Diagnosed with pityriasis rosea, insure if healing normally or proper diagnosis, been five weeks started small bumps, got bigger into pinkish ovals?

Ask dermatologist: PR often persists 2 or even 3 months. There is no confirmatory biopsy, lab test, or culture, so we always keep in mind that we can be fooled. Parovirus B19 causes a similar rash in adults. If it lasts more than 3 months, if it is on your face or hands, a different diagnosis must be entertained. In the past it was routine to do a syphilis test but that diagnosis has become unusual except in gay men