Seems to be fungal.
I have NO idea how thru out the 9 months I’ve been dealing with this that it didn’t occur to me it’s fungal. I live in Florida and started breaking out a lil after I moved right onto a river where the humidity is even worse in a place where there’s basically no AC. I srsly went thru so many possibilities before it occurred to me 3 days ago…this could be yeast-related. Picked up a sepia wash and terbinafine topical. Everything has seemed to break me out even more since this has happened with the exception of aloe Vera. I even thought I was getting hives from hot water for a min bc it made everything so much worse. So far the ointment/cream has seemed to help although only on day 3 and strictly using the sepia wash. Ordered a Selenium Disulphide shampoo that I’ll be using as a body wash and tryna get 2% ketonazole shampoo since my scalp was one of the first things infected. It’s spread so much I’m at loss of what to even do for like my back. I scratched so much pretty sure it became infected at a point. Aloe Vera cleared it up but it’s back with vengeance whole upper and middle back. Mixed in with huge purple scars because of the scratching.o was getting so many blisters on my face I was about to swear I had celiac disease. 4 days go it spread onto my stomach. Chest broke back out face is braking back out. I was using a steroid cream. It would clear things up for a max of maybe two days. But because of the steroid cream, I think I’m way better than I would be because it was srsly bad. I’m just wondering is it gonna go back to how it was pre steroid? I already see places coming back in the same exact places I thought I had gotten rid of them. I’m just wondering how bad this is gonna get before it gets better. The pics I’m posting aren’t my worst days and all post-steroid use so it’s been a lot worse. I’m guessing it’s malassezia folliculitis since it seems to be right where hair follicles are and in like almost lines. Have a few really bad places like blisters that turned into lumps that combined together into a single lump where I have a couple black hairs I pluck on my jawline. Which a few months ago I thought maybe I for some reason was getting all these ingrown hairs randomly because of the placement. Also all across hair line. Lit everywhere by now. Is this even treatable with topical anti fungal? Would it maybe be better to go in And get an oral med? I have been to the dermatologist but she did what I thought and kept me there like two seconds hardly looked and sent me off with a steroid for chronic hives, eczema, and some acne mixed in. I kept telling her but I have itchy blisters on my face that’s not eczema. But she didn’t care or didn’t listen so wondering if I should go back w an apt to straight up get a test for a fungal infection nd get the oral med since this is now EVERYWHERE. It feels overwhelming and just want it to stop. It’s been nearly nine months of HELL. I hate even going in public bc I feel disfigured and hideous. Going outside in heat (n remember I live in fl so that’s almost every day) is uncomfortable, burns, and makes it even worse. Out of the heat I’m so itchy and tryna not scratch. Already sure there’s gonna be scarring on face it got so damn inflamed. Anything I can do in the meantime time? Gonna keep doing what I am with the addition of the 2 shampoos I mentioned a possibly go oral route bc idk how to get control of this and now is super spreading on my stomach. Pure hate.