Strange Pimples Or Cold Sores - Total Mystery - Help! Posted: 01-13-06 11:05am
Greetings all,
i have within the last six months
developed a strange case of acne or cold
sores. Or, something else :!:
i do not have acne on my face except for
the rare pimple (which heals quickly), so
its rather noticable when I have a new
mark on my face.
These unidentified "sores" on my face
started out as what appeared to be little
pimples filled with pus. They are not
clustered together, but appear sparsely on
my face. (about 8 - 10 in total) they
took a while to heal.
Upon healing, they have left
ever-so-slight scarring. On a fairly
regular basis, on *exactly* the same spot
as the scarring, they appear again, not
usually all of them at once however. They
first become a little red and slightly
pronounced. If squeezed, a small amount
of pus comes out.
These little sores then dry-up and take
longer than normal pimples to heal. There
is a continuous slight peeling of the
scar/skin on at least one of these healed
sores.
This entire process repeats itself.
I very occasionally get what I know to be
cold sores on the corners of my mouth.
But since these little sores started six
months ago I haven't had a cold sore on
the corners of my mouth!
I *think* these sores respond well to
zovirax cream, which would indicate that
they are cold sores, but I can't be
sure.
What on god's earth are they!? :?:
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steffers
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 1 Location: spain
Posted: 01-24-06 13:03pm
:oo
ps
hi nazz,
you won't beleive it but I have been
suffering from the exact same problem as
you it seems. I have tried everything and
to no avail. I had up to about a year ago
blemish free skin, but noticed that I was
starting to get random marks that flared
up almost overnight on the right hand side
of my mouth. Some would have a little
pus, some would disappear quickly only to
come back later with no apparent reason.
The top of the pimple was flaky, and they
have left light scars under the skin. I
have not had pain with them, but if I
touch ( or pick !) one then the skin goes
very red very quickly and the spot
immediately gets bigger..Almost like blood
vessels have broken under the skin.
They are not sore, but very unsightly and
as soon as one seems to go another turns
up...All around the mouth and chin area.
I am going nuts about this as my diet is
healthy, I have tried every cream known to
man and no success....Please can anyone
suggest anything?
Ps I also have a very dry and cracked
lower lip, but this may not be related
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sandyallen
Extremely EHEALTHy
Joined: 02 Feb 2004 Posts: 4580
Posted: 01-24-06 14:23pm
Hi there! My suggestion is to talk to
your pharmacist, that is what I do when I
have problems such as this and they are
very helpful!
Good luck!
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GeocachingMom
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Feb 2006 Posts: 1
Posted: 02-04-06 20:38pm
I have the same scourge on my face as you
both described. When one area clears,
another pops up. I get really stressed
about it. I never had pimples as a young
woman. Now i'm aging and should be
worried about wrinkles but I have these
sores, usually one, sometimes two but they
are gross, larger than a pimple, and take
a long time to heal.
I suppose they could be cold sores...
I've even had one on my forehead. They
are red and angry looking. When I
attempt to pick one of the plugs out, it
bleeds a lot. I try not to touch them
b/c i'm sure it makes them worse but
sometimes I take off the dead skin and
even that will sometimes draw blood, just
a small pin point area that will bleed a
long time.
I've seen many dermatologists about it,
they all give me the "drive-through"
visit, and put me on antibiotics which
don't help. I even saw 2 dermatologists
at johns hopkins who did nothing but say I
was self inflicting. I would never pick
my face like this, I even asked them to
do a scraping and they refused. They
couldn't get me out of their office fast
enough.
If you get a proper diagnosis, please
share it and I will do the same.
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sunnyhotpantz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 03 May 2005 Posts: 13 Location: Milwaukee
Posted: 04-08-06 20:53pm
I'm 31 and all my life my skin has been
ok. I'd occassionally get a pimple, but
nothing like this. Mine are mainly on my
chin, but i've had them other places.
They are so hard! Sometimes there will
be a little yellow head, but if I do try
to pop it it just bleeds and a little pus
comes out. Have any of you had them on
your chin or around your mouth? It seems
if I push my tounge inside my mouth behind
where the bump is, it feels inflamed on
the inside. I am so frustrated!
Re: Strange Pimples Or Cold Sores - Total Mystery - Help! Posted: 04-27-06 00:17am
nazz
wrote:
greetings all,
i have within the last six months
developed a strange case of acne or cold
sores. Or, something else :!:
i do not have acne on my face except for
the rare pimple (which heals quickly), so
its rather noticable when I have a new
mark on my face.
These unidentified "sores" on my face
started out as what appeared to be little
pimples filled with pus. They are not
clustered together, but appear sparsely on
my face. (about 8 - 10 in total) they
took a while to heal.
Upon healing, they have left
ever-so-slight scarring. On a fairly
regular basis, on *exactly* the same spot
as the scarring, they appear again, not
usually all of them at once however.
They first become a little red and
slightly pronounced. If squeezed, a
small amount of pus comes out.
These little sores then dry-up and take
longer than normal pimples to heal.
There is a continuous slight peeling of
the scar/skin on at least one of these
healed sores.
This entire process repeats itself.
I very occasionally get what I know to be
cold sores on the corners of my mouth.
But since these little sores started six
months ago I haven't had a cold sore on
the corners of my mouth!
I *think* these sores respond well to
zovirax cream, which would indicate that
they are cold sores, but I can't be
sure.
What on god's earth are they!?
:?:
i am a chronic sufferer of coldsores, and
it sounds like them simply because of the
zovirax comment, and also because
coldsores often appear in the same place
because they are nerve-based sores. They
pop up when something triggers you (ie:
cold, stress, and even vitamin
deficincy!).
My advice: buy a bottle of lysine. Take
three of these pills a day; if you get
diarrehea from the three, only take two.
Cut down on chocolate, wheat, nuts,
coconut, caffeine, brown rice, oatmeal,
peanutbutter, seeds, and raisins. If
they are coldsores, arginine is a vitamin
that a coldsore needs to reproduce.. The
lysine is an amino acid that the body
doesn't make naturally but still needs --
it comes from milk, vegetables, etc.
What it also may sound like is impetigo.
This is commonly found on the face, and
looks a lot like coldsores or acne. I
would vote moreso on this than coldsores.
Check out a site about impetigo, and hope
it helps!
