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My skin has been pretty oily, but only on my forehead.... I started getting little bumps there and on my temples.
Thought it was folliculitis so i started to use Nizoral. Soon after, i noticed that my forehead and temples have this odd looking "chicken texture", and the oil really makes it noticeable....
I'm 25 and a male. No previous major problem with acne, only minor till i hit 20 then it was pretty much gone. Up until this forehead stuff.
Any ideas?
I think you're seeing plaques formed by the reaction between malassezia and your skin, because malassezia is capable of forming a biofilm from your own skin components. The skin is slightly thickened, and is less flexible, so the texture looks odd. Chicken texture is an good description, or a wrinkly sort of super thin cellophane stuck to the top of your skin.
You may see some inflammation too, as your body's immune system recognizes the fungal biofilm as "not self" while you are slowly dissolving the fungal cell walls with Nizoral. You could also try Hegor 150 (1.5% climbazole) shampoo because it's more effective than Nizoral -- buy it off eBay or from baroness.co. Or try Lotrimin Ultra (not the AF kind) -- it's a cream so you'll have something more long-lasting than a shampoo.
The problem is like a skin allergy, and it's chronic and relapsing. It doesn't go away with age like acne usually does. Biofilm plaques and folliculitis are 2 different forms this skin allergy can take.
Thanks for your reply. It's an extremely frustrating and confusing problem. I'm not even sure the Nizoral works. I haven't used it in over a week, and have just been washing with water. The true problem for me is the oiliness of my skin. I want to get to the root cause and eliminate it.
