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This is Hira, I am 28 years old, unmarried, Virgin. I have a problem with my Thumb nail of my left hand. The nail is growing a curve sort of , as there's a growth of skin from the base of the nail bed. where its coming out , the skin is kind of a vein , it has no pain in that , its just , its like tentacles, part of flesh . small part, it  grows , and has other copies of it growing besides that, tiny in size. I cannot figure out , what is that, even i have applied Pyodine on it with a bandage , but it grows again. Kindly help me
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Is it a disease when there are few very little pox type little bulging on penis in males
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hi,my biggest problem is my scalp.I got some kind of dandruff like Seborrhoeic dematitis and lots of them.My hair become dry and my scalp are itchy each time the weather is hot and when i'm sweating.There are also pimples like on the scalp.I've tried using SELSUN hair shampoo medicated for dandruff treatment but my hair got even drier than before but the itchiness subsides a little.The only problem is i want the dandruff to disappear.Sometimes it got so itchy that i scratch until the scalp sore and bleeds.i've tried so many methods but the dandruff thing would not go.I've tried using some lemon juice on the scalp one a week (traditional method), shampoo regularly and using coconut oil to avoid the hair become dry and brittle.The dandruff are still there.Is it some kind of disease? I want to know more about it and method to treat this condition.Thank you.
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hi,my biggest problem is my scalp.I got some kind of dandruff like Seborrhoeic dematitis and lots of them.My hair become dry and my scalp are itchy each time the weather is hot and when i'm sweating.There are also pimples like on the scalp.I've tried using SELSUN hair shampoo medicated for dandruff treatment but my hair got even drier than before but the itchiness subsides a little.The only problem is i want the dandruff to disappear.Sometimes it got so itchy that i scratch until the scalp sore and bleeds.i've tried so many methods but the dandruff thing would not go.I've tried using some lemon juice on the scalp one a week (traditional method), shampoo regularly and using coconut oil to avoid the hair become dry and brittle.The dandruff are still there.Is it some kind of disease? I want to know more about it and method to treat this condition.Thank you.
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I am a bit ashamed to admit this, but i used my wife's razor to clear some hair away from an abrasion that got infected.  I have since went to the doctor and got antibiotics for the abrasion, but have since developed small itchy puss or clear filled blisters on the area, and only the area, where i shave my leg at the knee.  What is it and how do i get rid of it? is there a home remedy i can use?
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I was bitten by very small green insects that cluster near bulbs and tubes or any source of light during winter.The stings changed into small white plump round spots with a dark brown outer ring.When kept untouched the white part goes and only the dark brown color with a dotted dark face remains.But then I feel itching and as soon as I scratch, it comes back.This has happened and remained for more than a year now.Please suggest a remedy.
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What skin diseases like white heads growing part of the body anywhere
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1511591 tn?1290728687
What skin diseases like white heads growing part of the body anywhere
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363110 tn?1340920419
Angie~ if it's been there that long you have to get him to the doctor. I can't help based on the information you've provided. Do you have pictures of the area (not of his buttocks just of the spot)
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Kindly help me in getting rid of the Dark Line from my nose it really look disgusting please help with some remidy.
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I have a 7 year old son who lives with his dad. In December a pinkish clear growth popped up on his buttocks. My ex hisband just let it go and I found out about it today. It kinda looks like a blister and there are several more popping up. After I questioned my ex about not telling me and then he told me that there was an incident at his daycare where there were to brothers maybe 7 or 8 and they got caught kissing each other. My son toldhis father that one of the boys tried to kiss him and stuck his hand down my sons pants and touched his butt. Needless to say those boys no longer attend the daycare & I am sure there may have been something going on in those kids home.... I worry that the growth on my sons buttocks is not linked. Even though it looks like a blister it never pops.... Please help!!! I can't get him into a doctor for at least a week.
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I keep posting in the forum, no one will reply....Help me please.
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over the last few days i have come out with a really spot chest. i also have an itchy red rash on my neck and on my cheek bones that is very irritating. just wondering if you had any advice on what it could be. thank you
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I am unable to use hardly any kind of lotion on my face.  The only thing that I can use for moisture is Clinique, the yellow lotion in the bottle.  Everything that I try to use, I can taste in my mouth and then I get a headache.  Does anyone else have this problem.  My daughter also has this problem.  I have had really severe headaches from trying to use a new lotion or cream on my face.  Even some of Clinique's products I cannot use.  Sometimes along with the headache I will be nauseated.  I used a sample hand lotion product in a store one day and within thirty minutes I could taste it in my mouth.  I got a really bad headache and had to go home.  I tried to wear contact lenses, but the eye solution would be tasted in my mouth within a few minutes.  I know this is unique, but someone else must have had this problem.
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my son is 33 years old.  sufferers from bipolar.  Has severe plaque psorasis all over his body..From his toes to his scalp.  He is on medicaid and is having a tough time finding a doctor to treat him.  He also needs financial assistance.  we live in Allentown, Pa. and are desperate hor help.  please, please help us.  thank you
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I have extremely itchy bubble-like blisters predominantly on one index finger, but it does appear on other finger & both palms.  I also have what appears to be a different type of splotchy rash on my abdomen, forehead, chest, on the side of my left eye & on both ears.  At one time I had a rash on my eyelids but this has cleared up.  This has been going on for weeks, with varying levels of severity and it seems one area will heal & something new will pop up.  I’ve taken 2 rounds of steroids, currently using Triamcinolone Acetonide Cream USP, 0.1% & over the counter Hydrocortisone. I had negative results for on the T.R.U.E Patch test (29 allergens) that was performed by an Allergist. The Allergist would like for me to have blood tests my liver, kidney and thyroid function (I’m having blood drawn tomorrow).  The constant itchy, not to mention the appearance of various the various rashes/blisters is driving me crazy!  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. . . .
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I have  a rash of little clear bumps that have come up on my fingers and hands.you can not tell they are there without touching, but my fingers fell swollen and they itch a little, mostly if I put in warm water.
My hands are very dry and cracking and do this every winter but never had this rash with it. I am a little concern because my grandson had some kind of infection in a sore on his chin,, Dr never would say what it was just put him on antibitics.
Since then I have had a yeast infection, (which I never get) and now this on my hands. Could it be Bacteral ?
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anyone please help me. i had scratched 3 marks of chicken pox on my face. i am very worried that this will give me a scar. i am currently having my chicken pox for 3 days now. please. someone help me?
what should i do and what cream/gel should i apply to lessen the chances of forming scars? and how long will the scars stay?
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Sent by smarty671 9 minutes ago
thanks med help for registering me...
i have 1 ques plz help me..
from 7-8 months ago i have itching on my testis with black color ring on outer layer of scrotum.... i used antifungal creams but i didn't get any help... its not progressing.. its remain as it's earlier.... what must i do????
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Already during about 1.5 month hypostasis under an eye does not disappear!

It is complexly story, I can explain shortly what happened: About 1.5 months back I was impact in area of an eye bone, first has appeared a small bluish swelling near an eye is closer to a temple, then next day it flew under an eye - and the bruise with a swelling(like hypostasis) was formed.
Then I wanted to get rid of a bruise faster and started to spread special gel against bruises - 5 times each day (during 2 days). At 3th day of using this gel I decided to stop. And after I have washed off it in shower - as usually I have smeared the face with a usual cream with ehter oils and I have received а burn of a skin in area around of eye, because after washing off of any gels against bruises it is dangerously to render a fat cream with oils - will be burn (as I have found out later). I did not begin to do anything and have gone to bed.
Next day the skin around eye became overdried and rude with some dimness. Then I have gone to a drugstore and have asked something from burns (if it was possible to render around of an eye).
But as I already was afraid to spread something - I have decided to not spread anything medical any more. I just greased area around of an eye with a children's humidifying cream (the skin overdried from burn)- at first frequently, after - less often and less often...

The skin was softened (though some dimness remained still), and the the bruise has disappeared for a long time, BUT HYPOSTASIS(SWELLING) UNDER THE EYE DOES NOT DISSAPEAR STILL. Since impact this hypostasis has not decreased at all. what that? why so long - it is normal? what the reason why the hypostasis under an eye does not dissapear - it is the same hypostasis that from impact or it is alreay from other - from any gel/creme for example? or it is a burn has affected? or because of both? what to do and not to do?

and any way - this hypostasis will disappear sometime at all?
thanx!
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Some 44 years ago I burned my scalp with scalding hot water under a shower prior to swimming at the YMCA.  I developed a very itchy follicle infection afterwards, that grew slowly and  resulted in over 30 sores. None of the 20+ Dermatologist I visited achieved any improvement.  I tried lotions, potions, light treatments, red pulse laser light used to remove birth marks, etc.. Nothing helped.  They never took a tissue sample to analyze.

Recently I read Hydrogen Peroxide is anti-bacterial & anti-fungus.  It turns to O2 & Water when it hits the blood stream, a MD told me.

So a couple of weeks ago I started injecting a diluted solution directly into the sores.  Most of the smaller red spots cleared up, and the larger sores are showing progress.  Have you ever heard of Peroxide being used like this previously?

My Mother died from a skin cancer on her ear lobe, that grew and she was afraid of an operation for some reason.  If Hydrogen Peroxide injections had been into the sore when it was small, would it have killed the cancer?  Seems logical to me.
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363110 tn?1340920419
Make sure to post these questions and problems on the forum where more people will see them and be able to help answer them.
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363110 tn?1340920419
Feel free to post your questions in our main forum :)

kbmom75~ Sebum, the stuff that helps lubricate our skin can actually get stuck in pores and Keratinize (harden) so that when it finally gets pulled out it looks like a tiny grain of rice. Exfoliating will NOT get rid of these because it's literally like an Iceberg.  the part stuck in the oil gland is much bigger than the little hard bump poking out of the skin.
I get these occasionally and they are really hard to get out. sometimes tweezers can work. You should go see a dermatologist about it because he/she will have other options to use other things instead of exfoliators.

Sincerely,
Cindie
(Martikadragoon, CL Dermatology)
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I have these hard rice like sticks of oil that are in my facial pores.  It started in a small cluster at the corner of my nose just above my upper lip a year ago.  At first I thought it was a cold sore because it seemed to have that appearance and then I noticed that there were these hard rice like things that if I scraped against them with my fingernail I could pull them out - however, they would not come out if you squeezed them.  Then they would eventually come back.  They have now spread and seem to be all over my face and even my neck.  What could this be.  I have lately been exfoliating way to much just to keep them from looking so bad but my skin is getting very dry - Is there any treatment for this - has anyone out there had success in treating this?
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