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Try PRID. It's a drawing salve. It isn't an instant cure, but it does loosen the plugs and bring to the surface to remove and begin healing. Good luck fam.
@25years Dont pull out the white plugs it's not allowing the wound to heal and making it spread. I work at a hotel and I touched something contaminated which gave me a staph infection. I was given antibiotic ointment and after a month of listening to people on here to pull these plug things out is not allowing it to get better. Put the cream on and stop touching it.
@25years Dont pull out the white plugs it's not allowing the wound to heal and making it spread. I work at a hotel and I touched something contaminated which gave me a staph infection. I was given antibiotic ointment and after a month of listening to people on here to pull these plug things out is not allowing it to get better. Put the cream on and stop touching it.
White plugs, often resembling small pimples with a white head, can be a symptom of folliculitis, a common staph infection of the hair follicles. These plugs are actually collections of pus and dead skin cells, indicating an infection. Other staph infections like boils (furuncles) and carbuncles, which are clusters of boils, also manifest as pus-filled, white-headed bumps
Whats interesting is the athletic tape kills the plugs, I now have 3 small areas that Im working on now, I wish I knew of the tape years ago! The tape is also healing the extreme chicken skin I had all over my body!
@skinshit Im so sorry to always bug you but I wanted to check in and see how the accutane route is going for you? Are you still lesion-free? How have your side effects been? Im getting so close to taking it as nothing else is working. Im taking mebendazole, doxycycline, and ivermectin periodically and none of it is doing a dang thing.
I just found out my vitamin B1 is extremely low! Which will mess you up pretty good including your skin. After reading more on it from studies that were done 44% of people that have low B1 have parasites! The parasites will eat your B1, I am sure this is my case. We all have same/ different issues, regardless get all your vitamin levels checked!!!!!
Maybe us just me... But I start to feel that there are 2-3, maybe more types of ppl here and we get bit lost..
1) there is group of ppl with wounds with white deep embedded plugs in some random spots that DO NOT heal until plugs X infection is out-majority appears to focus on bacterial, fungal infections aka dermatology and physical, scientific causes infection-can be very well some complex rare disorder or something that we picked in childhood...
2) there is group of ppl believing those are parasites which in my opinion is false beliefs aka psychiatry/morgellons aka delusional parasitis, bcuz parasite in wound look different to those naggers.. those are not parasites or worms for sure
3) there appears also few individual with complex other problems...
I think we should be more clear and cautious with advising treatments to each other and state clearly what we think inside head.
Bcuz I think those white plugs, first are product of body and very real, second I don't consider them foreign objects/worms or parasites... Third, the desire to pull them out is not bcuz we have delusions eg think or see them moving or so or want to self mutilate(surely some ppl like that are out there)BUT bcuz they itch as hell until they pulled out and no cream, nothing stops itching. I had Many surgeries, all types of wounds eg from scalpel, around metal pins in legs, internal metal work in foot with some skin allergy above internal metal and rash... All healed fine. Even if was any infected, all supposed antiseptics, cleaners etc worked as supposed.
Past 2 days I pulled deeply embedded ingrown hair, already almost healed with nice scab.
BUT, that particular plugs wound is still here 2months later. Still on lymecycline and added flucloxacillin. Itchy as hell.
So, wound opening window have reduced in size about 2/3rds. Appears as closing up BUT, it remains wet, not forming scab, each day it oozes infection. I don't have to really pick-like using force or pulling, or dig In wound at all. All I need to do, is take either curette or pointed tweezers, grab in wounds empty space cavity without touching deeper structures as is about 1cm hole inside and comes out infected particles. PARTICLES, ANd not PARASITES. AND YES, originally they were plugs in wound/bulb like mini cysts but what I am getting out now, they remind me of broken up cyst BUT cyst generally is supposed to have sack. I don't know what I am dealing here with.
I appreciate folliculitis story but I get folliculitis too and these wounds are not that. Cccc not that.
And well, I saw ppl with morgellons... Internet photos It's clear they suffer delusions, and self mutilate. The size and depth of wounds .. major. Digging out own flesh.
But, I do everything I do for all other wounds and I had so many. And at worst stage of surgeries, I had about 30+ open wounds around pins of metal work due to leg surgery... How come they all, despite being in my reach X in fragile points being really infected some of them(superficial infection of skin, nothing as these plugs) and I wasn't digging. Wasn't picking. Dressing X some specific antiseptic. Change wet dressings 3x times a day for couple of days to get infection out, then leave it 'open' once infection out for few min and cover with clean dry dressing. All healed up.
But those wounds... Nothing works. I tried steri strips. Trimovate. Currently I put for day and night, special stripe woven packing with silver. The good thing is, it soaks up all fluid and liquid infection BUT once I remove packing, it's clear it's not healing as supposed to.
Obviously, I tried two other approaches:
-approach one, leave it open and alone... After 12h of me leaving it, the visible swelling increased, wound was oozing and yeah... Had to go back to Tweezers to collect infected gunk, cotton buds to wipe with iodine inside, and packing again..
-two, tried to plain cover it with plaster and just keep changing plaster with open air breaks... As above, swelling rocketed, pain more than when I do it my way..
I believe my way works, as opening reduced massively. But it's clear it's still infected.
I will do tomorrow I think steam facial with Himalayan salty water and see if benefits there
As for ppl saying it's staph X MRSA... It's not. I tested MRSA multiple times as I needed tests for many surgeries, and even when I was testing positive I did not have those plugs deep wounds
Furthermore hospital protocol for mrsa is washing whole body including hair and scalp with Hibiscrub/Hibiwash(for allergic X sensitive skin ppl as Hibiscrub dries skin out like Sahara) and leaving it on for specific time. Then rinse and for certain amount of days. Let me tell you, this wound doesn't care Hibiwash at all..
I will maybe try salicylic acid face wash. I just need wait some money... If I discover way to heal current bugger, I will let you know
i followed cleaning today:
-removed night packing
-removed any infected particles gunk/debri from inside hole with tweezers(tweezers I am cleaning each time, first with antibacterial wash whole thing, and then with isopropyl alcohol to avoid superinfection)
-hibiwash the wound and let the Hibiwash with tad of water to sit on wound for 10min
-washed off Hibiwash, put inside the hole woven silver packing tape(small 1cm X 2mm stripe) and on top of packing I applied iodine
-packing will sit in place for next 7-12h... Depends when I go home.
Today I feel little pain. Swelling moderate to low.
Also please note that I tried using on this sulphur soap to no result.
@skinshit that is such great news to hear and Im soooo very happy for you! Thank you so much for taking the time to update. I cant even imagine what it would be like to have months off without having to deal with this nightmare I bet it is paradise. I have had this for so many years I dont even know what its like to live normally anymore. Not to mention my face is being destroyed day by day with the permanent scarring it leaves behind. If this stays away for you after you are off of the accutane, then Im definitely taking it no question. How much longer do you plan to be on it and how long will it be total for you once your course is complete? Thank you again so much for all of your help!!
For who is following: I have a allergy test and a GI doc appointments coming soon, I'm trying to cover all ends. Curious to see what they say. For myself most of my body has healed, my arms are still in progress. So far what I have noticed is once the long strain of hair aka PARASITE leaves from a area the wound and plugs start to heal. After I was able to use the athletic tape for months on months and removed the outer layers (which was every single pore on my body) my skin literally feels lighter and looks brighter. I suggest the wormwood and papaya seeds! I been dealing with this for over 25 years now and this is the best I have looked! I been cleaning myself from the inside out.
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I don't understand why I became victim of unprovoked attack for fact I stated people have different issues, and at no point I accused this guy of making or faking things up....amd my post in first place was NOT targeting him
Just for your info Mr who attacked. my ex GP send me over 40x times to psychiatric hospital accusing me of OCD and taking off/dogging out own skin where she did not bother even biopsy or swab. Turned out she herself suffers delusions and Is sick with FDIA mental disorder.
Current GP was patient, he listened what is going on and how 'those plug like wounds' differ from all other wounds ala in depth, in how infection is never ending(reminds of recurring cysts, but without sac wall and appears almost like adhesion to deeper layers). He listened what is coming out of wounds, what I use and how I clean wounds plus looked at pictures I provided of infection with dates and sizes of wound.
He did swab and put me on broader spectrum co amoxiclav 500/125mgwith penicillin. Only started yesterday and is one week course and follow up.
@melissamartin I feel the same. I feel so seen, I could cry just because I have hope with the new advice Ive read in the forum. So grateful and guys were all gunna get through it. Im sorry we all dealt with this.
i also wanted to add:
Eg. You and many ppl can suffer stomach unbearable pain and whole body widespread pain(where I suffer congenital deformities of legs and had multiple surgeries), fatigue etc(my story). Go to see 5-10 doctors. Bcuz recently very trendy, LOW MAINTANANCE(JUST GOVE FOME ANTIDEPRESSANTS) are mental health issues, about 5drs will tell you it's stress and anxiety especially if you have long hours and demanding job.
Other 2-3 drs may tell you it's IBS syndrome(part of my disorder) where eh you suffer multiple other symptoms indicating totally different condition. You keep going, keep suffering, lose job, friends, everything(I lost everything X am financially ruined ncuz of NHS and misdiagnoses .. They send you psychiatry like insane, they force you to take antipsychotics and aggrevate pre existing severe disabilities by 17kg gains, and in my case caused severe, extreme, unwanted bodily disfigurments that will require at least 3 cosmetic surgeries and where as result of ordeal I suffer catastrophic psychiatric injuries and from full time worker I been led to state where I can't make meal for myself
You go privately-psychiatrist assessment, two pain specialists, orthopaedist. Fork out 4,000+ including meds plus ongoing expenses. Turns out you are NOT crazy.
You suffer FIBROMYLAGIA and ADHD and skin lesion is definitely physical concerns. Also one of medications I took in past, in case f iI had theoritically hidden Lyme disease, it should heal all issues too.
And I will also remind, in UK there been story of girl with severe stomach pain. About 6-7 GPs bcuz she was 17yo told her it's anxiety(peer parroting of supporting views/repeating each other without consideration). Girl died months later due cancer.
So yeah. Symptoms can be SAME and disorder different and I believe with current medical quackery BUT also medical fraudsters is best to trust yourself, own gut and have healthy DOSE of sceptism towards alternative medicine as in some cases you deal with CHARLATANE eg. Impostors who kill ppl with cancer/real life disorders needing modern medicine-eg after making false promises of curing disorder with vit C infusions, herbal teas and so on
I am against MISINFORMATION spread but ppl need to understand that modern medicine can make mistakes, and two better seek many drs opinions, three i believe all people need to be given all available in time relevant/science or not science based INFORMATIONS to make own, unforced, informed decisions. Without pressure, suggestions etc. So you do you, I do me.
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I don't understand why I became victim of unprovoked attack for fact I stated people have different issues, and at no point I accused this guy of making or faking things up....amd my post in first place was NOT targeting him
Just for your info Mr who attacked. my ex GP send me over 40x times to psychiatric hospital accusing me of OCD and taking off/dogging out own skin where she did not bother even biopsy or swab. Turned out she herself suffers delusions and Is sick with FDIA mental disorder.
Current GP was patient, he listened what is going on and how 'those plug like wounds' differ from all other wounds ala in depth, in how infection is never ending(reminds of recurring cysts, but without sac wall and appears almost like adhesion to deeper layers). He listened what is coming out of wounds, what I use and how I clean wounds plus looked at pictures I provided of infection with dates and sizes of wound.
He did swab and put me on broader spectrum co amoxiclav 500/125mgwith penicillin. Only started yesterday and is one week course and follow up.
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Hi All!
*I HAVE THE ANSWER - 100%*
I have read these forums countless times over the past year. As the "white plugs" have ran my life, made me feel crazy, and affected me as a parent (anxiety picking up my child from school with wounds on face, going into stores, etc).
The ANSWER: Fungal Infection
How I know:
I learned that my mono reactivated and it stayed active (i believe still is) for many months. It weakened my immune system so much. I developed oral thrush. I began thinking about my diet the past year, a lot of sugar, fed yeast. But nothing I put on these wounds would heal them. The only things that seemed to work were ice or cold air.... makes sense with fungal. Anytime i would put anything wet or a covering, the white would multiple and get more gunky and goey. I started on fluconazole one week ago and the current wound on face has NO WHITE PLUGS ANYMORE. It did last week. Tea tree oil does seem to help some too. I originally thought i was having an allergic reaction to it because my skin became red and flakey but it was the fungus dying.
ANTIFUNGAL CREAMS WORK UNTIL THEY DONT (AND ADD MOISTURE). THIS IS A DEEPER ISSUE. YOU NEED PRESCRIPTION ANTIFUNGAL.
@25years what kind of medical tape do you use on your skin because all my pores are plugged up there are little black and white fibers coming out of my skin. I have seen pictures with people who have demodex mites have those white strands and I've seen fungal infections have the same thing so I don't know if I have a fungal issue or a parasite issue. I've also seen the things I have on people who have morgellions so I just don't know. But I also have a crawling sensation all over me all the time my eyebrows are really bad for some reason. I also have very very slow healing lessions all over the place. If I wipe my hand over my face not really hard to the point dead skin rolls off but I will get these very fine little black and white almost clear fibers all over my hand. I noticed it when this started with my issue one day I bought medicated bar soap that happened to be white and when I rubbed it over my scalp it was literally covered with little black fibers not hairs but thinner like tiny thin short string like fibers. I have no idea what that's all about could that happen with a fungal infection? I've been to several doctors at first it was scabies but all the treatments didn't do anything and some made it worse than I thought maybe demodex but I took long term ivermectin and topical treatment for months with no real improvement. I haven't taken ivermectin in months and it hasn't gotten worse so I'm thinking it might be fungal but I'm not sure. The other doctors I saw thought I was crazy or just picking or on drugs which was very frustrating and refused to even look for more than 30 seconds they rolled their eyes when I asked for a skin sample to be taken to try and figure it out and sent me packing. But it's not like I woke up one day after 40 years and decided it would be a good time to become crazy and pick myself apart and feel a crawling sensation and lesions all over my body. It might be fungal so I just started trying fungal cream and I'm starting a candida detox thinking it might be internal but it's to soon to tell it's only been a few days. I have this black build up around my hair follicles in a lot of places and bio film which seems impossible to get off. I want to just pull all that crap out of my skin because I exfoliate some but the stuff is still in my skin. I get those little black and white fibers coming out around the base of the hair out of the follicle. I bought a little digital microscope awhile back I know sounds a little extreme but I was desperate to get a better look to try and figure out what is going on. But I would like to try the tape thing maybe it will get some of this crap out of my skin to help it to start healing. Because I've noticed the build up ends up making the follicles inflamed or get what looks like folliculitis. These are what the fibers look like from my skin and the lessions. Any info would be appreciated thanks
@25years what kind of medical tape do you use on your skin because all my pores are plugged up there are little black and white fibers coming out of my skin. I have seen pictures with people who have demodex mites have those white strands and I've seen fungal infections have the same thing so I don't know if I have a fungal issue or a parasite issue. I've also seen the things I have on people who have morgellions so I just don't know. But I also have a crawling sensation all over me all the time my eyebrows are really bad for some reason. I also have very very slow healing lessions all over the place. If I wipe my hand over my face not really hard to the point dead skin rolls off but I will get these very fine little black and white almost clear fibers all over my hand. I noticed it when this started with my issue one day I bought medicated bar soap that happened to be white and when I rubbed it over my scalp it was literally covered with little black fibers not hairs but thinner like tiny thin short string like fibers. I have no idea what that's all about could that happen with a fungal infection? I've been to several doctors at first it was scabies but all the treatments didn't do anything and some made it worse than I thought maybe demodex but I took long term ivermectin and topical treatment for months with no real improvement. I haven't taken ivermectin in months and it hasn't gotten worse so I'm thinking it might be fungal but I'm not sure. The other doctors I saw thought I was crazy or just picking or on drugs which was very frustrating and refused to even look for more than 30 seconds they rolled their eyes when I asked for a skin sample to be taken to try and figure it out and sent me packing. But it's not like I woke up one day after 40 years and decided it would be a good time to become crazy and pick myself apart and feel a crawling sensation and lesions all over my body. It might be fungal so I just started trying fungal cream and I'm starting a candida detox thinking it might be internal but it's to soon to tell it's only been a few days. I have this black build up around my hair follicles in a lot of places and bio film which seems impossible to get off. I want to just pull all that crap out of my skin because I exfoliate some but the stuff is still in my skin. I get those little black and white fibers coming out around the base of the hair out of the follicle. I bought a little digital microscope awhile back I know sounds a little extreme but I was desperate to get a better look to try and figure out what is going on. But I would like to try the tape thing maybe it will get some of this crap out of my skin to help it to start healing. Because I've noticed the build up ends up making the follicles inflamed or get what looks like folliculitis. These are what the fibers look like from my skin and the lessions. Any info would be appreciated thanks
- Yes you look like I did for over 25 years! I'm 40 years old and just can't take it anymore! Athletic tape!!!! Re tape and re tape over all your skin, you will see different areas are worst then others by what at residue is on the tape. The trick is dry your skin out as much as possible! I started to peel, as if the top layer of skin has to go and underneath is new skin. Under the wound/ ulcer looking areas are longer strands of hair? Keep doing the tape and you will see what I mean. Once those hairs come out, the wound finally starts to heal. The hair I think is a hair worm, and the wound areas are the nest/ eggs. Also wormwood pills!!!!! I take them faithfullly
@25years what kind of medical tape do you use on your skin because all my pores are plugged up there are little black and white fibers coming out of my skin. I have seen pictures with people who have demodex mites have those white strands and I've seen fungal infections have the same thing so I don't know if I have a fungal issue or a parasite issue. I've also seen the things I have on people who have morgellions so I just don't know. But I also have a crawling sensation all over me all the time my eyebrows are really bad for some reason. I also have very very slow healing lessions all over the place. If I wipe my hand over my face not really hard to the point dead skin rolls off but I will get these very fine little black and white almost clear fibers all over my hand. I noticed it when this started with my issue one day I bought medicated bar soap that happened to be white and when I rubbed it over my scalp it was literally covered with little black fibers not hairs but thinner like tiny thin short string like fibers. I have no idea what that's all about could that happen with a fungal infection? I've been to several doctors at first it was scabies but all the treatments didn't do anything and some made it worse than I thought maybe demodex but I took long term ivermectin and topical treatment for months with no real improvement. I haven't taken ivermectin in months and it hasn't gotten worse so I'm thinking it might be fungal but I'm not sure. The other doctors I saw thought I was crazy or just picking or on drugs which was very frustrating and refused to even look for more than 30 seconds they rolled their eyes when I asked for a skin sample to be taken to try and figure it out and sent me packing. But it's not like I woke up one day after 40 years and decided it would be a good time to become crazy and pick myself apart and feel a crawling sensation and lesions all over my body. It might be fungal so I just started trying fungal cream and I'm starting a candida detox thinking it might be internal but it's to soon to tell it's only been a few days. I have this black build up around my hair follicles in a lot of places and bio film which seems impossible to get off. I want to just pull all that crap out of my skin because I exfoliate some but the stuff is still in my skin. I get those little black and white fibers coming out around the base of the hair out of the follicle. I bought a little digital microscope awhile back I know sounds a little extreme but I was desperate to get a better look to try and figure out what is going on. But I would like to try the tape thing maybe it will get some of this crap out of my skin to help it to start healing. Because I've noticed the build up ends up making the follicles inflamed or get what looks like folliculitis. These are what the fibers look like from my skin and the lessions. Any info would be appreciated thanks
- Yes you look like I did for over 25 years! I'm 40 years old and just can't take it anymore! Athletic tape!!!! Re tape and re tape over all your skin, you will see different areas are worst then others by what at residue is on the tape. The trick is dry your skin out as much as possible! I started to peel, as if the top layer of skin has to go and underneath is new skin. Under the wound/ ulcer looking areas are longer strands of hair? Keep doing the tape and you will see what I mean. Once those hairs come out, the wound finally starts to heal. The hair I think is a hair worm, and the wound areas are the nest/ eggs. Also wormwood pills!!!!! I take them faithfullly
Also, the itch are the hairs under the skin that we can never itch. The sting I think is them bitting us. And the "dirty" "waxy" skin I think is the worms poop and pee. I hate even thinking this is inside me as I'm so scared of bugs. The hairs look like a dot all the way to a long strand. The red ones remind me of fire ants. My skin feels so much lighter! I now have just a few areas I'm working on.
Here are 2 pictures, one of these tiny fiber looking things that you could never ever see in your skin, the other picture is a long strand of hair that came out from under the skin. This is what I mean by a parasite, a hair worm. The ulcer like wounds have these hairs under the skin, I think the plugs are worm nest with yes babies in them, which is why when they are removed - they just come back
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I have been seen twice by plastics team today-they told me my overall problem on my Mostly face and jaw area appears to be clearly associated with multiple infected sebaceous cysts which keeps clearly returning/reoccurring and causing scarring and various other issues...
They said they can;t be certain why it 'distinguishes' self like in such manifestation/area or why exactly it 'looks like that' BUT once it went from 'superficial plugs' into deep wound x 'main plug still being there' and I explained issue(longevity etc and showed other scars) plus showed photos from various states of wound/clearing it BUT they said bcuz it keeps filling itself x leaking-we human touch and try to clean which is ONLY natural-we try to remove infection in Best way. This causes inflammation and no healing-they said they do NOT fault or blame me and it's clear I have been poorly treated/not treated in right ways before BUT they promised-very firmly-in order to make me/help me psychologically set right mindset to 'not pick'/do nothing else-and just take antibiotics- that regardless of wound healing or not-they will fully excise cyst in 3 months
I will I assume get some privilege to take photos or will be given report to share.
They said bcuz cyst like mine is 'regular cyst with wall' that due to infection burst out of its sac x merged itself with 'healthy' surrounding tissue(kind of like what cancer is)-they can;t promise me it will NOT reoccur or that it will not show elsewhere on body/face-which would only makes sense as some ppl have tendency eg. to have recurring health problem and growing new cysts/lipomas etc as those can be chronic-But with excising it and antibiotic I increase chances of getting rid of that particular are being affected-eg cyst may reoccur but not as soon