In 2005, I started getting acne on my face
in places I traditionally haven't had
acne. Some of this acne starts out as a
stinging sensation, and when I touch my
face in that area there is red, raised
skin--not really bumps, though. Not too
long afterwards, the redness and stinging
fades into a lingering tingling sensation
in those spots. Sometimes they do turn
into dark acne spots/scarring that take
weeks/months to go away, but oftentimes
the raised skin goes back to normal the
same day or in a few days.
I have searched the internet for
information on this and haven't really
found anything, but have seen conditions
listed with common causes, such as stress,
allergies, environment, etc. So, I'll list
a few things that changed in 2005 when
this started happening:
-I was 24/25 years old
-I had just started law school
-I moved from the humid South to the dry
Midwest
-I do have sinus/allergy issues and seem
to feel my nostrils tingling more and
sneeze more in the Midwest than when I
lived in the South
-I'd used Proactiv before moving in
August, which seemed to irritate my skin
somewhat
Any ideas on what could be going on and
how to stop it?
