These can form right on top of a rash and may burst or leak fluid and form crusts. Avoiding the allergen is the first step to ending the outbreak. You can use over-the-counter hydrocortisone cream, ...

Defoe then came up with the solution of using Calamine Lotion. It’s typically used to dry out oozing skin from irritation and mild skin conditions. Defoe discovered the Calamine Lotion’s ...

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Perform a patch test on the inside of your wrist or elbow before applying a topical treatment directly to the rash. Rashes can be maddeningly itchy, no matter what the cause. Doctors are likely to ...

What you might not realize, though, is that the virus that causes chickenpox—the varicella-zoster virus—still affects an estimated one million Americans each year by causing a different disease. It ...

A circular rash isn't always ringworm. While the bullseye circle rash is typical of ringworm, a fungal infection, the cause also can be an allergic reaction, skin disorder, or other type of skin ...

Lyme disease often causes a rash that can be distinctive and resemble a bull’s eye. The rash can also change over time as the bacteria spread. Lyme disease can result from the bite of a black ...

The painful genital rash, known medically as trichophyton mentagrophytes genotype VII (TMVII), also known as the ‘Thailand fungus’, is a rare type of ringworm that was first spotted in ...

We would have people coming into us because they saw a video on TikTok that if they put shampoo on their face it would clear their acne, but they break out in a big rash Dr Grimes said the problem ...