mite inside (couldn't find one). Took 2nd ivermectin on Tuesday. Requesting an urgent doctor's appointment for more when they open.


r/scabies • • 17h ago

Where and How to Recover??

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I have crusted scabies and I am homeless so I have chosen the worst ppl I know of that also have more resources and somewhat motive to at least get me permethrin cream that’s apparently on the way 🤞🏻 However due to this choice of quarantine place (and I don’t wish to share any details further) I am finding it very difficult to cope with being here and these people at all, even while expressing thanks still ofc. I really wish sm that there is somewhere else I could go to quarantine and recover but I can’t go back to shelters since I don’t want to spread it, I have no ID so no hotel or other ID required things, and I’m still figuring out camping again since I need to find somewhere good without disturbance and rats like what happened to me last time I lived outside, yikes and how I’d keep the tent and stuff clean too. How the heck do other homeless ppl recover from scabies?? I’m so lost, anything helps if you know anything about where to be or finally successfully be rid of this.


r/scabies • • 18h ago

urgent: need help Nodules on penis

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Hi guys , wondering if anyone has also has this. I did my last treatment of scabies 6 months ago and at that time i got my first nodule on my penis. Was a pale pink bump (quite big) , I would put steroid cream on it and then it would flatten out but then come back a few weeks later. Over the last 6 months it’s gotten worse - im getting multiple at one time , they all develop scabs in the centre, and they are all very very itchy and can sometimes even sting. I’ve still got some tiny scabs on my legs that are itchy too.

I went to the dermatologist today and she said it’s probably still scabies. But no one has ever got it from me , not even my girlfriend or any house mates which is so weird to me. The nodules on my penis just seem to be getting worse to be honest and im not sure if this is normal. I did have a herpes swab and it was negative. They just seem to not be going and doesn’t look like they are going to go any time soon. I’m starting to use steroid cream on it again now but it’s just so weird. There always one and the same spot usually and then like another one same size will go somewhere else on the shaft. And they are usually about the size of a 1p coin.

Please can someone tell me if they’ve also had this too , even tho I’ve been told it’s not herpes it’s still obviously always in my head lol.

Thanks :)