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What Does Red Skin Rash After Body Hair Removal Indicate?

Hi,
I'm a 22 year old male. I have alot of body hair and I recently buzzed all the hair off my chest. It has grown back over a cm in length and now I find that I am getting some sort of rash made up of red spots no more than a cm in diameter. I have no other symptoms that I can place.
Mon, 17 Nov 2014
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Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic

I will keep a possibility of seborrheic dermatitis. It usually presents as dry, scaly, itchy and red patches.
If I was the treating doctor I would have asked you to apply a moderately potent topical steroid e.g fluticasone propionate 0.05% cream, twice daily for the patches.
An oral antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10 mg once daily would provide you symptomatic relief from itching.
Topical steroids are prescription medicines. I would suggest that you visit a dermatologist for a confirmatory diagnosis and appropriate treatment

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What Does Red Skin Rash After Body Hair Removal Indicate?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic I will keep a possibility of seborrheic dermatitis. It usually presents as dry, scaly, itchy and red patches. If I was the treating doctor I would have asked you to apply a moderately potent topical steroid e.g fluticasone propionate 0.05% cream, twice daily for the patches. An oral antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10 mg once daily would provide you symptomatic relief from itching. Topical steroids are prescription medicines. I would suggest that you visit a dermatologist for a confirmatory diagnosis and appropriate treatment Regards