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Rash below bottom lip

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rashonmouth · 27/03/2024 22:34

Hello, I have a sore rash on my lower lip. It is red and spreads down from my bottom lip. I used to have something similar around my nostrils. The doctor prescribed me fusidic acid cream which cleared it up but then it came back on my bottom lip. I went back to the doctor and got another prescription for the same cream. The cream gets rid of it for a few days/weeks/months before it comes back.

Does anyone know what this rash could be or what could be causing it?

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Towerofsong · 27/03/2024 22:41

Could it be this?

www.healthline.com/health/perioral-dermatitis#treatment

images.app.goo.gl/bhcZGti7jvBTRNcR6

If so, then pimecrolimus cream should help and you may need a course of antibiotics - it's a very long course though.

Alwaystired23 · 27/03/2024 22:44

Does it itch? I've had a similar problem for the last 9 weeks. I saw a pharmacist on the weekend who said go to the GP. I just haven't had time so far. My top lip is the same. But the itching is horrendous.

Alwaystired23 · 27/03/2024 22:45

I actually had a rash by nostrils, too. I needed antibiotics in the end.

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Loubelle70 · 27/03/2024 22:47

It could be candida. Youll need antifungals xx

rashonmouth · 28/03/2024 07:11

Alwaystired23 · 27/03/2024 22:44

Does it itch? I've had a similar problem for the last 9 weeks. I saw a pharmacist on the weekend who said go to the GP. I just haven't had time so far. My top lip is the same. But the itching is horrendous.

It is more sore than itchy.

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rashonmouth · 28/03/2024 07:12

Loubelle70 · 27/03/2024 22:47

It could be candida. Youll need antifungals xx

I had a look at that and it looks similar to what I have got

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PrimalLass · 28/03/2024 07:13

I get a yeasty rash on my face if I drink Prosecco (which I avoid now). I've forced in the past by taking a flucanazole tablet.

PrimalLass · 28/03/2024 07:22

*fixed

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