Looks Like Acne, But It's Not. Posted: 09-27-07 14:30pm
Hi, my wife has had problems with some
skin issues for about 4 years now. I'll
describe what we've seen over the past
four years.
She will develop what looks like acne, a
small bump that is painful to the touch,
but the pain is different than a pimple.
More painful, and 'deeper' as she
describes it. She gets these often on her
face, and on her back.
If you squeeze it like a pimple, nothing
happens. There is no expulsion of puss or
blood as you would see with a pimple -
characteristic of forcing these contents
through a pore. The top may come off only
to just revel a bloody sore now - that's
all I can describe it as. About the size
of a sesame seed. Blood or liquid (not
white) may come out...but it's not as if
it were forced out of a pore.
Then there was a time where she continued
to pick on one in particular noticing that
there was a place in this sore that was
not sensitive to touch. She used a needle
and was able to pluck-prod-pull-push out a
hard white sperical-elliptical ball of
some substance. Again, about the size of a
sesame seed but not that flat.
Then today, she was having problem with
one in particular and asked if I could
help her. When I examined the sore, I saw
two tiny white 'heads'...probably about
half a millimeter in diameter. She has
been trying to squeeze them out like a
pimple. I grabbed the tweezers and pulled
them out. I can only describe them as a
'root' attached deeper. Or dare I say - a
worm? I have no idea really. They were
pretty short. Maybe 2 millimeters or so
and stuck there pretty good for being so
small.
There are times when she has more of
these, and sometimes they go away. We went
to one doctor about 2 years ago, he said
they were warts. Veracas, or Verucas. But
I don't know...it just doesn't seem right.
He said the only solution was to 'burn'
them off. So she had a few burned off of
her face.
One other thing - they itch pretty
intensely some times. And I do believe
that I've seen some of them eventually
turn into a spot with lighter pigment than
the surrounding skin which also itch.
Anyway, that's about all I can think of
now. I hope someone has some input.
Thanks.
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Dewayne
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Joined: 05 Jan 2008 Posts: 1
Acne, Or Something Like It Posted: 01-05-08 23:23pm
I have the same problem. I have been to a
Derm for it in the past and the only thing
Iv'e had any real success with is Tazerac.
It's like a light chemical peal and
seemed to help clear me up.
The symtoms you describe are the very same
down to the letter.
I'll post here and if you learning
anything, Please post and I'll do
likewise.
I think mine is related to stress, and I
also get standard acne, but some of the
sores/lesion I get never manifest an
infection and produce no material when
squeezed etc.
It's very frustrating trying to deal with
this as it's left me with some scarring
and of course the annoying sores.
