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I Have A Red Bump Or Rash On My Right
Question: I have a red bump or rash on my right knee with thin white discolored skin surrounding it. My dermatologist has tried liquid nitrogen, clobetasol 0.05% and a steroid injection. It just won't go away. What could it be?
I have a red bump or rash on my right knee with thin white discolored skin surrounding it. My dermatologist has tried liquid nitrogen, clobetasol 0.05% and a steroid injection. It just won't go away. What could it be?
Brief Answer:
thin scar or skin atrophy
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to ask a doctor service. I have gone through your query and viewed the Image.
It seems like there is atrophy at the site you mentioned or it is a thin scar. It looks red because of thin skin, perhaps. Thinning/ scaring could be a side effect using potent topical steroids and using liquid nitrogen. I suggest you to use a moisturizer like liquid paraffin or some other bland moisturizer and hopefully it will improve over time as the skin restores itself.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if you need any more assistance.
thin scar or skin atrophy
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to ask a doctor service. I have gone through your query and viewed the Image.
It seems like there is atrophy at the site you mentioned or it is a thin scar. It looks red because of thin skin, perhaps. Thinning/ scaring could be a side effect using potent topical steroids and using liquid nitrogen. I suggest you to use a moisturizer like liquid paraffin or some other bland moisturizer and hopefully it will improve over time as the skin restores itself.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if you need any more assistance.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
thin scar or skin atrophy
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to ask a doctor service. I have gone through your query and viewed the Image.
It seems like there is atrophy at the site you mentioned or it is a thin scar. It looks red because of thin skin, perhaps. Thinning/ scaring could be a side effect using potent topical steroids and using liquid nitrogen. I suggest you to use a moisturizer like liquid paraffin or some other bland moisturizer and hopefully it will improve over time as the skin restores itself.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if you need any more assistance.
thin scar or skin atrophy
Detailed Answer:
Hello and welcome to ask a doctor service. I have gone through your query and viewed the Image.
It seems like there is atrophy at the site you mentioned or it is a thin scar. It looks red because of thin skin, perhaps. Thinning/ scaring could be a side effect using potent topical steroids and using liquid nitrogen. I suggest you to use a moisturizer like liquid paraffin or some other bland moisturizer and hopefully it will improve over time as the skin restores itself.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if you need any more assistance.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
So it is not a dermititis like I was treated for in the beginning? I mean it was red before I had any treatments at all.
So it is not a dermititis like I was treated for in the beginning? I mean it was red before I had any treatments at all.
Brief Answer:
Regarding a red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
Difficult to say by just looking at this image. Perhaps it wasn't. Dermatitis should have resolved with topical steroids and certainly with injectable steroids.
Take care
Regarding a red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
Difficult to say by just looking at this image. Perhaps it wasn't. Dermatitis should have resolved with topical steroids and certainly with injectable steroids.
Take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Brief Answer:
Regarding a red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
Difficult to say by just looking at this image. Perhaps it wasn't. Dermatitis should have resolved with topical steroids and certainly with injectable steroids.
Take care
Regarding a red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
Difficult to say by just looking at this image. Perhaps it wasn't. Dermatitis should have resolved with topical steroids and certainly with injectable steroids.
Take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Do you have any ideas on what it could be or what other avenues I could pursue?
Do you have any ideas on what it could be or what other avenues I could pursue?
Brief Answer:
Regarding red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
To me it looks like skin atrophy right now. Perhaps it was an actinic keratosis to start with. I advice you to use just a moisturizer.
Take care
Regarding red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
To me it looks like skin atrophy right now. Perhaps it was an actinic keratosis to start with. I advice you to use just a moisturizer.
Take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Brief Answer:
Regarding red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
To me it looks like skin atrophy right now. Perhaps it was an actinic keratosis to start with. I advice you to use just a moisturizer.
Take care
Regarding red spot on knee
Detailed Answer:
hi.
To me it looks like skin atrophy right now. Perhaps it was an actinic keratosis to start with. I advice you to use just a moisturizer.
Take care
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
what is actinic keratosis? I read it is caused by exposure to sunlight. I do not spend that much time out in the sun, especially not exposing my knees. As I have said before, it looked like that before any steroids were prescribed. Could a disease or medical condition cause skin atrophy?
what is actinic keratosis? I read it is caused by exposure to sunlight. I do not spend that much time out in the sun, especially not exposing my knees. As I have said before, it looked like that before any steroids were prescribed. Could a disease or medical condition cause skin atrophy?
Brief Answer:
regarding red patch/ plaque on knee
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
yes, actinic keratosis is sun induced and mostly presents as scaly, erythematous lesions on exposed sites like arms, legs, face. They happen from chronic, cummulative sun exposure (after years of sun exposure) and on a skin that usually shows other signs of sun damage. I just kept it as a possibility with atrophy, as a side effect of treatment rather than being primary. Other possibilities that I can think of are perhaps, erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) but mind you these are just possibilities based on morphology and require histopathology confirmation. Both of these conditions have atrophy as part of the pathology.
Take care. Let me know if you need any more assistance
regarding red patch/ plaque on knee
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
yes, actinic keratosis is sun induced and mostly presents as scaly, erythematous lesions on exposed sites like arms, legs, face. They happen from chronic, cummulative sun exposure (after years of sun exposure) and on a skin that usually shows other signs of sun damage. I just kept it as a possibility with atrophy, as a side effect of treatment rather than being primary. Other possibilities that I can think of are perhaps, erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) but mind you these are just possibilities based on morphology and require histopathology confirmation. Both of these conditions have atrophy as part of the pathology.
Take care. Let me know if you need any more assistance
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Brief Answer:
regarding red patch/ plaque on knee
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
yes, actinic keratosis is sun induced and mostly presents as scaly, erythematous lesions on exposed sites like arms, legs, face. They happen from chronic, cummulative sun exposure (after years of sun exposure) and on a skin that usually shows other signs of sun damage. I just kept it as a possibility with atrophy, as a side effect of treatment rather than being primary. Other possibilities that I can think of are perhaps, erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) but mind you these are just possibilities based on morphology and require histopathology confirmation. Both of these conditions have atrophy as part of the pathology.
Take care. Let me know if you need any more assistance
regarding red patch/ plaque on knee
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
yes, actinic keratosis is sun induced and mostly presents as scaly, erythematous lesions on exposed sites like arms, legs, face. They happen from chronic, cummulative sun exposure (after years of sun exposure) and on a skin that usually shows other signs of sun damage. I just kept it as a possibility with atrophy, as a side effect of treatment rather than being primary. Other possibilities that I can think of are perhaps, erythema elevatum diutinum (EED) and discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) but mind you these are just possibilities based on morphology and require histopathology confirmation. Both of these conditions have atrophy as part of the pathology.
Take care. Let me know if you need any more assistance
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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