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Long-time skin issue?

When I was 6 years-old, I one day found that I had about 10-15 oval, white, raised bumps on each of my arms. These bumps looked like mosquito bites and felt a bit painful (each one felt like a needle was being stuck into it or that the skin was being pinched). They appeared very quickly during school one morning (as in they weren't there when I left the house that morning but were there during the morning hours of the school day), and, a couple of hours after they appeared, they were gone and had turned into/left a rash of small, raised, red bumps. These also appeared on my legs (especially upper thighs) within a day or two of the incident.

I'm now 25 and still have the red bumps. It's nothing majorly bad, but it's rather annoying. The bumps tend to get worse during the winter months (due to the dry air), but they're there all year round. I've been to a couple of dermatologists over the years, and none were able to figure out what this was (or offer a treatment for it). I was mostly wondering if anyone else had experienced this and if they were ever given a diagnosis.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    How terrible! Really, God awful!

    And you've not been helped, diagnosed even, by professional dermatologists?

    Sounds to me like you might have a rare but severe infection of some kind: really hard to believe that professional dermatologists would not refer you to other specialists; that they just told you "Sorry! Can't help you!", and sent you home?

    The best skin cleanser and disinfectant that I know of is "Mustard Oil". It's very potent stuff, so I would recommend that you consult a competent herbalist before trying it.

    Have you heard of Orhomolecular Medicine? http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=orthomole...

    Linus Pauling who was a co-founder of this medical specialty if I'm not mistaken; and a great believer in the efficacy of Vitamin-C, as I am. It might be worth your while to investigate.

    Good luck,

    Alberich

  • birkes
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    5 years ago

    I rather suppose it is dependent upon the intensity of the epidermis problems. I've struggled with each however my epidermis problems had been way more critical and worrisome. In my opinion, it is plenty less complicated to buckle down and keep on with a weight reduction regime than need to pass to more than a few dermatologists and dish out on numerous medicinal drugs. At least that is been the case with me. However, I do agree that simply pimples is not the top of the arena. The scars can also be protected with make-up.

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