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I am suffering AGAIN AND AGAIN. Never have I seen anything or anybody describe what I am feeling or seeing in my skin. I have always been a nervous picker feeling around for bumps or scabs anything that my fingers could feel. I had acne but never anything like this. the damage i do trying to remove each new hardened plug in the morning the pain and itching unbearable., afte the shower all layed open red and white plugs like nerve ending flared. alcohol peroxide slathering each wound (usually one at a time) but always visible on my face where most shame and embarrassment can be found. pulling out each plug desperately to feel some relief and swelling from the blood or pus being released aS each new layer of skin gets rfemoved a deeper hole enlarges with each plug. i stress alot and suffer from anxiety and depression which is of course exasperated by the holes and picking. this thread of brave souls is the first and only relatable info.
I dont want to go out, fearing my job will say or judge somehting. i am feeling hopeless like i did something to deserve this. i am insecure and now i am hideous too,.. I am 56 and i am so over it please help me
On 9/21/2022 at 1:27 AM, joker66 said:I am suffering AGAIN AND AGAIN. Never have I seen anything or anybody describe what I am feeling or seeing in my skin. I have always been a nervous picker feeling around for bumps or scabs anything that my fingers could feel. I had acne but never anything like this. the damage i do trying to remove each new hardened plug in the morning the pain and itching unbearable., afte the shower all layed open red and white plugs like nerve ending flared. alcohol peroxide slathering each wound (usually one at a time) but always visible on my face where most shame and embarrassment can be found. pulling out each plug desperately to feel some relief and swelling from the blood or pus being released aS each new layer of skin gets rfemoved a deeper hole enlarges with each plug. i stress alot and suffer from anxiety and depression which is of course exasperated by the holes and picking. this thread of brave souls is the first and only relatable info.
I dont want to go out, fearing my job will say or judge somehting. i am feeling hopeless like i did something to deserve this. i am insecure and now i am hideous too,.. I am 56 and i am so over it please help me
I empathize with you completely while I dont have answers for this horrible & debilitating (& VERY REAL) affliction of our skin. Please take even a tiny bit of comfort in knowing that you are not alone.
We must find a way to free ourselves of this debilitating prison we are in!
IDK if anyone reads this anymore, but I joined this site specifically just now to THANK YOU - every single one of you who posted your story, photos, misdiagnosis', and working treatments.
I picked up 1% clotrimazol cream (athletes foot, jock itch, ringworm) and have applied it twice so far today - INSTANT relief. Itching, pressure, pain all stopped. The swelling and redness on the lesions have significantly reduced already as well. Unreal. In two applications.
15 years I've been struggling with this. Worse since my hysterectomy 5yrs ago, hormones? I don't know. I was CRYING in my doctors office two weeks ago, BEGGING for a solution as the dermatologist told me I had a picking disorder and needed to let the lesions heal before she could help me - but they never fully heal, and they pop up in different places for months on end.
Anyway. My story is identical to everyone else's and not only do I not feel any where near as isolated as I did previously, I can't possibly thank you all for sharing this and for HELPING ME. I plan to send the link to this forum to my doctor.
Forever grateful xoxo
On 3/30/2019 at 10:29 PM, Aussie Scientist said:How charming is the above post. Here we are - helping each other to deal with a skin condition caused largely by prescribed antibiotics, and we are accused (with no evidence and no basis in fact) of being (illicit) drug takers. I do not understand what causes someone to make unfounded accusations against people who he/she does not know.
To the decent people on this web site - pls use anti-fungal cream according to my advice in my posts above and in most cases the problem will go away. Some recalcitrant cases may not. I am happy to provide advice for people whose skin problem is not fixed by anti-fungal cream. Note that I am not a medical doctor and I can only provide advice based on my personal experience and my very extensive reading of the relevant literature.
I can't thank you enough. Thank you for this. Thank you so so much.
On 1/28/2018 at 6:27 PM, Problemchildrk said:I've had the same thing for a couple years. FINALLY found a doctor to listen to me. Mine is
Malassezia.I started taking 200 mg daily of Ketoconazole with Ketoconazole cream topically twice a day.
Within 2 days, I noticed my sores were "different". Not better, not worse, but the plugs were just falling out.By day 5 of medication, the sores looked infected.....do not fall for the standard "here's an antibiotic. Stop picking." ANTIBIOTICS MAKE THEM WORSE!!!
I felt awful and was very discouraged, but hung in. I began washing my face twice a day with a Sulfur shampoo. Left it on for about 3 min, then washed with Hibicleanse. There is no way to tolerate the pain and inflammation of the sores as the medication kicked in without removing the plugs. It was very important to keep the sores clean and lightly mositurized. I use Aquaphor. It doesn't contain the oils that the fungus feeds on.
By day 7, the sores were smaller. Still producing a lot of discharge. My face had red areas everywhere the little buggers were lying in wait. That lasted only one day and never opened. My lymph nodes were swollen around my neck and jaw for a couple days. That resolved on its own. Things areimproving every day.
By day 10, sores are significantly better and the restmy skin looks normal! I didn't realize how puffy my skin was and how large my pores were. That's gone.
The sores are now less deep and the plugs are fewer. They are also a different shape than they were. That being said, the plugs that are now coming to the surface are the Mother ships of each sore. They are HUGE....WIDE, painful until they are out. They bleed profusely then several other larger plugs seem to easily come out....then, the sore almost magically shrinks.Ill continue exactly what I described above until the last sore is closed. Then I plan to continue the oral Ketoconazole 200 mg twice weekly, then, if no new sores come, once weekly.
Praise God!
Thank you so much for this information!!
Still struggling - very frustrating.
Using ciclopirox olamine cream at the moment. It™s fungicidal rather than fungistatic so actually kills the yeast rather than just prevent it multiplying. It also penetrates further into the skin than some anti fungals and also is an anti-inflammatory so I don™t have to resort to steroids to bring the inflammation down
I still think I need retinol back in my regime but because I am having some laser treatment I can™t really use it.
So am using:
1. COSRX aha/bha - my skin struggles with stronger acids so this one works well for me
2. de La Cruz sulphur mask - recommended a lot on Reddit for fungal acne - just started using
3. medihoney on the sores
4. ciclopirox olamine cream 2 x day
I saw a private derm through my medical insurance - she wasn™t sure whether it was a type of acne or atypical perioral dermatitis (which she agreed can have a yeast cause)
she wants me to have low level antibiotics to treat the inflammation
I have had perioral dermatitis before with typical symptoms but I feel like I get this issue mainly on my chin because it has more hair follicles and is more oily than say my cheeks rather than being a perioral dermatitis
I am going through cycles at the moment of being pretty clear but did have some bad breakouts 
lots of open sores
In regard to plugs - if you consistently use anti fungals I find the pain is a lot less, so the plugs don™t beg to be removed and they do then resolve themselves - just rub away in the end. The sores do struggle to heal until they are out though
The fix: TRETINOIN 0.1%
Also known as Retin-A.
where to buy: in the US, you need a prescription but most dermatologist and doctors will give you samples. You also can order it without a prescription from India, Canada, and I believe you can also get it on Groupon, but its a little more expensive.
My background: mine developed about 11 years ago after I had my son. Out of nowhere. Everything that everyone describes hear about the itching, shards of glass, black specks, white plugs, etc. I am a chemist with some biology background, so I had access to a microscope as well. I went to several dermatologist, and they all told me it was acne. I had some sores that would last for a year or more. It started out in my scalp and moved to my face.
It was very embarrassing. Everyone thought I was on drugs. It affected my confidence and created scars which Im using micro needling now to fix.
I dont know what it is. Ive not heard anyone mention sebaceous hyperplasia on here. Be that as it may. I dont care what it is, its gone. I ordered the gel from India.
Warning: apply a thin layer of the gel to your entire face and wherever you have the lesions. You dont need a lot so more is not better in this situation. After a couple of days, your face will peel. Its OK. Its supposed to do that. Just keep using it and the more that you use it. The peeling will stop. I would say I noticed a difference significantly in one week and two weeks, my stores were completely healed up and gone, and have not returned. If I even think one is starting to return, I am mediately apply the gel. My suggestion would be to go ahead and order six tubes because youll probably want to keep it on hand and its also great for wrinkles. Stay out of the sun and use sunscreen! Im dead serious because this makes your face very sensitive because its very new skin and you can develop skin cancer.
I want you all to understand that I completely understand what youre going through. I dont have the answers for what it is but I know that picking at them causes the secondary staph infection and makes it so much worse but its impossible not to pick up them because you absolutely have to get out that center white plug it or it absolutely will not heal, right? What happens is that center white plug will still be there, but it will look like a Millia once it heals. I have gone back and very very , very carefully with a scalpel extracted that white plug being very careful to not damage my skin around it. I then immediately apply the gel. I try to let the gel just exfoliate the skin off, but Ive had a couple of deep ones that I have had to extract.
I wish you all the best. There is someone out there that understands how this condition Destroys your self-esteem, drives you crazy and makes you angry all at the same time. Try this gel and dont use any other treatment and stop picking at them the best you can. This gel seem to alleviate the need for picking at it immediately.
ONE LAST THING!! Especially if you have it on your chin only: STAY AWAY FROM ALL THE DARN SUGAR!! Go keto. You wont regret it. My skin looked even better when I did but this was months after I had healed the lesions with the Tretinoin gel.
Yes I had the same deal been to several Dr several dermatologists and I do believe I diagnosed myself which is something very similar to that inward since I can't pronounce malasaezia! I think it may be related to squirrel psychosis look it up it's due to yeast and stuff and fluconazole or the same thing that they give you for overused in your body has helped me I actually bought it's called represh! You can get it online for not too much I couldn't find anybody to listen to me so this is what happened I searched and searched and searched and searched and searched and it's also caused by yeast in a mold from getting pricked by a thorn hay or etc and these doctors around my parts act like if it didn't happen to third world country or it only happens in the third world country he can't happen here anything's possible if it's real it's alive it can happen anywhere I think but I found some ira mixing lotion at Walgreens and that helps a lot too has anybody had any luck of making it go all the way away
Demodex is what you all are struggling with. I'm on ivermectin at the moment and use permethrin cream. Demodex is a type of mite that lives in human hair follicles, usually on your face. Almost everyone has these mites, but they usually dont cause any problems. But Demodex can multiply too quickly in some people. That causes an itchy, irritating condition called demodicosis. Picking the white plugs out leaves you with open round oozing sores that wont heal till the last one is out. Good luck, hope this was a help
Some food for thought. My plugs completely went away while I was pregnant. Before pregnancy, I was covered with them on my face, arms and legs. A month into my pregnancy, my skin started to clear up. My skin completely healed and I felt normal again...that is until I stopped nursing. I truly believe this is an autoimmune issue. There are many autoimmune diseases that go into remission during a pregnancy. The link for me is too obvious to deny, its an inflammatory response to an overactive immune system.
Just to add for consideration. I had the same exact experience as Twinkle Toes above. I went into complete remission while pregnant and while nursing for one year. It was absolute heaven and I got to live life again. I dont believe it was just hormones because I still had my acne (regular and cystic) but not these horrible sores that everyone on this thread explains. They returned one day as suddenly as they had left and have been here ever since. The body changes in so many ways while pregnantI wish we could pinpoint what exact change led to the remission. Because this is not contagious (thank goodness), it seems as if there is something genetic that is different internally allowing some people to experience this condition and not others. Im not sure it is autoimmune as Ive read that steroids will only make it worse, not better. Does anyone have experience with being on steroids? How did your sores respond?
On 11/4/2022 at 10:40 AM, FinerFeedback said:Just to add for consideration. I had the same exact experience as Twinkle Toes above. I went into complete remission while pregnant and while nursing for one year. It was absolute heaven and I got to live life again. I don™t believe it was just hormones because I still had my acne (regular and cystic) but not these horrible sores that everyone on this thread explains. They returned one day as suddenly as they had left and have been here ever since. The body changes in so many ways while pregnant”I wish we could pinpoint what exact change led to the remission. Because this is not contagious (thank goodness), it seems as if there is something genetic that is different internally allowing some people to experience this condition and not others. I™m not sure it is autoimmune as I™ve read that steroids will only make it worse, not better. Does anyone have experience with being on steroids? How did your sores respond?
I agree same happened when I was pregnant with my son 8 years ago. I™m believing it has to do with hormones, gut health & sugar.
On 10/21/2022 at 2:59 PM, Laura123 said:Still struggling - very frustrating.
Using ciclopirox olamine cream at the moment. It™s fungicidal rather than fungistatic so actually kills the yeast rather than just prevent it multiplying. It also penetrates further into the skin than some anti fungals and also is an anti-inflammatory so I don™t have to resort to steroids to bring the inflammation down
I still think I need retinol back in my regime but because I am having some laser treatment I can™t really use it.
So am using:
1. COSRX aha/bha - my skin struggles with stronger acids so this one works well for me
2. de La Cruz sulphur mask - recommended a lot on Reddit for fungal acne - just started using
3. medihoney on the sores
4. ciclopirox olamine cream 2 x day
I saw a private derm through my medical insurance - she wasn™t sure whether it was a type of acne or atypical perioral dermatitis (which she agreed can have a yeast cause)
she wants me to have low level antibiotics to treat the inflammation
I have had perioral dermatitis before with typical symptoms but I feel like I get this issue mainly on my chin because it has more hair follicles and is more oily than say my cheeks rather than being a perioral dermatitis
I am going through cycles at the moment of being pretty clear but did have some bad breakouts
In regard to plugs - if you consistently use anti fungals I find the pain is a lot less, so the plugs don™t beg to be removed and they do then resolve themselves - just rub away in the end. The sores do struggle to heal until they are out though
I have the exact same chin! I have it going on rn between my eyebrows too. I totally agree with it being something g with the hair follicles. I am also having chin hair, which I have to remove and no matter the method I use to remove it I™m sure it just exasperates the problem! After years of dealing with this I™m leaning so far away from doctors and western medicine and I believe it has to do with hormones & gut health. This is something manifesting thru our skin. I™ve been taking vitamin D3, zinc and holy basil nightly but too early to know full effects but I do believe it™s helped. I am also using neem oil mixed with a tiny bit of olive oil nightly and using only vanicream as face wash and also always doing a double wash.
Finally I think Ive found the name of the condition. Its considered rare and cause is unknown but believed to be a response to an organism - which would stack up with the fungal cause or viral cause.
Acne is a misnomer, which is stated in the article - as it details that there is a lack of comedown etc, and this is follicular in nature
*comedone
Acne necrotica, also known as necrotizing lymphocytic folliculitis and folliculitis necrotica
exaggerated reaction to a follicular organism and despite its name the condition is unrelated to acne vulgaris
Acne necrotica is a rare but clinically dis- tinctive form of cicatricial alopecia with ob- scure pathogenesis. Most patients have an abnormal inflammatory reaction to the patho- genic microorganisms such as Propinibacte- rium acnes, Malassesia spp., Demodex folli- culorum and, in more severe cases, Staphy- lococus aureus
https://www.stevens-trichology.com/acne-necrotica/
https://sciendo.com/pdf/10.2478/sjdv-2019-0014
https://assets.cureus.com/uploads/case_report/pdf/85374/20220412-31423-10v259x.pdf
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/216445632.pdf
https://www.dovemed.com/diseases-conditions/acne-necrotica/
https://donovanmedical.com/hair-blog/acne-necrotica
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/558345
On 1/28/2018 at 12:57 AM, Problemchildrk said:I've had the same thing for a couple years. FINALLY found a doctor to listen to me. Mine is
Malassezia.I started taking 200 mg daily of Ketoconazole with Ketoconazole cream topically twice a day.
Within 2 days, I noticed my sores were "different". Not better, not worse, but the plugs were just falling out.By day 5 of medication, the sores looked infected.....do not fall for the standard "here's an antibiotic. Stop picking." ANTIBIOTICS MAKE THEM WORSE!!!
I felt awful and was very discouraged, but hung in. I began washing my face twice a day with a Sulfur shampoo. Left it on for about 3 min, then washed with Hibicleanse. There is no way to tolerate the pain and inflammation of the sores as the medication kicked in without removing the plugs. It was very important to keep the sores clean and lightly mositurized. I use Aquaphor. It doesn't contain the oils that the fungus feeds on.
By day 7, the sores were smaller. Still producing a lot of discharge. My face had red areas everywhere the little buggers were lying in wait. That lasted only one day and never opened. My lymph nodes were swollen around my neck and jaw for a couple days. That resolved on its own. Things areimproving every day.
By day 10, sores are significantly better and the restmy skin looks normal! I didn't realize how puffy my skin was and how large my pores were. That's gone.
The sores are now less deep and the plugs are fewer. They are also a different shape than they were. That being said, the plugs that are now coming to the surface are the Mother ships of each sore. They are HUGE....WIDE, painful until they are out. They bleed profusely then several other larger plugs seem to easily come out....then, the sore almost magically shrinks.Ill continue exactly what I described above until the last sore is closed. Then I plan to continue the oral Ketoconazole 200 mg twice weekly, then, if no new sores come, once weekly.
Praise God!
Hey Problemchildrk!
I read some posts of people here that use Hibiclease on your face. I read that you shouldn't. Is that where you use it? If so, any issues or bad reactions? I was going to get some until I read that, so I'd love to hear form someone use usies it on their face!
Thanks!
On 10/31/2022 at 6:58 AM, OctaviaL said:Demodex is what you all are struggling with. I'm on ivermectin at the moment and use permethrin cream. Demodex is a type of mite that lives in human hair follicles, usually on your face. Almost everyone has these mites, but they usually dont cause any problems. But Demodex can multiply too quickly in some people. That causes an itchy, irritating condition called demodicosis. Picking the white plugs out leaves you with open round oozing sores that wont heal till the last one is out. Good luck, hope this was a help
Hi OctaviaL!
Do you mean that you manually have to pluck them all out one by one? I am dealing with this at the moment for months now and I have been plucking them out as if I don't they each feel like tiny shards of glass driving into my skin! But they keep coming back! I was recently diagnosed with a rare auto-immune skin blistering disease called pemphigus foliaceus. My face gets itchy, is super fragile and blisters. The blisters break easily as it seems the skin layers are separated allowing fluid to build up, this causes a lot of open sores and raw skin. I've been getting, what seems like hundreds of these tiny white plugs in every single open part of raw skin. I've been in so much pain! I was put on a high dose of Prednisone for the auto-immune. I did ask the dermatologist about them and he seemed to overly concerned with the blistering that he brushed it off, saying it was just part of my dermis. The city where I live sadly only has the one dermatologist. I tried using over the counter clotrimazole cream last night and for the first time waking up I don't feel the pain of the "tiny shards of glass" I haven't changed bandages yet to see what it looks like, but I'm guessing what you're taking is prescription, not over the counter? The derm did a swab but I think he only tested bacterial, not fungal. I made a follow-up appt for next week, so if he didn't I'll get him to test for fungal. I didn't realize demodex was a hair follicle thing. That is where they all seem to be as I often pluck out a tiny hair with it. From everything I've read, I thought Candida, since it didn't seem like Malassezia or Demodex, but maybe it is Demodex?
I think the cause can be varied - the plugs are the skins immune response - to an organism most likely for people on this thread
it is an overproduction of keratin in a hair follicle
Thats why some people have found success with an anti fungal and some an anti viral.
i believe mine is acne necrotica
exaggerated reaction to a follicular organism and despiteits name the condition is unrelated to acne vulgaris
OMGosh I cannot tell you how long Ive been struggling with this. I had perfect skin as a teen, I was so blessed and I knew it so I was grateful. I assumed I was cursed to pay for it later when I would get a deep cystic acne like pimple that took forever to come to a head and hurt so much that popping it was the only relief I could find. I know not to pick at my skin for many reasons but to not feel that painful pressure anymore, I would wash my hands and face thoroughly and just do it. Then, I would get a small scab. I would put a band aid over it, or not and cut all of my nails short so I wouldnt scratch it but at night before going to sleep it would itch SO bad that I would rub it against my pillowcase in my sleep. I tried hypoallergenic pillowcases, silk pillowcases, mite control pillowcases. I joined a clinical study for rosacea papule-pustule. I fought what I thought could be an allergy to demodex mites. Ive been so miserable but then I saw the photo of exactly what I am up against here. Once the scab is off, usually when I wake up in the morning after scratching it would weep clear. Id put a bandaid on it or try sulfur soap to dry it out which works temporarily until the scab forms again but then the bumps appear again by that night. I thought they were tiny zits. If I didnt pop them they would itch so bad, I tried all kinds of allergy medications and creams as well as just leaving it alone but unless those white bumps are gone the scab never ever heals and just sits there on my face or even seems to spread to acne on the surrounding skin and again with the pressure pain feeling. The only relief is to get these white little bumps out, dry it out and hope they dont form under the scab again before it can heal. Ive not been on antibiotics but my gut health is questionable due to diverticular disease. Like someone else said I do have dry itchy scalp and use dandruff shampoo more often than recommended alternating with tea tree oil shampoo. My skin is either dry and flaky or breaking out. Its red and puffy. I need to focus on diet, probiotics and see if that helps. I also almost always have mild thrush, but Im allergic to wheat and milk *since birth; and I always assumed it was because I sometimes eat bread anyways or have milk with cereal sometimes. So now I know I have candida or malasezzia, Im guessing candida from the other symptoms. I am so very sorry to see others are suffering from this but thank you all so very much for sharing your experiences here or I never would have had answers.
I cant wait to try everyones suggestion that this might be candida. Praying it will help me. It makes so much sense now why some of the things Ive tried helped and why other things Ive tried make it worse. Here is a super closeup of the bumps. They dont pop like whiteheads and dont come out easily but they appear beneath scabs. I was always fearful it was Demodex mites but theyre not. Knowing they could be yeast or fungus just makes sense! I just have two spots like this currently on my cheek. Ive ruled everything else out over the years. Prednisone and being pregnant were the only times it went away. My whole face is red though like a butterfly rosacea or lupus mask.
I am still red but Ive used urea peroxide in a generic nail fungus drops for 3 days on 2 of my worst spots. Here is a photo of the 3 day progress. These spots have been on my face for months.
I almost cried reading this post!
I as well have been experiencing this exact issue with huge lesions on my face. Every doctor andevery dermatologist only induced my hopelessness! I eventually stopped taking antibiotics when they prescribed them because I knew it was not an infection. Even after a biopsy and culture test came back negative.
Its been nothing but a defeating battle trying to get doctors to hear what you are trying to explain to them. it's caused me so much isolation and anxiety. It's ruined every area of my life. The dermatologist just want to sell you their expensive crap and Have been so cocky and lazy to figure it out. It's like they literally ignored everything I explained to them and went on with their stupid know it all diagnoses that were wrong! They treat you like it's self induced and it's not! I even explained how it starts off like a small little white head and I extract it and then it grows to Be a huge lesion with white dots and blisters inside. I also explained how they don't heal unless I get all those things out. Last diagnosis was cystic acne! My face is clear except those lesions and I even told her that they are never really a big bump or anything.
Its the creepiest and most random thing when they appear. And they are so embarrassing and ugly.
As much as I am so sorry to hear that you are all suffering in the same way, I have found such a profound comfort that I am not alone.
I agree with the post about using sulfur. I still have yet to be diagnosed with accuracy so I just researched and researched and it seemed sulfur was my answer. From what I gathered it seemed to be a rosaceatype of flare. But not like the one we Know rosacea to be. It can resemble acne, but are blister like and are in a cluster with those white plugs. I will follow up if this works. It's called proacea.
I am just starting to use it, but I have tried everything else under the sun with no avail.
Hi, I'm just finding this thread and trying to locate anyone here to see if anything helped.. im a monster
I am still red but Ive used urea peroxide in a generic nail fungus drops for 3 days on 2 of my worst spots. Here is a photo of the 3 day progress. These spots have been on my face for months.
I may still have Rosacea but Im positive I had a fungal infection or Candida now! Its been two weeks. I bought Sulfur Soap washing 3x daily. After washing, I used nail penetrating fungal drops containing Urea Peroxide on the really bad spots after washing my face with sulfur soap exclusively and drying it thoroughly and I dusted my face using a blush brush to apply pure Boric Acid powder at night before bed. *Its in capsule suppositories in the feminine care aisle. I slept on a fresh allergen/dye free detergent washed and dried pillowcase every night. Urea and Boric Acid are used to treat toxic black fungus skin infections so it is strong stuff. Once the bad spots are gone *they literally started just washing off *gently washing with sulfur soap and a clean washcloth that was new and I hand washed in the sink with the sulfur soap before using. No more cracking, weeping, dry or oily skin *I took these photos right after washing in hot water and sulfur soap so its really irritated but a good honest pic of what is happening. So.. Morning wash with sulfur soap, dry thoroughly, urea peroxide nail fungus drops on bad spots gently rubbed on, let dry. Apply Lamisil with Turbinifine cream and rub gently to absorb into skin followed by Lotrimin cream containing Clotrimazole. I do this 3x daily but before bed I add the additional step of a very light specific dusting away from my mouth and nose and eyes of Boric Acid powder. Boric Acid is in eyedrops though, no wonder my eyes are so white since I started. No one should suffer from this! Be safe and stay well, I pray my routine continues to improve my complexion and I can stop using these harsh medications soon. Im also trying to improve my diet to eliminate bread and sugar. I am allergic to milk, wheat and mold.
On 8/21/2018 at 2:27 AM, Bluefadedstars said:I've had these too!! They showed up out of the blue with one randomly on my leg. Now whenever I get a cut or bite I have to battle these damn plugs forever!A The wound will start to scab or heal over only to have to have these pulled out. Dermatologist was no help. Any help is greatly welcomed.
I recently discovered info about the demodex mite that live on our skin. The tiny black thing inside the plug might be one of them... please google demodex mites and the fungus that often accompanies their proliferation.
