Itchy red bumps!!

[katbev]

I have the same problem. It is driving me crazy. I went to a new Dermatoligist about a month ago and she told me it was rosecea. I have tried everything that all the other Derms told me to try. So I have been taking oral antibiotics daily washing with a perscription face wash and putting Metro gel on twice a day. The first week I had even more but I figured that the meds were bringing it all to the surface. Well It still has not stopped so I called Friday and asked for help. I am going back to the Dr. this afternoon. Just for the record I am 47 my son is 24 I do not smoke I eat healthy and I have been trying to figure this out for at least 6 years. If anyone ever gets a clue please let me know and I will do the same. My bumps are on my face, neck, chest,and shoulders.

[Lady J]

Hi there,

I am in despair. Never had a problem with my skin throughout my teens, 20's nor early 30's but now that i'm heading way too close to the big 40 my facial skin is having major problems.

In the summer my skin is okay. In winter and especially recently my face on the left side resembles that of freddy kruger and its now spreading to my neck. All on the left side.

My washing powder is one of those friendly to the environment ones. I east real healthy food. the only thing is, I smoke. I've been smoking since i was 15. I know. Bad. Very bad. I probably smoke about 5 a day which isn't too much but i was thinking perhaps this may be the cause. Maybe stress, I'm not too stressed, maybe a little though. But why on one side and what can i do? Would a chinese herbalist be the answer? I tried one of those organic creams they make here in OZ and it made it worse, my sister reckons i have an allergy to nuts because the product has nuts in it. When i tried avocado it really freaked out.

Help please!

[mzsharp]

I've had the red itchy bumps for a little over two years. I got them about two months before i found out i was pregnant. So they're not from the pregnancy even though that is what my obgyn told me they were from! Plus i was also a smoker, and I did NOT smoke throughout my pregnancy and they never went away. After i had the baby (last year) my md gave me mild antibiotics (because i was breastfeeding) to treat the bumps, AND they DID go away for about three months. I haven't been back to see my MD. My recommendation is instead of finding solutions online, try to get in to see your MD! Maybe they'll have something that will work!

[franky85]

hi ladys an any guys that are reading !! well i have been looking an looking an looking for answers as i have the same blinking problem .
I have had this for about 4-5 years now an i have had it with these red lumps but only on my face , my face is scared from it an not feeling to good within my self as people look at your face , i have these red marks that slowly turn dark but never go away . Im not to sure if most of u will agree on this put hey no one has come up with anything yet an im just gonna say it cause no one els have yet ...........so here goes lol
I have been with my partner for 4 years an i never really thought about it , he works away in irag an i get to see him 3 montsh a year grr anyways this last 2 months when he came home i was under alot of stress thro personal reasons an these lumps just came out of no where all over my face , i still have some , they totally coverd my face most around my mouth tho ? an i was so upset i would leave the house ............ well i have tried everything an u have to understand befor u take this the wrong way ok an im not saying u have it !!!!
My partner rings me up 2 weeks ago an said he had these red itch lumps coming up on his head an was getting worried as someone might say something because of the nature of his job .........so he went to the docs after finding it has spread to his face , at first they was red itch lumps sooner turned in to scabs !!
Doctor said he didn no what it could be so took blood tests to send of to germany .......2 weeks later he came back with docs reports an told me (HE HAD HERPES BUT SIMPLEX 1 NOT 2 SO REMEMBER THAT !!!) if u r wondering what this has to do with me just hang on there ill tell u now !!
I did alot of looking up on herpes since then an i have to say i think i might just have it an going for blood tests , herpes simplex 1 is not gentital guys so dont be like omg lol anyway i rang my mum to ask her if she had any sort of bad case of cold sores as a young lady or child an she said yes .............herpes simplex one will run straight down to your child or u can get it from a being a child being kissed from a older person in family anyone really who has a cold sore or just getting passed on that why its so easy to catch it (look herpes simplex 1 up an see for your self ) , when i thought about it i just couldn say no to a blood test as it might just be that an stop all my probs .
I no most of u have them on your chest , arms an so on but where i kiss my partner on his head is where it started so it might just be i give it to him !!!! even tho i have been with him for 4 years i havn had them on face when he has been home only when im under alooooot of stress the come out which happened to be this time around .
I dont no if any of u will agree on it but i just wanted to share my story as maybe someone out there might take it on an just have a blood test just to see , im going at 4 an will let u all no as soon as the report is back !!! anyway peeps im off an be looking forward to some reply good or bad lol x x x

[phoenix291]

hey i am experiencing the same thing with the bumps...i had them first behind my knees and then on my arms and now on my face...when they go away they leave black spots i went to doctor and they gave me some cream which doesn't work...i also take bendryl to deal with the itching. the bumps are red and sometimes appear as welps when i scratch they seem to get larger. i also heard that if you have a viral infection it could cause this affect. i'm willing to try almost anything to make them go away. people are so insensitive when they stare in your face like they are crazy. having these bumps in my face really makes me uncomfortable and has my self esteem shot to . anyway anyone who can come up with something as to treating this please let everyone else in on it...because it seems like the doctors and dermatologist don't have a clue

[BeccaJ31]

I have battled these itchy bumps on my face since I was a little kid (I am 24 now). My mom always told me it was impetigo and I got it from my dog licking my face. It has been a good while since I have had a break out and I just got one a few days ago...from my baby. My son has started giving those big, wet, slobbery kisses and I'm pretty sure that's what caused it. His doctor had given me this big tub of Cetaphil moisturizing cream for a rash he had. I started using that and it has really helped. Every time it starts itching, I put that cream on it and it stops. Such a relief! I really don't know where you'd find it because my sons doctor is at a military clinic and I got it through that pharmacy, but it appears to be something you can buy over the counter. Good luck!

Okay... so I get these darned itchy bumps too, but not on my neck or face. I get them on my stomach, hips, and just above the knee. My skin gets so itchy it drives me crazy! This just started happening about a year ago. I have tried using different lotions and different bath soaps, but nothing helps. I have tried lotions with aloe, vitamins, oatmeal, and nothing. I don't smoke and I haven't done anything to cause this change. I can't figure out if it's stress or what.

Mine look like little bug bites, but I scoured the house for fleas and washed everything thoroughly in case of mites or something crazy (unlikely because I am a very clean person). And they seem to show up in strangely symmetrical areas. Like the same exact locations on each hip and each knee.

If I manage to not scratch them, then they just sit there like a small itchy bug bite. But if I itch it, then they get larger in diameter and raise up a little more, and then afterwards they leave dark spots but eventually go away.

So I am wondering, has anyone found any particular lotion or ointment that prevents and treats these things? I asked my dermatologist, but surprisingly he was no help. He gave me some ointment but it's greasy and doesn't work well for prevention. It just ends up getting rubbed off on my clothes.

[Joannie]

I too, suffer with the little itchy bumps on the face and neck, no where else on my body. I have suffered with these little itchy bumps for years. I have been to numerous doctors, dermatoligists, and allergists. The creams and pills do not work. I've done the food diary looking for an allergy, no luck! I've changed shampoos, bar and bath soaps, and even use organic, no perfumes or dies, and this don't work either.
They are small like a pimple and itch so bad, if I just brush my hand against an area that itches a new bump appears and they look like chicken pox.
I don't think this is impetego! Anyone else have idea's?

[mgglove]

I have the same bumps on my inner thighs and now they have spread to my back, arms, legs, and everywhere else!! I'm scared!! I went to the doctor and he told me that it was ingrown hairs or genital warts!! But that was a long time ago in 2007! Whatever they r I think I gave it to my ex boyfriend! He hardly ever wore a condom! Even after I told him what I thought I had! I want him to get tested, scared of him giving it to someone else!! But he won't talk to me anymore! I just told him to be careful!! Is it Genital Warts or something worse like Herpes?! I want to find out before I am intimate with anyone else!! I have no money for a doctor or no insurance! Please help!!

[caterpillar79]

There's no sure way to know unless you get checked. Look in your area for a charitable institution which advocates women's health. Most of the time, they offer financial support or discounts for tests for STD's and STI's.

[pliem0]

I have the same issue but it's mostly in my upper back area, i get itchy red bumps that swells up. I went to the doctor and told me that it's keloid. It is when your skin heals on top of the healed skin and it just keeps doing that over and over. I only have it on my upper back area and a few on my upper arms. There are no cure for it. You can get it removed but it comes back. Another thing you can do is steroid shots but it's like a plastic surgery type thing so it sucks and it's not covered on my insurance. I heard it also hurts a lot when you get the shot.