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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Suggest Remedy For Acne Like Bumps Around The Shoulders

I am searching on a strange acne like bumps on the top/outside (below the shoulder) bumps. I have seen skin doctors they prescribed fungal cream or something like that but they never go away. They appear as little bumps, I scratch them, they bleed, end up red around the area, they don t really heal for a very very long time. I scar from them, have had them for gosh maybe 15 years. Just trying to figure out what it is.
Fri, 28 Nov 2014
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Hello,

I can understand your concern for acne like bumps around the shoulders.

You have not mentioned your age, sex and related medical history so that I could have figured out exact cause of the same.

It can be due to seborrheic acne or related dermatological condition causing the acne and scarring.

In your kind of cases it is very important to personally examine the area. If at all the lesions are not getting remission, then in my patients I suggest them to go skin biopsy of the skin bumps. It gives a proper diagnosis of the lesion and therefore the best therapy implicated for the same.

In my patients I suggest them a course of isotretinoin in proper dose for few months in case if it is diagnosed as seborrheic acne.

All the best.
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Suggest Remedy For Acne Like Bumps Around The Shoulders

Hello, I can understand your concern for acne like bumps around the shoulders. You have not mentioned your age, sex and related medical history so that I could have figured out exact cause of the same. It can be due to seborrheic acne or related dermatological condition causing the acne and scarring. In your kind of cases it is very important to personally examine the area. If at all the lesions are not getting remission, then in my patients I suggest them to go skin biopsy of the skin bumps. It gives a proper diagnosis of the lesion and therefore the best therapy implicated for the same. In my patients I suggest them a course of isotretinoin in proper dose for few months in case if it is diagnosed as seborrheic acne. All the best.