I'm curious too! I'm on accutane and am wondering if this is what I've had since I was in the 2nd grade...

I'm no expert here but I think it would be too drying. Maybe you should try tea tree oil :/


Well...I think I have this! barbiegirl8182, did you find out what those bumps are?? Your skin looks EXACTLY like mine. I'm desperate to get rid of those..

This post has been edited by DPhoenix: Oct 30 2009, 03:07 PM

Hello everyone! I was wanting to say thanks for this topic! Today I have went to the derm for the first time! I am 20..... by the way! I have found out I have this Pityrosporum folliculitis this morning! I am happy that I have finally found out the truth, and now I am really happy that I now how to "heal". I was just wanted to write here what I am experiencing and I have had experiened with this fungus.

When I started to notice something was wrong my face little by little had tiny, flesh colored bumps showing up. This was three months ago, and durring that time I was really stressed out. I ate alot of carbs all the time, and I would over worked my body. In little time I found my face with these bumps everywhere! I had also acne like breakouts. If you read my past posts it explains that better. My face was really red, and itching bad also! I thought I had acne! Seriously! I think I was washing my face 2-3 times a day durring that period. I never had any money so I decided to wash my face with only water, and start an healthy lifestyle. Acne like breakout got really better, but...... the tiny patches of bumps that I had seem like they where going away.... until 2 weeks ago. 2 weeks ago , these small flesh colored bumps showed up everywhere! My face like allways itched badly! When I passed my hands on my skin it felt/feels like sand paper. I started to use a PH 4,5 acid soap on my face without mosturizer. That made my skin dry up really bad, but even if it is dry it looks oily! I know it is terrible! I do not have any pustles, and stuff like that anymore. I can not take it anymore. The itching is terrible! Oh yeah another thing ever sience this thing started I have dandruff! Oh yes..

I will let everyone know how its going!!

I know that it is kinda too early to type any new update, but I just wanted to add that after 1 day of doing what the dermotologist told me .... this morning I allready started to see results! I am happy!