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A 26-year-old female asked:

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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Im white male derm told me I have acne keloidalis nuchse he didnt even look at my head just went off description. I have folliculitis like bumps all over head but they dont scar over just painful or itchy pimple like bumps? Any advice help clear?

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A 20-year-old female asked:

Small hard red bump on inner side of my lower leg for close to two years. No pain or itching. It's about the same size as pimple or ingrown hair.

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I have a small hard pimple looking bump on the lower part of my outer vagina lip. I shaved and thought it was an ingrown hair. Hard and painless?

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A 19-year-old female asked:

Painful red bump on buttock area. Now open and drained some liquid which reduced swelling. Could this be an ingrown hair or a pimple?

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