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Those little white plugs and the painful nodules that multiply
Location: Central California
Age: 45
Health in General: Good
Diagnosed Illness: 10+yrs Fibro, Hypersommina/Chronic Fatigue (sleep mean 1.4), Chemical sensitivity, Noise Sensitivity, Allergies to molds, GERD ,Tachycardia, Double jointed through out (means I have shallow joint sockets), Lactose intolerant, IBS
Skin Health:
Youth - tight pores little to no blemishes, very fair completion, no scaring, average sun exposure
Late Teens Early Twenties - mild facial acne, sever back acne.
Late Twenties through Early Thirties - Oily hair that required daily washing, Oily scalp, oily completion, pours slightly visible, light to moderate acne on face with moderate back acne constantly.
Sought Medical Intervention from Dermatologist at age 30 and was prescribed Acutaine
Outcome: EXCELLENT!
Fast Forward 10 years to current:
Strange facial smell. Aprox. 6 open lesions, all on right side of face. Scalp sores, and athletics foot (sever) most of my nails have fallen off.
This began about 3 years ago with an under the skin eruption of what I thought was a pimple. After about 4 to 6 months of attempting to extract all of the congestion, I seen improvement. New nodules began to appear. I developed one on my rt, cheek, 3 on my chin, one on my frontal jaw line, 2 on my forehead and 2on my nose.
These were usually not painful but would become extremely festered to what appeared to be a white head. Not able to resist the temptation to squeeze, I would attempt to pop these things. Never once did any of these things pop, in fact they only multiplied and got larger.
About October of 2013, I started noticing a build up on my scalp. When I scrubbed my hair with shampoo it would hurt in a few spots. The spots felt like gaping holes and they would ooze. These were extremely painful and interrupted my daily living. While attending to my nightly routines of washing my face I discovered I very large lump on the lower right side of my skull. It was projecting up from my scalp and was about the size of my thumb. The next morning I called my FD and made a appt. to have her exam. She looked at my scalp and concluded that it was a fungus. And the knot on my scalp was a swollen lymph. Nothing was prescribed and I was told to go purchase Selcin Blue and that should cure me right up. After one week of use my condition had only gotten worse. I went to the pharmacy to see if there was any other product I could buy since it seemed that the blue stuff wasn't.
I was at a loss with all the products so I made my way to the Pharmacist on duty and explained my condition to him. He was very helpful in assisting me to a better product but he also advised me to contact my doctor for a script as the condition I was diagnosed with would not be cured with OTC shampoos. He explained to me that I needed a prescribed shampoo along with an oral anti fungus. I call the office and left this info with my nurse. I must say that I was more then surprised when the return call from my doc. Was to tell me to continue with the shampoo for another 10 day and nothing else was suggested. BUT THIS WASNT WORKING AND MY CONDITION WAS GETTING WORSE.
Frustrated by this and in great pain from these open sores I went to our local urgent care. There I was seen by a doc who examined my scalp and said it was a staff infection. She prescribed a round of antibiotics and I was on my way.
The scalp sores did heal but the growths on my face excelled. One of those that is on my chin took on a different look. I started looking like a wart. i left it alone until the moment I thought I seen a white looking sorta wormish thing poking out of it. It was one of those things that many here have described. It was a plug and there were many more to follow.
I worked that thing down over many weeks until I got every one of those things out but it wasn't until I began to use some Athletes foot cream on it until I noticed to start to die off.
Its been about 3 months and just last week that wart thing is coming back. I also still get scalp sores monthly and as of last week I now have a growth under my right eyebrow that bubbles and oozes with crud. I just want this to go away once and for all!
I will be seeing a derm. This thursday, but I do wish I could find a magic natural remedy to cure what ever this is that has plagued me.
Did you ever find out what these were because I get the same I have no idea I'm going to the dermatologist in the next week make an appointment so hopefully I'll find out mine get very painful and liquid moves up under the skin I've gotten bad headache and sinus problems with these as well because they tend to be in my forehead.
Hello my friend how you doing ? I'm new to this site although I'm not new to the problem I've been traumatised by this for about 18 months but the only person who know and believes me is me . It all started by me going to have a shave and as I started to shave I felt a moving feeling on my chin / face so I looked closer and I noticed what looked like tiny white worms all over or under the skin so I kinda panicked and instantly tried shaving but digging into the skin to try digging it out but this did nothing so I went to my doctor and he said he couldn't see anything but have me cream for scabies . So I applied the cream as instructed and the next morning it felt like the itching had gone but it was back and back with revenge in no time it was unreal so I kept going back and forth to the docs and he needed proof like a video or the actual thing but whatever this was / is is way to fast and could turn transparent in no time it's like it just sink into my skin leaving nothing but a shiny warm look/ feeling . Ever since then it's got so bad that it's now on my face scalp ears nose eyes mouth body back legs feet and even inside my stomach and no1 at all believes me they all say it's in my head but I know IT'S NOT . I am constantly tired I'm exhausted agitated angry itchy I feel dirty all the time and i don't know where to turn next it's affected me so bad I've even had thoughts of suicide cos I can't take it no more and no1 will help me they just think I'm crazy but I'm most definitely not . I don't know who to turn to now I just feel so helpless but don't want to lose the battle to this thing . I now have all like white tracks all over my face and chest and legs I have lots of what looks like a cyst or spot whity thick fatty skin but nothing comes out other than either a clear fluid which makes my skin go hard wherever it touches I got some reason always got glitter over me along with a lot of other bits of debris but when I try picking it off my fingers go hot and I feel something sink in and then move under my skin . I've stopped driving so much cos it affects my eyesight my hairs all over are thicker and a lot longer and it also goes got when I touch the thick hairs I've tried everything possible but it makes it worse . I won't even let my 4 year old daughter near me and she's affected as to why I stop her to close to me and this whole thing is ruining my life . Please help if you can cos I'm so lost
HS =Hidradenitis Suppurativa (hi-drad-uh-NIE-tis sup-yoo-ruh-TIE-vuh)
Hello my friends, and fellow sufferers. I too have been at wits end, lost faith in doctors and lost almost all hope I would find any answers. I am a 43 year old male, I never had much of any skin issues most my life as far as acne. I do have moles and such though. But cant even recall when my problems started. I just want everyone to check out this name and keep an open mind to the symptoms and research it a bit because its a very common unknown problem that even dermotologists dont diagnose right. HS=Hidradenitis suppurativa (hi-drad-uh-NIE-tis sup-yoo-ruh-TIE-vuh)
THESE ARE N O T P A R A S I T E S !!!!!!!!!!!!
After many years and many doctors visits I was diagnosed with MOLLUSCUM CONTAGIOSUM and a FUNGAL INFECTION. Those hard deep grain like, seed like cores are the molluscum virus. Do not pick, this makes them worse. The will go away if you treat these pimple like things with grain like centre that are deep into your pores as molluscum contagiosum. Then I took medication for fungal infection as well as using topical creams.
I know these pimple things with the hard centre don't go away unless you dig that hard centre out but please don't they will go away if you treat for molluscum.
PS... apple cider vinegar in a spray bottle, diluted either 2:1 or how you like it, and spray on after shower really helped.
Good luck BUT PLEASE DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE PARASITES! YOU WILLL END UP ON THIS DEMENTED CRAZY TRAIN IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE PARASITES. OF COURSE THIS IS UNLESS DIAGNOSED BY YOUR DOCTOR AS HAVING PARASITES.
Molluscum contagiousum is a pox viral infection...it is not fungal.
Thank You. Appreciate your feedback.. What did you use if anything to help?
Hi Orb,
I am a 52 year-old female diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in my late 20s. I am also chronically-immunosuppressed.
I have finally discovered the cause of my decade+ suffering with hard, white, stretchy, painful, "bleeding" lesions/sores in my skin. It has caused me much illness, and cost me financially, emotionally, and physically.
In my case, it is a bacteria called "Serratia Marcescens."
If you have the same, the right doctor, and the right course of antibiotics to eradicate, is all that you need.
It has been years since you posted; hope you are better. I'm hoping that posting quickly, without going into details of just how much this bacteria impacted my life (at times, I couldn't walk, and at other times, thought I was dying) might help others to get the medical treatment needed asap.
It was the pink film that covered the fixtures and walls of my newly-renovated apartment rental that led me to a decade of pain and suffering. That pink film was a biofilm of serratia bacteria that I cleaned up myself, after being told by building management that it was a mold. They even gave me a printed handout with instructions on using bleach until no more "pink" could be seen. I was told that the same had happened in other renovated apartments in the high rise building. So, I cleaned for days, and became deathly ill in the process with what I thought was food poisoning. I had never been that sick in my whole life. I continued to shower and bathe for about 4 years under a showerhead and taps that were still contaminated, but I was completely unaware of the further harm I was literally bringing upon myself.
By this time, it had spread to my back, buttocks, arms, neck, and face. I researched and tried to treat topically...didn't work. I complained to doctors, dermatologists, at walk-in clinics, emerg rooms, but all to no avail. No one knew what it was. If I became sick with bronchitis, or other infections, a doctor would prescribe antibiotics - and the lesions might start to heal. Now I know that's because serratia is susceptible to some of those prescribed antibiotics. But the course of treatment was not in the dose, or duration, needed to eradicate it.
After moving from that apartment, my skin cleared for the most part, except for my face and neck. But my physical, and emotional, health deteriorated - allergies worsened, joint pain extreme, at times, chronic bouts of bronchitis, chronic UTIs, tachycardia, hypertension, many other "odd" infections, etc. I lost time from work, and more importantly, with loved ones. Spent many days in bed with general all-over malaise. My skin was scarred, and make up really didn't cover it. In fact, make up made it worse, though I was too embarrassed to leave the house without trying to cover it. It was noticeable and made me hide. I never stayed overnights with anyone, and hid whenever someone showed up unexpectedly...even around family.
Colonies would flare up, and go into remission, and flare up again. A few colonies remained for months, or years. They'd flare periodically, and then lie dormant again. The longest was 4 years+ on the left cheek of my face, that included a noticeable line through it that resembled the tail of some kind of worm. Then, there was the crawling sensation.under my skin.
And the bleeding as I forcibly extracted with tweezers??? (I think this is just the colour of the bacteria and the fluid that surrounds it.)
And no, unlike some doctors have said to me,.....you are not imagining that something is crawling under your skin...there is something actually crawling, and growing, and multiplying, and spreading, under your skin. You are not picking because you have a nervous condition, and picking brings emotional relief. You're picking because they are itchy, painful, and removing each hard rod of serratia bacteria brings physical relief and speeds healing.
I hope this information helps some who may be suffering as I did. Though I will never be as I would have been had I not come into contact with this bacteria in such high concentration. Especially considering my already compromised immune-system prior to contact. With proper treatment, comes healing. With healing, comes freedom.
All the best to everyone who may benefit from my terrible experience.
- L. from Ontario, Canada
Hi pthesmith. I bought the three things I was reading everything that you said when I started just flipping out! Because my Pomeranian was born with Demodex and 10 years ago the veterinarian said people could not catch it. I don't even know how I ended up on this site I had first checked out what this weird acne was for these white things coming out of my face I've never really had acne when I read your comment. I had the new stock here at home so I put it on my arm and within a few minutes I could feel things just moving around on my skin and it was awful. I have just got home from the feed store and just started a new job I'm going to spray the Permethrin sfr 38.6% through the house the dogs have the new stock on them they're like seven and eight pound Pomeranians can they use anything besides the new stock? And I don't know how I can keep the new stock on me for six days I can put it on me through the weekend this is so hard to even fathom that this is real! How the heck do I know if I've got them in my hair on my head I'm single lol? And this ivermectin paste, do I just rub it all over me? GRO-DOUGH!!
Okay whoops just read the directions you take it internally
I have been a reader of this site for a year and a half. I have the same white plug issue. I tried most of the remedies others have mentioned. I have been to Drs and dermatologist s. Have been told by both that they are not parasites. I tried the medications they gave me. Still no results only the steroids cream heals the sore but not what lies beneath. Tea tree oil has been working for me at full strength. But not as fast as I want it too. I googled more and found out of oregeno to try. Today is Saturday. I started using it on Thursday. The white things are coming out! I soak in a bleach bath. Pick out the ones that itch. After my bath I shower and clean the tub. On my open sores I rub the oil at full strength for me
As I rubbed it in my sores the plugs/look like mites came right out! The oil does sting! It hurts! But the what ever it is we have starts to give up and come out! Mine like others seem to grow under the scab around the outside of sore. Use under ur own awareness. But so far it is working! I will keep u updated. I have pics of mine
The oil I am using is oil of oregano. I got it at a healthy food grocery store. Use at your own risk. But so far is working.
Aleishabry, how did your treatment go 2 years ago. Any Improvements? How are the dogs?
Hi, I'm so sorry this plagues you. It does me too. The best thing I can tell you, idk if it will work for you but it gives me some relief. Ivermectin, demodex solutions dot com, don't use the shampoo because it just runs down onto your body too. Tea tree everything and I have some periods of time that are tolerable.
Antiperspirant is your best friend. Put it directly on the sore or blemish... I personally use it almost like a makeup primer. I like dove and the more aluminum, the better. Trust me ;) good luck guys
I think PSmitb may be right. I just found out am infected with Demonex. Dermatologist missed it for two years now hopefully on the right treatment.
Here is a link to some of my photos.
I’m now on Ivermectin pulls and cream.
I’m using everything tea tree oil, salicylic acid cleansers.
It’s been horrible. They will not pick out. Especially when the adult tail sticking out. It feels like glass or splinters.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jo3puXhnTu2w8a339
Responding to Author: ibCamille
|Title: I think PSmitb may be right.
I have looked at my your Google Pics and it appears the appearance are hands down the same as what I have including the rings around the open circles. I have been on Ivermectin 2 times now. I will have to say the neurologic side effects with Ivermectin are brutal which include now traveling hives about my whole body. My openings in my skin, for the most part have completely healed except for 5 spots. The doctor is suggesting I go on it one more time but I am beat from the side effects. Are you having side effects; traveling round hives that are warm, slightly painful, numbness tingling intermittently of hands and feets and/or intermittent vertigo? I hope you are getting better!
Ibecoluc23, I have had this for 10 years. Your take on this was interesting. If I present this to my dermatologist do they have to order something "special" to diagnose this. Hoping you are better!