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!

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

I have a medicine and I have acne….Its called Ketoconazole Cream 2% so what is it? Can it help? My dad said its for fungus but he isnt smart…I want to use it for pimples…
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Im 20 and have suffered from acne since about age 13. It has cleared up dramatically because i changed my eating habits, but my tongue is still white coated, and my saliva tests still come back positive. How long do i have to cleanse?

Face infection, fungus athletes foot?
hi, im a female in my 20s.i dont have any history of medical problems. my immune system is fine. i dont have acne, i have normally clear skin
and i hardly get rashes or infections.i have no disease or illness.
a person who had athletes foot and a history of flesh eating disease on their foot put their barefeet into my shoes without me knowing. another person told me they did it, and the shoes were all strectched out from another person putting them on but i wore them anyways barefoot since i had no other shoes or socks

then i got a bad case of athletes foot on my feet, it was horrible, my feet burned me and was awful. i scrubbed my feet in the sink with my hands and soap and water for a couple of days.
and the foot infection is mostly gone

but i forgot to wash my hands or it traveled to my hands because i ate and rubbed my face afterwards and afterwars the fungal infection from my feet spread to the entire bottom half of my face. from my nose, each cheek, covering my mouth and chin. my entire bottom half of my face is swollen and red and stiff and crispy, the skin is crusty and dry and my face burns when i put water on it

i tried taking a sink hose and running it over my face and putting this face scrub on my face and it seems to help. i did this the last few days and the rednedd and swelling went down a bit, but my face is still sort of red and very crusy. my mouth was seeled shut, i could not open my lips to eat food, the skin was stiff.i had to try hard to open my mouth
its crusty and red and scaly and dry. my face hurts when i even run water on it
what should i do,? washing plus running water over my face seems to help alot but it didnt get rid of the problem completely

i know its a fungus infection because it spread to my face from my feet from touching my feet , and the foot thing is athletes foot

do i need antibiotics? or should i keep washing my face every day?
i cant put any cream on because it makes it worse
theres so much fungus and bacteria on my face that the cream would trap it. when i wash my face it helps to wash off the fungus

so what should i do? do i need a doctor? i dont have health insurance

will just washing my face be fine, but it dosnt go away ive been washing my face for 4 days and its not completely gone

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I did the saliva test which, if you believe what they say online, claims I have an overgrowth of candida, or some internal fungal infection. It claims this is responsible for my depression, acne, itchy skin, thrush, etc.

It can be "cured" by buying very expensive supplements.

Is this real, or an online scam to make money?

hi, im a female in my 20s.i dont have any history of medical problems. my immune system is fine. i dont have acne, i have normally clear skin
and i hardly get rashes or infections.i have no disease or illness.
a person who had athletes foot and a history of flesh eating disease on their foot put their barefeet into my shoes without me knowing. another person told me they did it, and the shoes were all strectched out from another person putting them on but i wore them anyways barefoot since i had no other shoes or socks

then i got a bad case of athletes foot on my feet, it was horrible, my feet burned me and was awful. i scrubbed my feet in the sink with my hands and soap and water for a couple of days.
and the foot infection is mostly gone

but i forgot to wash my hands or it traveled to my hands because i ate and rubbed my face afterwards and afterwars the fungal infection from my feet spread to the entire bottom half of my face. from my nose, each cheek, covering my mouth and chin. my entire bottom half of my face is swollen and red and stiff and crispy, the skin is crusty and dry and my face burns when i put water on it

i tried taking a sink hose and running it over my face and putting this face scrub on my face and it seems to help. i did this the last few days and the rednedd and swelling went down a bit, but my face is still sort of red and very crusy. my mouth was seeled shut, i could not open my lips to eat food, the skin was stiff.i had to try hard to open my mouth
its crusty and red and scaly and dry. my face hurts when i even run water on it
what should i do,? washing plus running water over my face seems to help alot but it didnt get rid of the problem completely

i know its a fungus infection because it spread to my face from my feet from touching my feet , and the foot thing is athletes foot

do i need antibiotics? or should i keep washing my face every day?
i cant put any cream on because it makes it worse
theres so much fungus and bacteria on my face that the cream would trap it. when i wash my face it helps to wash off the fungus

so what should i do? do i need a doctor? i dont have health insurance

will just washing my face be fine, but it dosnt go away ive been washing my face for 4 days and its not completely gone

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i live in the usa

I started getting red spots on my face under the skin (not acne) and I went into the doctor and they said it was some type of contact fungal infection and gave me Ketoconazole cream to put on it. This cleared it up 90% very quickly and I was sure the last couple faded red spots would disappear when my skin became extremely dry.

I have a history of dry skin on my face and usually use Neutrogena facial lotion. Since the red spots started occurring, the Neutrogena has burned my skin and I was forced to switch to other lotions (I’ve used Olay facial lotion and Eucerin).

The Neutrogena burns and turns my face bright red in the ultra dry areas on the sides of my chin below my mouth. The Olay and Eucerin don’t burn as much but it seems like no matter how much lotion I use of any kind, within 30 minutes to an hour my face is extremely dry, flaking, and peeling again. I’ve even tried using Aquaphor and that can’t keep my skin hydrated for long.

I don’t have time to go to the doctor this week (I have finals) so can anyone recommend a new type of lotion or something that will help with the extreme dryness?
By the way: I don’t use any soap on my face in the shower. Usually lightly rub it with shampoo because anything else wreaks havoc on my skin.

And I’ve started drinking more water so hopefully that will help.

Thank you everyone for your recommendations so far!
Is re-moisturizing your skin often (like every hour) bad for it?

hi, im a female in my 20s.i dont have any history of medical problems. my immune system is fine. i dont have acne, i have normally clear skin
and i hardly get rashes or infections.i have no disease or illness.
a person who had athletes foot and a history of flesh eating disease on their foot put their barefeet into my shoes without me knowing. another person told me they did it, and the shoes were all strectched out from another person putting them on but i wore them anyways barefoot since i had no other shoes or socks

then i got a bad case of athletes foot on my feet, it was horrible, my feet burned me and was awful. i scrubbed my feet in the sink with my hands and soap and water for a couple of days.
and the foot infection is mostly gone

but i forgot to wash my hands or it traveled to my hands because i ate and rubbed my face afterwards and afterwars the fungal infection from my feet spread to the entire bottom half of my face. from my nose, each cheek, covering my mouth and chin. my entire bottom half of my face is swollen and red and stiff and crispy, the skin is crusty and dry and my face burns when i put water on it

i tried taking a sink hose and running it over my face and putting this face scrub on my face and it seems to help. i did this the last few days and the rednedd and swelling went down a bit, but my face is still sort of red and very crusy. my mouth was seeled shut, i could not open my lips to eat food, the skin was stiff.i had to try hard to open my mouth
its crusty and red and scaly and dry. my face hurts when i even run water on it
what should i do,? washing plus running water over my face seems to help alot but it didnt get rid of the problem completely

i know its a fungus infection because it spread to my face from my feet from touching my feet , and the foot thing is athletes foot

do i need antibiotics? or should i keep washing my face every day?
i cant put any cream on because it makes it worse
theres so much fungus and bacteria on my face that the cream would trap it. when i wash my face it helps to wash off the fungus

so what should i do? do i need a doctor? i dont have health insurance

will just washing my face be fine, but it dosnt go away ive been washing my face for 4 days and its not completely gone
i live in the usa

I was on antiobiotics for over a year to treat acne. After completing this, I developed oral thrush due to probable overuse of the antibiotics. My doc put me on nystatin which worked for a while but i recently had a flareup and some intestinal issues, which makes us think I might have a systemic candida infection. He has once again proscribed nystatin and now diflucan. Have people had success with this?