Brief Answer: peudofolliculitis; change your shaing technique Detailed Answer: Hi, Welcome and thanks for posting your query to the forum. I can understand your concern for repeated rash over your lower chin and neck region. After reading your query with diligence and analyzing the pictures I can make out that you have the condition known as “peudofolliculitis” also known as ‘shaving bumps’, or ‘razor bumps’. To tell you simply: When a hair is shaved or cut, its end will be left with sharp edges that are unlike the round tapered end of an uncut hair. If the hair is cut just above the skin surface, and if its cut edge pushes against the skin, the hair can then re-enter the skin. This happens especially in a natural skin fold such as neck and lower chin area. These hairs cause an inflammatory reaction seen as red spots. There for after doing the shaving it is typically seen after around 12-24 hours when the hair growing. The basic part of treatment is by stopping the shaving for several weeks otherwise the problem is likely to persist, although some measures can be taken to help. So the only certain cure is to stop shaving. Adjusting your shaving technique may sometimes help and a proper too close shave should be avoided. Rest of the preventive measure include following: 1. Do not pinch, pop or squeeze any area. 2. Do not apply any creamy or oily stuff or any other cosmetics over face. 3. Try to avoid any home remedies suggested by your friends or family members or otherwise self implicated therapies also. 4. Shave in the direction of hair growth. Avoid stretching the skin tight, and using double or triple blades. 5. Shave every second day rather than daily, if possible. 6. Aim for a stubble length of 1mm, though the beard area will not look clean shaven. 7. Do not ever again use normal razor blades as are most important factor for inducing peudofolliculitis. Lastly I again reassure you that it is simple condition and can be taken care easily either by proper shaving or by stopping shaving for few weeks. Hope these informations will help you. If you have any further query I will be happy to help. With good health wishes, Dr Sanjay Kanodia MD Dermatology

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Brief Answer: Apply combination cream of antifungal & steroid Detailed Answer: Hello XXXXXXX You are most welcome for all the further queries. Regarding your further queries- - As per the history you provided the most important part of the rash is after shaving and that too typically after about 24 hours. This kind of presentation is most often present in peudofolliculitis. I would like to add one important note at this point of “seborrheic dermatitis” as previous cause of mild redness all over the neck area and nose area. As per your further history you told that you are applying Denoside for very small patches of eczema near nose. All these features are typically present in seborrheic dermatitis which is a mild eczema of beard area. So presently you have the peudofolliculitis over seborrheic dermatitis. Since seborrheic dermatitis is caused by overgrowth of a fungus which is normally present on our skin, so if I were your dermatologist then would have prescribed anti fungal lotions combined with topical steroids. You need to use a topical steroid cream or any cream which is a combination of a steroid and antifungal drug such as clotrimazole or sertaconazole. Apply it atleast twice a day. In addition, you should avoid using any oils or moisturizing creams over the affected areas as it tends to increase seborrheic dermatitis. It is not a part rosacea and so do not worry about the same. Mirvaso is Brimonidine Topical Gel which helps in all the inflammatory conditions of skin. So it will help in all the enumerated conations above. In your condition antibiotics are of no help as the condition is not at all due to bacterial infections. So as said previously do not take any self implicated therapies including antibiotics. I will be glad if you have any further query or if not then can close the discussion and rate the answer. Regards, Dr Sanjay Kumar Kanodia (MD- Dermatology)

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