what is the best method of cream to remove scars?.Next question i heard that if you need a quick fix with noticable scars on your legs you can use concealer to cover it or foundation is that true?
Answer:
Use that mederma thing( scar med.). Its worth a try. Also WD-40 is very good for burns and will leave no scar! Its main ingredient is fish oil. You can also use vitamin E. Cover-up sounds like a good idea but it might leave streaks.Good luck I'm sure you'll be fine. And if someone notices them say they are battle wounds.
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I have round scab looking marks on my legs and thighs and they keep appearing? what could they be?
i have problem skin already and i have been given medicine to treat it but it seems that it has gotten worse. what could be the problem?
Answer:
RINGWORM
PSORIASIS
IMPETIGO
BUG/SPIDER BITES
Have you gone to the dermatologist? I know you said you have been given medicine for it, but you need to make sure you are going to a specialist not just a family practice.
Answer:
RINGWORM
PSORIASIS
IMPETIGO
BUG/SPIDER BITES
Have you gone to the dermatologist? I know you said you have been given medicine for it, but you need to make sure you are going to a specialist not just a family practice.
I have red itchy spots that are bumpy on my legs thats getting worse, is it exma? if so how do i treat it?
Answer:
Try e-45 cream but if it gets worse go to the doctors as it could be prickly heat rash
Do you have a cat or dog? It could be flea bites
dont sound like exma ,try e45 cream ,sounds like bites to me or a rash.xxkev xx
sounds like it
or poison ivy
but i'd say use hydrocortizone it worked for me. and pray
i had exzema really bad and i prayed and it went away.
Might also be an allergy to grass, or hives.Excema isn't spotty, its patches of itchy dry skin, sometimes it even looks scaly!
Try an antihistamine tablet (like Piriton) - if the itching decreases and the redness gets less then you have an allergic reaction to a bite or sting (as already described above!)
Could be from flea bites but sounds like a good case of chiggers which you can get from being in the weeds or grass. Poison ivy is also a possibility. Don't scratch, put on some cortisone cream from a drugstore or Wal=Mart. If it gets oozy and spreads its probably poison ivy or something like that. If its chiggers put on a clear fingernail polish and after several days they will die. Chiggers are alive under the skin and this smothers them and makes them die.
Do you shave your legs? If so, this may be ingrown hairs. If it is, the following may help:
1. Do not shave until the end of your shower/bath.
2. Use a shaving lotion or cream with moisturizer.
3. Do not use a dull razor.
4. Shave with short, gentle strokes, rising the razor frequently.
5. Use a good nonperfumed lotion after you shave.
Have you been out in the sun, if so it may be prickly heat, try calamine lotion.
Visual examination by your doctor is the quickest way of finding out what you have.
Ah ah ah ah... that's what I got a few months back! Does it ooze? Anyway, it might be eczema...so used the over-the-counter hydrocortisone. Trust me, if it eczema you should treat it right away. And the OTC hydrocortizone has enough concentration of te active ingredient to cure the eczema, but won't have any significant side effects, if what you have is not an eczema. So go buy it already!
Eczema can be either small blisters or dry pathy areas, it isnt usually spotty. If you have an animal it may well be flea bites. Insted of asking here go and see your doctor or practice nurse to get some professional advice.
Easy to recognise 4 me I had em b4 do not touch them they can spread there is no cure where ever they are on u always wear something over them to stop temptation they will get bigger then if you dont disturb them they will finally just stop and you may have a few scars that you can hardly see it is common dr's used to burn and freeze them but they found out that it is better to just leave them!
there could be many explanations for this! it could be something as heat rash or something as big as meningitis if your worried about press a clear glass over it and if it disappears your fine. go and see a dermatologist to get this sorted, but if you do have exma simple cream may be applied and you will be fine.
I have red blotches on my feet that have spread to the bottom half of my leg it is not cellulitis any ideas?
Answer:
Might be bad circulation..
Are you sure they are not bites?
Some type of rash that you should probably tell your doctor about.
soak them in a vinegar bath, use Heinz apple cider vinegar, about 1 1/2 cup in your bath water and soak for a long time, it is healing to skin disorders. Give it a try, it is cheap and has helped me, it is good to use if you get yeast infections also. good luck
It could have something to do with your circulation. Show your parents and they may want to take you to the doctor. Good luck!
Soak your feet in warm water and baking soda - it balances the ph balance and look up web md for pictures it could just be athlete's foot or the beginning stages of something else.
Why are you asking us? You should get yourself to a dermatologist ASAP. If you walk around bare-footed, as many of us do, it could be a simple contact dermatitis. The doctor will give you an antibiotic cream or cortisone-based cream. Don't put off the doctor visit. If it started on your feet, and is going up your leg ----- you don't want that.
Tinea Versicolor - "Ringworm"
You might have what we call psoriasis http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/psori...
you may have a mild case of it , if this is the case you need photo therapy .This is not cellulites at all what you have, you might have eczema also , check on the net and try to find pictures of problematic skin ,or go to a doctor he should be able to tell you what it is ..
Good luck
Could you have stepped into some poison ivy and scratching has spread it?
could it be that your feet are covered in dirt %26 you havent cleaned them :%26#92;
It might be what I had last year, Varicose eczema. It is caused by poor circulation. as I always advise on these questions, go see your doctor.
Sounds similar to what I have just been diagnosed with (Henoch schonlein purpura), go see your dr and ask to be refered to a dermatologist.
I have recurring abcesses under my arm antibiotics work for a short time need something that will work?
Answer:
It would depend on where the abscesses are occurring. Yes, I know you said under your arm. Can I assume you mean in the armpit? As I said, it depends. Are you abcessing in a sweat gland, a lymph gland? Are the abcesses in the skin without gland involvement? Perhaps you need to have an abcess cultured to find out the organism is. Most likely Staph. Speak to your doctor. Your doctor can advise you on the best course of action.
try using a different deodorant
Is your blood sugar under control? Diabetes makes you prone to infection and it prolongs wound healing. Check your blood sugar specially your HbA1C (your average blood sugar level) and if it's not within the controlled level it might be causing your recurrent infection. I think its best that you consult your doctor for proper medication.Good day!
I guess you will have to try and find out the underlying cause if they keep recurring.Do you shave under your arms? Do you get these at certain times of the month? (could be hormonal), are you run down? (could be lymph nodes).Have a chat with your doctor and see what he says.Good luck and by the way, sometimes these things just clear up on their own in the end.
Diabetics are more prone to all forms of bacterial infection as bacteria grow well if sugar levels are raised. If the problem continues the only other option may be surgical. A diamond of skin can be removed from your axilla on each side. The removes most of the glands, whose blockage leads to the infection.
Only support to offer I'm afraid, so poor you. Years ago I suffered with recurring underarm abcesses for at least 6 months. I used antibiotics when prescribed and finally poked and prodded about and got loads of gunk out (not that I suggest you do the same of course!). Now my underarm is pretty scared and feels hollow under my skin in places. At the time warm bathing helped to express the gunk out of the boil like thing. Sounds gross but the first time I lifted my arm to see why it hurt it popped all down the wall!It hurts like mad I remember. I was sure it was brought on my using a hair removal product in the frst place. I avoided shaving the area to until I no longer suffered episodes. Used quite a few strong pain killers too.Best of luck hope it all goes away soon for you
I have recently got out of the hospital with not so good news...help?!?
Okay, I got out of the hospital recently. I found out that I have blood clots in my lungs. the doctors put me on coumadin which is a blood thinner. I also found out that I have Lupus Anti-coagulant which means that I have a higher chance of getting clots because it is genetic. Does anyone out there know anyone on this medacine? I'm still young and cant do things I used to, how do you cope? I know things can be worse, I just wanna talk to someone who knows a bit of what I'm going through.
Answer:
I know exactly what you are going thru. I'm 37 years old and I was diagnosed when I was 20. I got a blood clot in my leg and the doc did not understand why I had a clot in my leg. They asked if I had bumped my leg or did something to it and I told them no. Then after I got out of the hospital for my DVT, I was sent to a Rheumatologist. At this time, this is when I got the horrible news that I had Lupus and Antiphosphilipid Syndrome which is the blood clotting disorder. I was devasted but fortunatly I had minor flare ups in my joints. Then I got pregnant with my first child at age 26 and I felt so good while I was pregnant. They had me take two shots daily of Heprin (blood thinner) in my stomach during the whole pregnancy. I was able to breastfeed after my pregnancy also. So all was good and then I got prego again in 98 and had my second child. Wow, what a miracle! The docs did not expect me to carry either baby to 40 weeks but I did and worked full time also. After my second baby though, I started to slow down and the Lupus was really hurting me more and more and making me soooooo tired. I struggled until the year 2000 when I had my first full body flareup where I could not even move my body and had to be put in the hospital. After that it has been rough since then. I worked full time untill 2005 when I had a subdural hematoma in my brain because of the blood thinners. Don't get me wrong, all this sounds scarey but you have to look around you and see that things happen all the time to people. People are diagnosed with something everyday and no one, No One in this world is guaranteed tomorrow. Just cause you have a disease does not mean you will die tomorrow or the next day. Some people don't even have a problem and get in a car wreck and die that day. Nobody knows what will happen in the future but to me, GOD has it all written out already and there is nothing that any of us can do about it. I do get depressed, scared where I can't sleep at night just looking at my kids wondering how they would do without me. It's just a strength that you really have to find deep inside you to help you thru those bad days. Like right now, I'm up at 12:07 at night and can't sleep because I going thru one of those depression things where you feel so scared and so out of control because you feel like you have no control of this stupid disease and it is so scarey. But you have to talk to yourself or someone to help calm your nerves down. I'm real scared, real scared about what news I'm going to hear next or where its attacking me next. But, the more I worry, the worst it hurts me because stress will trigger a flare so I try things to help calm my nerves. My friend introduced me to smoke some MJ to help calm my nerves and it does plus its supposed to be a immunsuppressive drug to slow down the antibodies.
I have found that cutting out beef helps reduce my flare-up and helps my stomach also. Do you know what your sed rate is? I hope this helps and if you need to talk at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. I truely understand.
Nettie
I'm so sorry, dear. This is a lot to take in, I'm sure. I will be posting some sites to help. Some are informational, some are chat boards for patients like yourself. Hang in there and best wishes to you. http://www.lupus.org/newsite/index.html... http://dailystrength.org/support/muscles...
check under the search engine about how to deal with it. i do not know what u are going thru but i wil be ur friend thru this dogmicjoe@yahoo.com.
I am so sorry to hear about that, It does sound like you may have SLE (Lupus), pending some other blood test, and the meeting of some other critera, if they have not already done that. comadin, is a blood thinner, which can help thin present clots and help prevent new ones from forming. Lupus is an autoimmune disease which can attack any part of your body. I have it, and it has hit many areas of my body. It can run from mild to severe. There are periods of flares and remmissons, right now you are having a huge flare. In todays modern medicine world, there are so many ways to keep us alive, and barring the worst of flares keep us with a decent quality of life. In fact I had a bad flare and just got of IV Chemo, and Im doing ok, Ive had Lupus about 20 years, my journey was longer, getting a diagnosis in my situation and with my issues was much more difficult then then it would be now. The best think, and I hope you have it is family and friends who will be there for you. Outside support, online, face to face support groups, whatever you like better. I own an online group, and for many memeber it helps, the get to talk, gain information, vent, and even laugh. Here is some info from web md on the drugs basics:
This medication is used to treat blood clots and/or to prevent new clots from forming in your body. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart attack. Conditions that increase your risk of developing blood clots include a certain type of irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation), heart valve replacement, and recent heart attack.Warfarin is commonly called a "blood thinner," but its more correct term is anticoagulant. It helps to keep blood flowing smoothly in your body by decreasing the amount of certain substances (clotting proteins) in your blood.here is the 11 diagnostic critera for lupus from Yahoo health
Diagnostic criteria for lupus
The following criteria are used to distinguish lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE) from other autoimmune and rheumatic diseases. A person with 4 of these 11 conditions can be diagnosed with lupus; 3 symptoms suggest that lupus is probably present, and 2 raise the possibility of lupus. Symptoms may be present all at once or appear in succession over a period of time. 1 Butterfly (malar) rash on cheeks
Rash on face, arms, neck, torso (discoid rash)
Skin rashes that result from exposure to sunlight or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity)
Mouth or nasal ulcers, usually painless
Joint swelling, stiffness, pain involving two or more joints (arthritis)
Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the lungs (pleuritis) or heart (pericarditis). This inflammation is called serositis.
Abnormalities in urine, such as increased protein or clumps of red blood cells or kidney cells, called cell casts, in the urine
Nervous system problems, such as seizures or psychosis, without known cause
Problems with the blood, such as reduced numbers of red blood cells (anemia), platelets, or white blood cells
Positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test
Signs of increased autoimmunity (antibodies against normal tissue), as shown by laboratory tests Good luck, and Im sorry this happened to you
Chris, Lupus paitent and suvivor
Hi,
I am so sorry. Many, many people take Coumadin. Did the doctor suggest using a procedure to capture the clots by going through a vein or not? Sometimes they can do that if they are in a reachable location. Just be still. Don't move a lot or get over active right now until the clots break up. This is a very serious problem. You need prayer. Do you have a church family to call to come support you? Find one in your area. Make a call or ask someone you know. You need people to love you and support you with prayer right now. You need God to heal you.
Answer:
I know exactly what you are going thru. I'm 37 years old and I was diagnosed when I was 20. I got a blood clot in my leg and the doc did not understand why I had a clot in my leg. They asked if I had bumped my leg or did something to it and I told them no. Then after I got out of the hospital for my DVT, I was sent to a Rheumatologist. At this time, this is when I got the horrible news that I had Lupus and Antiphosphilipid Syndrome which is the blood clotting disorder. I was devasted but fortunatly I had minor flare ups in my joints. Then I got pregnant with my first child at age 26 and I felt so good while I was pregnant. They had me take two shots daily of Heprin (blood thinner) in my stomach during the whole pregnancy. I was able to breastfeed after my pregnancy also. So all was good and then I got prego again in 98 and had my second child. Wow, what a miracle! The docs did not expect me to carry either baby to 40 weeks but I did and worked full time also. After my second baby though, I started to slow down and the Lupus was really hurting me more and more and making me soooooo tired. I struggled until the year 2000 when I had my first full body flareup where I could not even move my body and had to be put in the hospital. After that it has been rough since then. I worked full time untill 2005 when I had a subdural hematoma in my brain because of the blood thinners. Don't get me wrong, all this sounds scarey but you have to look around you and see that things happen all the time to people. People are diagnosed with something everyday and no one, No One in this world is guaranteed tomorrow. Just cause you have a disease does not mean you will die tomorrow or the next day. Some people don't even have a problem and get in a car wreck and die that day. Nobody knows what will happen in the future but to me, GOD has it all written out already and there is nothing that any of us can do about it. I do get depressed, scared where I can't sleep at night just looking at my kids wondering how they would do without me. It's just a strength that you really have to find deep inside you to help you thru those bad days. Like right now, I'm up at 12:07 at night and can't sleep because I going thru one of those depression things where you feel so scared and so out of control because you feel like you have no control of this stupid disease and it is so scarey. But you have to talk to yourself or someone to help calm your nerves down. I'm real scared, real scared about what news I'm going to hear next or where its attacking me next. But, the more I worry, the worst it hurts me because stress will trigger a flare so I try things to help calm my nerves. My friend introduced me to smoke some MJ to help calm my nerves and it does plus its supposed to be a immunsuppressive drug to slow down the antibodies.
I have found that cutting out beef helps reduce my flare-up and helps my stomach also. Do you know what your sed rate is? I hope this helps and if you need to talk at all, please do not hesitate to contact me. I truely understand.
Nettie
I'm so sorry, dear. This is a lot to take in, I'm sure. I will be posting some sites to help. Some are informational, some are chat boards for patients like yourself. Hang in there and best wishes to you. http://www.lupus.org/newsite/index.html... http://dailystrength.org/support/muscles...
check under the search engine about how to deal with it. i do not know what u are going thru but i wil be ur friend thru this dogmicjoe@yahoo.com.
I am so sorry to hear about that, It does sound like you may have SLE (Lupus), pending some other blood test, and the meeting of some other critera, if they have not already done that. comadin, is a blood thinner, which can help thin present clots and help prevent new ones from forming. Lupus is an autoimmune disease which can attack any part of your body. I have it, and it has hit many areas of my body. It can run from mild to severe. There are periods of flares and remmissons, right now you are having a huge flare. In todays modern medicine world, there are so many ways to keep us alive, and barring the worst of flares keep us with a decent quality of life. In fact I had a bad flare and just got of IV Chemo, and Im doing ok, Ive had Lupus about 20 years, my journey was longer, getting a diagnosis in my situation and with my issues was much more difficult then then it would be now. The best think, and I hope you have it is family and friends who will be there for you. Outside support, online, face to face support groups, whatever you like better. I own an online group, and for many memeber it helps, the get to talk, gain information, vent, and even laugh. Here is some info from web md on the drugs basics:
This medication is used to treat blood clots and/or to prevent new clots from forming in your body. Preventing harmful blood clots helps to reduce the risk of a stroke or heart attack. Conditions that increase your risk of developing blood clots include a certain type of irregular heart rhythm (atrial fibrillation), heart valve replacement, and recent heart attack.Warfarin is commonly called a "blood thinner," but its more correct term is anticoagulant. It helps to keep blood flowing smoothly in your body by decreasing the amount of certain substances (clotting proteins) in your blood.here is the 11 diagnostic critera for lupus from Yahoo health
Diagnostic criteria for lupus
The following criteria are used to distinguish lupus (systemic lupus erythematosus, or SLE) from other autoimmune and rheumatic diseases. A person with 4 of these 11 conditions can be diagnosed with lupus; 3 symptoms suggest that lupus is probably present, and 2 raise the possibility of lupus. Symptoms may be present all at once or appear in succession over a period of time. 1 Butterfly (malar) rash on cheeks
Rash on face, arms, neck, torso (discoid rash)
Skin rashes that result from exposure to sunlight or ultraviolet light (photosensitivity)
Mouth or nasal ulcers, usually painless
Joint swelling, stiffness, pain involving two or more joints (arthritis)
Inflammation of the membranes surrounding the lungs (pleuritis) or heart (pericarditis). This inflammation is called serositis.
Abnormalities in urine, such as increased protein or clumps of red blood cells or kidney cells, called cell casts, in the urine
Nervous system problems, such as seizures or psychosis, without known cause
Problems with the blood, such as reduced numbers of red blood cells (anemia), platelets, or white blood cells
Positive antinuclear antibody (ANA) test
Signs of increased autoimmunity (antibodies against normal tissue), as shown by laboratory tests Good luck, and Im sorry this happened to you
Chris, Lupus paitent and suvivor
Hi,
I am so sorry. Many, many people take Coumadin. Did the doctor suggest using a procedure to capture the clots by going through a vein or not? Sometimes they can do that if they are in a reachable location. Just be still. Don't move a lot or get over active right now until the clots break up. This is a very serious problem. You need prayer. Do you have a church family to call to come support you? Find one in your area. Make a call or ask someone you know. You need people to love you and support you with prayer right now. You need God to heal you.
I have really oily skin. Have any tricks or tips?
I am tired of having a shinny face all the time.. Please if you have ideas to reduce or stop the problem of oily skin help me out.. thank you..
Answer:
One Word...NOXEMA. It will work wonders!
I sell Mary Kay cosmetics and we have an oil mattifier that will control the oil for up to 8 hours..you can wear it under make up or alone and it really helps..if you would like to order some i will ship it to you for free...malanina111@yahoo.com!!
hope this helps
Blotting paper. There's all kinds of brands and they all work. You can carry them with you where ever you go and you don't have to worry about a shiny nose.
An oily skin , as the name implies, is one in which the sebaceous or oil-producing glands are over active. As surface grease tends to attract dirt, an oily skin acquires a dirty surface film , that needs to be removed daily. For more details log to http://useinfo-oilyskin.blogspot.com/...
Answer:
One Word...NOXEMA. It will work wonders!
I sell Mary Kay cosmetics and we have an oil mattifier that will control the oil for up to 8 hours..you can wear it under make up or alone and it really helps..if you would like to order some i will ship it to you for free...malanina111@yahoo.com!!
hope this helps
Blotting paper. There's all kinds of brands and they all work. You can carry them with you where ever you go and you don't have to worry about a shiny nose.
An oily skin , as the name implies, is one in which the sebaceous or oil-producing glands are over active. As surface grease tends to attract dirt, an oily skin acquires a dirty surface film , that needs to be removed daily. For more details log to http://useinfo-oilyskin.blogspot.com/...
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