Allow me to explain..
Well, I had really wonderful skin all through high school.
This past summer, before beginning my first semester at college, I developed this hard bump on my chin area.
It wasn’t the kind of bump that has anything in it && will eventually pop by itself. It was just hard and it was just there and I thought it would go away eventually. I really didn’t have a regimen. I had been eating junk food for the longest time && never had any troublesome acne before that point. It started to spread to the right of my chin around my jaw line. Not cool. I never thought that people could get acne on their jaw before. o.O It’s rather annoying. I only ever had a few bumps on my forehead. Eventually, I got really bad acne around my mouth and my chin got worse. Now, I also have it on the sides of my face. It’s like little, red, enflamed blocked pores everywhere on my face. Actually, my forehead is pretty clear. I only have a few flesh-colored bumps there. Everywhere else is so red, especially my jaw line and around my mouth and I feel obligated to wear makeup to go out in public. This has really affected me emotionally by the way. I am at the point of my life where I am beginning a new transition and meeting new people and I feel the need to impress. I definitely feel hindered at impressing anyone because of the way I look. I definitely do not like wearing makeup. It feels really uncomfortable to me, but I have to. I just do. I don’t even think I know how to put it on correctly, but I try anyway. I have been to the dermatologist twice. The first time she prescribed Ovace Face Wash, Metrogel, and Ziana. A week ago, I went in and she prescribed Ketoconazole Tablets (I think she believes the acne is from too much yeast) and Salicylic Acid 6 & Lotion as a moisturizer (Which I find relatively sticky and makes it all the more difficult to apply my makeup after.) I would have thought that most of my acne would have calmed down by now and vanished since I got it all the way back in like.. May, but unfortunately, that’s not the case. I supplement with Fish Oil, Pantothenic Acid, a Multivitamin, Zinc, and my recent addition — Vitamin D3. Pretty much, I am at my wit’s end. I wish I never tried any commercial products such as Proactiv. That thing must have started all of my problems. Don’t ever try it! The sad thing is, when I tried it I had like one little invisible pimple on my forehead. I used to love taking pictures of myself and just updating my profile picture every week on myspace/facebook. Now, my picture is from like two years ago. I, seriously, refuse to have my picture taken. I don’t feel like socializing at all. I really want to go on dates. I have the opportunity to go on dates. People actually like me for my personality apparently. But even so, I still won’t go on dates with people because I absolutely despise the way I look and I don’t want people to see me at my worst. I know for people without acne, you won’t understand. You’ll just think I’m throwing this way out of proportion. A lot of my friends (Who, of course, never experienced the problem of acne), think I’m being a little too dramatic, but they never had it, so what would they know about it?! It really is emotionally and socially wrecking. Instead of focusing on school work and researching on google for a class or two, I would be found googling to look up new solutions for my acne situation. I cannot even think in my classes. I know a lot of people go through life with acne and are absolutely fine. Well, I know some of those people, but their acne is not bright red and all over the place like mine. They look pretty normal. I would like to have that kind of acne instead. It’s troubling that it is around my mouth because that’s an important place to keep clear and sometimes newer acne hurts and makes it difficult for me to open my mouth and eat something. I have to like, nibble. It’s terrible. Also, I have always washed my face twice a day and now I am on a regimen so the hygiene factor was not a problem either. I am also using progesterone cream instead of birth control for any hormone imbalance. Also, I have been drinking Kombucha tea for the probiotioc benefits. I am at a loss because I am trying so much and have been so patient, but nothing much is happening. It just seems like it’s getting worse! And I’m afraid that if it ever stops being pimples, that there will be red marks everywhere and I’ll have to wear makeup all of the time, no fun. Well, any comments/suggestions/advice would be much appreciated. I’m sorry that my details were like a book. Thanks for reading, if you did!

If food left outside became broken, is it still possible to eat it after some kind of processing?

For example if the smell of the food is bad or it’s being cowered with white "dust" which I would assume fungus. It’s not that I want to eat broken food, but just curious.

Also, if that white things are fungus, could it be possible to drink anti-fungal medicine as for example ketoconazole and then eat the food? Or if it’s the smell, does it mean that I can safely eat the food after taking antibiotics like ciprofloxacin?

Another question: would I boil the food would it destroy all bacteria/fungus making the food safe to be eaten then?
This question is purely for the research and it’s not joke.
What I mean, I understand that what we consider by visual, ei: molds are fungus, by smell is bacteria. And the other possibility are the toxins produced. That’s what I want to clarify, thanks

I just got home from my first appointment at a Dermatologist …
She told me I had Seborrheic Dermatitis, she told me that I shouldn’t be worried about it, because it’s not that bad !

She gave me a prescription shampoo and cream for me to use this month !

Well I know I haven’t tried it yet, so I don’t know if it will work or not, all i need from you guys it’s some sort of advice, in whether this shampoo/cream which name is KETOCONAZOLE 2%, is a good treatment shampoo … and I would also like to know if anyone using this shampoo, if it helped any of you with your seborrhea, if it makes ur hair fall etc …

I just need a second opinion please!
im kinda worried, even thou my dermatologist told me not to !

thanks a lot !

Recently i’ve noticed that i have some white streaks above my eyebrows that are much lighter than the rest of my skin (no, i do not pluck/shave my eyebrows). Those spots are not dry, they do not have any texture that are different from the rest of my face. There is no itching, it’s just a discoloration on my face which is primarily dominant on the forehead region. Although before, i have treated some rashes that appear on those regions with fluocinonide. I am currently putting on ketoconazole cream 2% in hopes of treating those white spots.
How can i get rid of them?
LOL, so i’ve heard that i don’t eat very well.

What sort of foods do you suggest i should eat? Any specific vitamins or supplements?

my dermatologist gave me:

ketoconazole shampoo (for my body)
ketoconazole pills (i take twice a day)
minocycline pills (i take once a day)
Benzaclin gel (i use on my face in the morning)
Tazorac cream 0.05% (i use on my face before i go to bed)

i have been useing all of that for 3 days now while i have not seen any results yet ( which i expected ) how long you think it will take for me to have clear skin?

my face is not riddled with acne but i do have acne,white heads,black heads,acne scars and body acne

Is there a place in Japan (near Tokyo/Saitama) where I can buy NIZORAL? I wish to buy the Anti-Dandruff Shampoo 1% or 2% Ketoconazole. Whichever.

Japan is a 1st world country… why don’t they sell Nizoral (or Head n’ Shoulders) anywhere? HELP!

I don’t have PayPal nor credit cards, so I think I’ll have problems if I buy it online. Although I’m willing to do it if they’ll deliver it here in Japan. But I tried Amazon.com and saw that it’ll take more than a month for my order to come. Other sites won’t take payments other than thru credit cards/PayPal… Other don’t send internationally at all. Not acceptable.

I need a place in/near Tokyo/Saitama that sells Nizoral Anti-Dandruff Shampoo 1% or 2% Ketoconazole.
Thanks to Kumo~hime! I’ve been browsing through the link you gave me and it’s awesome!

I guess while I still haven’t figured out how to get stuff online (which would not take a month), I can try going to that Ueno station store and see if they have Nizoral. I really don’t want Head & Shoulders anymore, it’s making it worse. Plus, Nizoral makes hair grow back. Yes it’s scientifically proven, go search it online.

For as long as i can remember, ive had very dry skin on my scalp, ive tried all sorts and had more or less given up until my doctor suggested a ketoconazole shampoo. I wasnt convinced because i had tried them before, however the one i ended up with was perfect, totally solved the problem. It was called Ketopine.

When i ran out, i was given another prescription for ketoconazole shampoo, this time though, the pharmacist gave me Nizoral, and within a few days i have a bad scalp again.

Although they both have the same amount of ketaconazole in them, their ingredients vary.

Is it possible that something in the Nizoral is irritating my scalp or should they both be the same?

Thanks

About a month or so ago, I realized that my hair was thinning in the front, so I went to a Dermo. He said that it was probably male pattern baldness, but that my scalp was pretty dry, so he gave me this shampoo called Ketoconazole. I’ve been using it everyday (like he said), since, and my head improved, but now the past few days it has been extremely itchy. I told my mom to look at it and she said that it looks better than before, and not irritated or anything. It’s a really bad itch that feels like its going right down the middle of my scalp, and I don’t know why. I just took a shower, too.

I’m a 17 year old male, and I’ve also been taking GNC Nourishair vitamins and eating a ton of protein. My hair’s thickness has improved, but I want to get rid of this itch!

Thanks!

Hi, i’m currently taking ketoconazole cream (perscribed by my dr) for pityriasis rosea, however, I kept itching and now I think I am forming some scars Could I possibly take a scar medication cream along with the ketoconazole? Or would this cause another rash lol…Please let me know, thanks

i had tinea cruris (jock itch) around my groin region.
i applied ketoconazole cream for like 2 weeks and the fungal infection is almost gone i guess.
but the skin around in that region has turned dark.
is it normal? will it go off on its own?