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I'm afraid what I'm having it's not as simple as acne

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(@jamiex09)

Posted : 02/09/2016 8:47 am

To start, I do not have any acne problems all my life. Until 3-4 months ago, I had this awful breakouts on my forehead. Only forehead. it started with small white zits or bumps, in between my eyebrows. Plenty of it until it was really embarrassing.
Then it started to spread all over my forehead. Some of it mutated to acne-like, cysts with pus but I'm not able to squeeze out the pus. I will have about 3-4 really big ones and takes ages to heal. In fact, it never healed....still there now. Then all over my forehead would be those small rashes like bumps. Not red but looks rather like whiteheads.
Till date, it never went away. The mutated ones left some horrible scars even. I have tried Clinique, clarisonic, dermatologica, it never healed. It does help just that little bit.
Then I resorted to taking steroids, allergy meds and gentriderm. this would be only my second day using and taking them, i do see my horrible acne/cysts/whatever started to heal a lil bit, as in it grew smaller. I know I can't take steroids longer than 4-5 days. I don't intend to anyway. I will drop by my Doctors office within these few days.
This is really causing me embarrassment standing under the sun where everyone can clearly see my forehead, and starts asking what the hell happened?! I feel so like a freak now.

Sorry I forgot to mention that I read somewhere that it could be due to liver issues.

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(@annie72402)

Posted : 02/09/2016 9:28 am

Not always liver issues but considering the fact that you didn't have any till now it may indicate something more serious. Have you started any new medications lately? I'd suggest a full body check up. Trust me, you DO NOT want to take a risk.

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(@jamiex09)

Posted : 02/09/2016 11:04 am

No, I haven't started any New medications. The pores on my forehead has become so large, you can actually see its all over. Some have become black heads. As I age, I start to find that my t-zone starts to become really oily for a while, afterwhich the whole forehead is in a mess. I'm now in my late thirties. What puzzles me is that does acne just breaks out like that? Just on one part of the face?
i think I really need a doc now after reading your post.

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