Just Call Me OCD

I'm in the same boat. Been a hermit for over a week now. Got a couple shots yesterday that aren't visibly helping yet. You're not alone. Maybe Polysporin and a dab of hydrocortisone? Be careful with t...

Get thee to a dermatologist! I think that a cortisone injection could help you out the most right now. If that's not the best answer, a derm can help you find a solution in the least amount of time po...

This is for the greater good.  Not enough people post their experiences with cortisone shots, yet so many of us have gotten them.  I think it's important for us to share our ex...

Derm was unwilling to extract anything and only offered to inject the two major cysts with Kenalog. Didn't want to scar me or cause atrophy, although these other jerks will become cysts soon enough. T...

And here's where we stand now. I can't wait to let the derm inject and extract the hell out of my skin. I want this to be over. My forehead, my cheeks, my smile lines, between my brows, and all over t...

Several hours later, it's even worse. Cysts coming on top of cysts.

This is happening everywhere. You can't see the clogged pores becoming zits either. I'll have more cysts by tomorrow.

This new cyst is the biggest and most painful one I've had yet, and now cysts are forming all around it. My entire chin is becoming one giant cyst. It's been almost a month since I increased the Ret...

Another cyst today. I can see where 2 or 3 more are forming. Going to the dermatologist on Wednesday. I give up.

Thank you so, so, so much for responding. I was pretty much clear on Retin-A before, even when I wasn't on antibiotics. I would get the occasional pimple here and there, but it was nothing. No majo...

Here's the deal. I was on Yaz from 2009 until 2014, and I decided to go off all meds. My skin flipped out, and I ended up on Retin-A 0.025%, 75 mg Spironolactone, and 200 mg Minocycline. In early 2...

And it's definitely a cyst.  It hurts now.  I am breaking out all over.  All over.  My skin is a wreck.  Has anyone else experienced a major...

The mass is even bigger tonight, and I have more of these giant bumps forming on the chin. Help? I'm so depressed. Using Elidel and Avar-E tonight. It's a gamble to try the Avar-E. Also picked a zit i...

Within another hour and a half, the top bump ballooned again. Bigger and redder.

I'm at a loss. I went off antibiotics (Minocycline 100 mg) a month ago and was fine for a couple of weeks. Then things started to get progressively worse. I get a weird rash around my mouth, chin, and...

I gave up. I wish I had just stuck with the Minocycline because now I'm in a really bad place. Nobody should ever go on antibiotics because you can't go off of them without pain. I stopped them gra...

I took my last Minocycline pill 5 days ago. I still have one 100 mg pill and two 50 mg pills left, but I'm hoarding those a little while longer. Unless I cave and take them soon. Why? My worst nig...

Zit or rash bump between brows is probably a zit. It hurts now. Getting a zit (probably not a rash bump) on my chin/mouth area. Starting to hurt and getting bigger. Original chin zit is still ther...

So my facial rash is out of control due to hot weather and copious sweating. Makes it hard to tell what's a zit and what's the rash. Pretty sure I have a new zit between my brows, though. It feels ...

Although the scab/wound is gone, the zit remains. Looks like it has a head, but it's still too deep. I'm terrified to mess with it again! Can't tell if the surrounding redness is from the picking l...

Spot looks a tiny bit better today, but not much change. Looks like I'm getting a spot (or rash bump) on the other side of my chin. Also woke up with two new zits on the underside of my chin. One i...

Besides picking off a tiny piece of crust that was about to fall off anyway, I didn't pick at the spot any more today. It's still very red, swollen, and annoying. And it has a head, but it's too far a...

Thank you!!! Trying to stay positive. OCD and BDD are killers! I know it's never as bad as I think it is. Praying that it'll be pretty much gone by this time next week. Well, I hope it will be so...

Yep, I did use a sterilized needle to get it started, but I also used the tweezers to squeeze and pull a little too much.  It's still very swollen, painful, bloody, and red this morning. &...

Oof. I screwed up and popped/picked the chin zit. It's a swollen, bloody mess now. I'm mad at myself, but I also knew I'd end up doing this.  I slathered it with Elidel to try and reduce i...