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Thank you for taking the time to read this. It's an issue that I suffer from and I have been thinking about it a lot over the years.
I am Middle Eastern-Arab, born and raised in Iraq. When I was a child my skin color was extremely fair and light, but I notice with me growing up my skin color changes becoming more dark. I am 26 years now and I kind of feeling very uncomfortable and less confident about this change. I just like the old me and I have no idea why this happened...
I understand the fact that I live in a very hot environment with very shiny sun during the long summer we have here, but why didn't this change my skin color when I was a child or a teenager playing all the time under the sun? Especially now I barely go out under the flaming sun as I work in doors and when I get back from work it would be about sunset.
This change of color did not happen all at once, but very slowly with me growing up. But I could notice the change over the years and also people always comment that I am more tanned now than fair the way I used to be.
Sorry for the long writing, I just tried to put as much info as possible, so you might be able to help me out figure out whether this is normal or not? Also whether or not there is a way to restore my normal skin color?
Thank you so much.
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at first it is really small then i pop it then water comes out then I let it dry and it scarred when I peeled there was a moist then it got bigger and bigger as I repeat the peel and dry process and now it is big as a cent. I have tried creams then I even burnt it. still didnt became a normal wound. I didnt visit a dermatologist yet but I really wanna what this is. Im pretty sure its not a wart. it doesnt hurt thoughView Thread
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I am 20 years old and am curious if you could help me! I fell pretty badly while I was running in early December and unfortunately my face was hurt the most. I scraped my forehead, the bridge of my nose, the ball of my nose, and right above my top lip (the bridge of my nose was the deepest wound). I treated my wounds with neosporin and kept them clean. I visited my dermatologist in early January (as soon as I could) and he prescribed me with Mupirocin which I applied daily. Once the wounds closed I stopped using the Mupirocin, but applied sunscreen SPF 70 to my whole face daily and wore a hat to stay out of direct sunlight as my dermatologist told me the sun could speed up scarring. I continue to wear suncreen daily, a hat when I am in direct sunlight for an extended period of time (I don't wear a hat every day anymore), and I am using a cream at night called Mother of Pearl (Concha Nacar) which is a skin lightening cream. I am prescribed to Doxycycline which I take one daily, I wash my face with a mild face wash, and use a light moisturizer after each time I was my face. I try not to wear makeup on my pink skin too much because I'm not sure if it is bad for the healing process. My wounds closed up around late January and now are currently still pink. I recognize this is new skin but I am not sure why the skin is still pink and maybe inflamed. I am feeling helpless as my wounds aren't changing from this pink state. What do you recommend that I do? Am I doing anything wrong? I can send pictures so you can see.
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Adrien P.View Thread
As a side note, I've also been experiencing horrible problems with my eyes watering, burning, turning swollen and red, painful, with sensitivity to light and gook that looks like conjunctivitis (but isn't). Not sure if the two things are related or not?
Anything you could recommend would be greatly appreciated.View Thread
No redness or bumps or anything. What is that from?View Thread
it seems like hair follicles but they either are empty or the hairs have broken off under the skin
they are 1 mm wide, and 3 mm deep
are their any parasites or fungal infections that would cause this to happen?View Thread
My 85 yo grandmother was told she needed a lesion removed from her lower leg. They took her off her Coumadin medication for 5 days prior to performing the excision. A week later, she suffered a stroke. She is in the hospital now and the doctor has told us he believes removing her from the Coumadin caused this event. I am so incredibly irate and upset that this dermatologist felt the urgency to do this procedure. Thoughts?View Thread
My 85 yo grandmother was told she needed a lesion removed from her lower leg. They took her off her Coumadin medication for 5 days prior to performing the excision. A week later, she suffered a stroke. She is in the hospital now and the doctor has told us he believes removing her from the Coumadin caused this event. I am so incredibly irate and upset that this dermatologist felt the urgency to do this procedure. Thoughts?View Thread
I had this same condition about 3 years ago, during another period of extremely high stress, also during the winter.
Is this Psoriasis? It's the only condition that seems to come up when I search online, but my condition doesn't look like any of the photos that I've seen.View Thread
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