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What started out looking like ingrown hairs or folliculitis, has turned into scabbed over/ small pimple sized some open bumps. my chest my arms hand.

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Staff infection?: Antibiotics can cure. See doc for further evaluation and treatment.

Answered 4/16/2017

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