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Is This Acne Or An Infection?

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(@coryv4)

Posted : 04/20/2014 11:36 pm

im 19 years old and i never really had bad acne. from the age 14 up until this started happening i would just get the ocational break out.

this started to happen about 3 months ago but progressivly got worse. it comes on fairly fas and sticks around for about two weeks, but right when it starts too heal or clean up it comes on worse then the time before.

when i first got it i had 2 or three hard bumps that i thought were ingrown hair because it was near my hairline. the first time it apeared i figured id give it a squeeze and see if it would pop. to my surprize it was very hard and and the only thing that came out was crystal clear liquid followed by a tiny bit of blood. when i squeezed it, it did not reduce in size and a few moments later got a little bit bigger. after about 4 days the bump goes away but there is a greenish colored scab that apears about the size of a pea.

about a 8 days ago it came on horrible. it looked like i had gotten bit by 100 mosquitos. they arent really painful but there is a little discomfort to them it i touch them,

it had gotten so bad the other day that i decided to go to the doctor. he said he thinks it might be mrsa and to a culture of it but i wont know the results till some time this weak, in my opinion i dont think its mrsa because i dont have any of the physicall symptoms,

the doc prescribed me doxycycline hyclate 100mg twice aday for 14 days.

this is what it looks like right now, it has cleared up a bit since the other day.

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(@jimsport)

Posted : 04/21/2014 4:33 am

it looks like an infection.

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(@excelfirst)

Posted : 04/21/2014 10:19 pm

Bro, you seem to have an infection, aswell as scars. Don't pick on them, apply moisturizer, exfoliate when possible, and talk to a dermatologist, immediately!

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(@coryv4)

Posted : 04/21/2014 10:25 pm

Bro, you seem to have an infection, aswell as scars. Don't pick on them, apply moisturizer, exfoliate when possible, and talk to a dermatologist, immediately!

thank you for the reply. i cant help but pick at them because i do it in my sleep. i take norco for back pain and i dont know if you ever had experience with opiate type medicine but sometimes it tends to make you pretty itchy and end up itching in your sleep.

all those scars were at one point a acne like bump.

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(@robin19)

Posted : 05/03/2014 9:36 am

Go to a doctor right away!!! It is an infection.

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