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I cut my ankles shaving right before swim finished and track started its been a month and are now purplish surrounded in white, earlier they hurt. infected?

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Skin: may be irritated or possibly infected locally, have it looked at and see if you need antibiotics soon as you can.

Answered 3/3/2015

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