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I have a red area on my left side of my face and a small red area below on my neck. no itching or pain. been there for awhile . what is it?

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Dr. Ismael Diaz answered

Possible infection: could be Tinea barbae, a scraping by dermatologist can confirm this

Dr Ali agreed

Answered 4/29/2015

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