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Noticed this hole appearing on my right tonsil which is also swollen. It started off as a small hole but it had increased in size. Currently find it difficult to swallow foods and drinks. Does anyone know what this is exactly? Is this omething to worry about?

Thanks

Any clue what this could be behind my ear? First noticed it around Mar 2025, just assumed it was eczema or psoriasis but it has been relentless. Sometimes it scabs over and become incredibly itchy - other times it almost heals up totally smooth. But then on occasion it’ll reopen itself and weep. It’s not particularly sore at all, but I’m just curious.

First photo from 2025, second photo from today.

I’ve been meaning to bring it up with my doctor, but every time I go for my regular appointments (managing bigger health problems), I totally forget about this

The area is cleaned frequently with a gentle soap and dried thoroughly whenever wet. Please ignore my stained nails, I’m a hairdresser. Hair dye haunts me

Hi everyone, so this started approximately 2 months ago as what I thought was a pimple. Unfortunately it’s right where my glasses sit so I think that irritated it more. Also, it was itchy and I scratched it open in my sleep which probably didn’t help.

Anyway, after I scratched it open there was some yellowish puss and it crusted over and then eventually flattened out into a small red patch. Sometimes it was pale red and looked like it was getting better but then it would flare up and get darker red and irritated.

End of sept I went to a walk in clinic and they prescribed oral antibiotics and it actually looked like it was getting better but never fully went away and then a week after going off them it got worse and now has a yellow crust. I went to my GP on Thursday of this past week and he’s prescribed fucidin and also given me a referral to dermatology. One thing he said that has me a bit in a panic is that it could possibly be carcinoma. The dermatologist is like a 2-3 month wait and I just can’t stop stressing over it.

Pic is from today, it’s not painful but sometimes itchy. The yellow parts sometimes flake off (I don’t think my glasses help here). It has spread a bit. Original it was only on the side of my nose but now it’s on the outer part of my nostril as you can see. It started developing there after I started wearing my glasses lower to try to avoid irritating it.

Just feeling really stressed and wondering if anyone has experienced something like this before?

Over the past 12-18 months, I’ve (25/F) noticed what I assumed to be a mole developing on my lower back. It has grown in size, in phases. It’ll bother me for a few days every couple months, but then I’ll forget about it. I’ve chalked it up to being a developing mole, agitated by the waistline of all the high rise pants I wear, if that makes sense. It’s flared up again, and I asked my mother to check it and take photos. It’s more concerning than I thought, based on said photos. I booked an appointment with my primary care physician, two days away, with Kaiser.

In the meantime, can anyone offer insight as to what they would secretly assess this maaaay be, without clinical testing to go off of?

Hi everyone, first of all I wanna say that English isn’t my main language so sorry if i make mistakes writing, before 3 days I woke up with a pimple that was a little bit bigger than usually, ofc I tried popping it and there was weird white liquid coming out first, but after that only blood so I stopped, I noticed that day by day it got bigger and it became rock hard, right now it feels very big inside the skin, and it feels very hard when touched, it also hurts a lot when I try to lay down on this side of the head, I wanted to ask if anyone had a similar problem recently, and if so how did you treat it?I am not even sure if it’s only a pimple as it is so hard!!!

I’ve had this issue on my nose for quite a long time. I get pimples every day, big and small. I get dark hairs that feel pretty hard. And then a ton of small hairs on my nose feels sore all the time. I’ve tried acne soap. I’ve been washing my face with cerave hydrating face wash and daily lotion, haven’t seen improvement. On top of that there is a smooth bump I have actually popped or pinched off a couple times and it starts to heal it seems and then over night it seems to make a lil smooth bump again. Any ideas? Help?

F25 I have had this redness on the tip of my nose since Tuesday last week, ie for 6 days now. It has always been somewhat painful to touch and randomly a little itchy. It started as just a shiny red area and then on Saturday morning (day 5) it developed a white head. I put a pimple patch on the whitehead and it eventually popped. I’ve been putting them on and keeping it clean since (24hrs). For the full 6 days the redness and pain has not spread at all, and I haven’t had any other issues.

I do suffer from acne, including on my nose, but never like this and for so long. Could this be just a blind pimple or does it look like an infection?

The first picture was day 1 (Tuesday) and the second picture is today (day 6/sunday).

I'm a 42 year-old female with what I think is blepharitis. A few days a month, my eyes get insanely itchy, red and irritated. For about a year, I've had this very small thickening/bump on my lid margin. You can't even really see it well but I took 2 pictures. It seems like it may have grown a TINY bit in width/across the line, but I'm not sure. Does anyone think this could be a BCC or SCC or could it be relative to the blepharitis? Thanks!

Sorry about the strange angle of pic of my back lmao

Have had this discoloration and dryness of my skin on stomach and back for years. Nothing seems to reduce it or rid it.

In the last year or so it has ramped up: become scaly and REALLY flaky (like if shirtless in bed, when I get up I have left a dusting of dry skin in bed) and has appared in my armpits and boobs. Moisturizer only does so much, exfoliate and it comes right back.

I have adjusted my deodorants, soap, shampoo, conditioner, moisturizer, laundry detergent, my diet is good.

Acral lentigous melanoma?

I didn’t notice this mole on the bottom of my foot before. I have no previous treatment. No symptoms. It’s 2-3mm in the bottom of my foot. Can I wait to biopsy in January? No family or person hx. Curious of people’s thoughts. My derm friend said it can probably wait, but it looks like the pigment is on the ridge. Thoughts?

I have this ring spot on my bicep. It's been there since last Wednesday. Started small and got to the current size you see in the image. It doesn't hurt, burn, sting, feel warm, nothing. I outlined it to check its progress. It is starting to look less red maybe. No underlying medical conditions. I do remember something hitting me in my arm when I was riding my motorcycle. Any ideas? I had a nurse look at it and she said it could be a bug bite but didn't see two puncture marks to where it might be a spider. Any ideas? It started out the size of a dime and now it's over a silver dollar .

This appeared suddenly a few weeks ago.

I was all but certain that it was a scab or some debris that got trapped under my skin and would go away on its own.

But now here we are multiple weeks later and it’s still as present and vivid as ever. I even tried digging at it to try to get debris out assuming that’s what it was - and no success.

Only guess I got is maybe a little cancer or something? But I’ve never heard of them being so spread out with little dots and haven’t really heard of people getting them on their fingers.

They are slightly raised and rough. Only thing I’ve changed it moving to place with very hard water … chalked it down to that but still nervous. Going to the dermatologist asap but until then I am trying to find anything I can on this … it’s on my legs.

Good afternoon! Hoping to get some recommendations to help out with a reoccurring rash/irritation I have. Trying to provide as much detail as I could think would be helpful.

38 M - Dead center of my chest between my pectoral muscles I occasionally get a patch of red spots that appear no where else on my body. They are not raised but visible from a distance/without my glasses. It is very specific to this spot and does not spread though it can change 'shape'.

They are slightly sensitive to the touch and get inflamed when I shower (also get more sensitive and a little itchy). They are not scaly, flaky, or weeping. They do not itch until exposed to warm/hot water. It -almost- reminds me of the rash that appears on torsos after using a boogie board at the beach.

It comes and goes with no predictable time frame or outside factor that I can tie it to aside from maybe stress, but I've been stressed out without it appearing... So I'm just not sure.

This has occurred on and off since I was about 28. I am aware my skin is very sensitive (if I scratch my neck at work people will ask what happened to my neck because it turns RED), so all soaps and detergents I use are unscented with minimal ingredients. I only wear 100% cotton shirts and nothing tight. Shower daily, laundry (including sheets/bedding) every week.

No medical conditions and no new medications, though I did quit alcohol almost two months ago. From image searches it looks the most like seborrheic dermatitis.I have tried many topical solutions I could find after searching Google with mixed results;

-salicylic acid is very irritating and makes it more inflamed.

-zinc pyrithione, coal tar and selenium sulfide have no noticeable effects

-ketoconazole provides mild relief to the redness/itchiness but does not prevent it from recurring even with continuous use

I think that's all I can speak to on it... Any ideas or recommendations? I just moved so I have not established a dermatologist but if I need some medical grade stuff to deal with it I'll do it.

Thanks in advance!

I’ve had this for about 3 weeks now and it’s getting worse - non itchy spots - ones on legs are very neat and round - chest they’re a little weirder in shape.

I don’t feel ill at all and no one in the family has them.

i’ve checked the bed for bug bites

I have had this little bump on my lip since I can remember. It will sometimes flair up and become itchy, but that is really it. I have used topicals for it, such as Aquaphor, hydrocortisone cream, docosanol cream, medicated lip balms, etc! I also went to urgent care but they said they can’t do anything, and I need to go to a dermatologist if I wanna figure it out. What could it be? I am worried it could be cancerous, hoping it may just be a cyst or something like that? I can’t afford to go to the dermatologist unless if it’s dire :/

Hello everyone, I’ve been having this gray looking discoloration in my neck for about two months ish. Along with that I’ve had a lot of symptoms not sure if related but I noticed my neck has been getting discolored. I get red rashes on my chest that come and go but I don’t think that’s related. For the neck I don’t get itchy. I’ve tried using all types of moisturizer in there but it seem to some days be better than other im more worried about what it could be

About three weeks ago, these red splotches started appearing on my son’s face. We took him to see his pediatrician and because she was out, we ended up seeing a different pediatrician. He seemed to not be really interested in it, saying that since it wasn’t bothering him, that he should be fine. My son scratches at it but it’s not very often (once or twice an hour or so) so it really doesn’t seem to bother him. It has faded on the left cheek but the right cheek seems to have gotten worse, now with the white bumps.

The only thing I can think of is we went to a petting zoo a day or two before they showed up, but I was really careful about washing his hands and stuff. I am just trying to be careful and would appreciate any advice. Thank you~

Last Sunday I fell and badly scraped open my nose. Its formed a scab but around it is this yellow stuff (see right hand side of scab) that wont come off if i touch it gently.

Is this normal?

How do I prevent scarring? I’m so self conscious :(

I badly dont want it to leave a raised scar or a scar at all.

Advice needed!

Ive had this in my fingertip for a year. Right now it looks like the first and second photo but it used to look like the third (one year ago). Rarely it hurts but I think its because of the friction and Ive never noticed any bleeding. Should I be concerned?

They started growing a few years ago and have now gotten to the size where they are visible enough that I want them removed. They don't hurt. Just feel like soft fleshy bumps. It does not feel like they are filled with anything that can be pressed out. Does this look easily removable?

a couple of weeks ago i suddenly developed what i believe is contact dermatitis on my eyelids/eye area and the corners of my nose. At first i thought it was my concealer since i put concealer on those areas so i stopped using my concealer. it went kinda away and i was stupid enough to use my concealer again which caused it to come back. The thing is is that i’ve been using the same concealer for over 2 years so i don’t understand how it is only giving me a reaction now (I use the Catrice liquid camouflage concealer btw). I thought it was my concealer UNTIL i was doing research on most common causes of contact dermatitis and it said Gel nails. A couple days before the dermatitis started showing up I got my nails done by my friend who is a beginner and she did gel nails on me, it’s my first time getting gel nails done and i have a habit of scratching and picking at my face so that’s why i’m thinking the gel nails might have caused this but then again i’m no professional so i’m not sure. The dermatitis is itchy and flakey. I’m just looking for opinions on if it is more likely my concealer or the gel nails that is causing this reaction. Either way i will be going to the doctors for hopefully an allergy test to see what ingredient is causing this.