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Suggest Treatment For Allergic Skin Reaction On Chest
Question: Yesterday 7/12/14 I decided to use XXXXXXX to remove hair on my chest and stomach. The first use didnt give me the results I wanted so I applied a second layer. I instantly started feeling burning everywhere. I took a shower and used a loofah to scrub the areas free of hair. This morning while looking over the areas, I noticed an existing mole I had that was in the area that I used the XXXXXXX and loofah on had what looked like a scratch on it. I'm 99% sure it was from the hair removal process. If this was an pre-exisitng ulceration of a mole, would I have felt any stinging from soap or chemicals prior to yesterday? This mole is not raised or crusting or changing, it looks like it was scratched. I know the cautiousness of skin cancers so I figured it would be a good question to ask. If it does not start healing I will go to the dermatologist.
Brief Answer:
Possibility of cancer very less
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I have seen the attached picture.
Going by the sequence of events, I would say that it is most probably a scratch mark only.
You seem to have rubbed the allergic skin by loofah. Now this can lead to ulceration which is seen in your case.
I would suggest you to apply a topical steroid cream like cortisone over the affected areas twice a day for three days. This will heal the allergic component .
However in case there is no improvement, then I would suggest you to see a local dermatologist .
Dr Geetika Paul
Possibility of cancer very less
Detailed Answer:
Hi
I have seen the attached picture.
Going by the sequence of events, I would say that it is most probably a scratch mark only.
You seem to have rubbed the allergic skin by loofah. Now this can lead to ulceration which is seen in your case.
I would suggest you to apply a topical steroid cream like cortisone over the affected areas twice a day for three days. This will heal the allergic component .
However in case there is no improvement, then I would suggest you to see a local dermatologist .
Dr Geetika Paul
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank you for your prompt answer. The more I looked around at other areas of my chest and stomach, I saw few other areas that exhibited the same type of ulcerations or wounds from the nair/loofah treatment. This one was alarming since it was on a mole.
I'm not even entirely sure that the area is even a mole. I just had a few dermatofibromas removed that looked somewhat the same.
I'm not even entirely sure that the area is even a mole. I just had a few dermatofibromas removed that looked somewhat the same.
Brief Answer:
You need not worry, take treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
These lesions do not seem to have any relation to the dermofibromas that you had earlier.
You basically developed a severe allergic reaction to the use of the depilatory cream. Aggressive rubbing with a loofah seems to have caused the skin damage.
Take oral antihistamine tablet like benadryl or tablet claritin once a day for two to three days so as to decrease the skin allergy.
In addition, apply the medicine as suggested earlier.
I do not see a reason to be really worried about these lesions. In case however, they tend to persist or increase , then you should surely see a local dermatologist .
Dr Geetika Paul
You need not worry, take treatment
Detailed Answer:
Hi again
These lesions do not seem to have any relation to the dermofibromas that you had earlier.
You basically developed a severe allergic reaction to the use of the depilatory cream. Aggressive rubbing with a loofah seems to have caused the skin damage.
Take oral antihistamine tablet like benadryl or tablet claritin once a day for two to three days so as to decrease the skin allergy.
In addition, apply the medicine as suggested earlier.
I do not see a reason to be really worried about these lesions. In case however, they tend to persist or increase , then you should surely see a local dermatologist .
Dr Geetika Paul
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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