Boots nor Superdrug couldn't diagnose this, maybe one of you can?

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I've got this rash that doesn't go away even after finishing the treatment. (It comes and goes). It spread to my face at times and right now I can feel how half my face is getting dry and my eye is throbbing. Have called 111 hoping I'll get seen but not hopeful.

More of my poor eye

It could well be a form of urticaria.

What treatment did you have for it?

When you say it comes and goes, is it always the same places and is it making you itch?

I have chronic urticaria and if I don't take my antihistamines daily, my skin flares up like this (so it's never actually 'gone away')

I've been given hydrocortisone (haven't used it on my face) but used on my neck. On my face I've used Dermol. It's always the same places, but I would say it itches. I can feel the dryness but I don't have the need to scratch it. I've taken antihistamines for three days and no change.

What antihistamines have you taken? I find Piriton liquid better than one a day sort and Antisan cream is good.

Looks and sounds like shingles

A fungal infection?

Cetirizine this time. Although I normally take loratadine

I've thought about it, but it doesn't "spread" it's always the same places (neck, ears, eyes).

Allergy to shampoo or something, try using different shampoo conditioner
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I think time for a GP trip OP.

This.

My dc came out in an awful facial scabby rash when using the same shampoo and face wash for about a year. Switched to Simple products and the rash noticeably reduced in 48 hours, and totally cleared up within about 10 days.

It looks like hives. I'd be keeping a diary of everything that goes on or into your body and looking for correlations. Immediate thought is shampoo/conditioners but could be anything really.

I think it might be an ingredient in your nail polish or in the glue that they’re stuck on with. Take your nail colour off and see if it goes away. If it does you may have sensitised yourself to a chemical that I believe is also used in artificial hips etc - if you ever need such surgery might be worth mentioning

Looks like eczema to me, do you usually have it? It can develop at any point in life.

I've already been there and was told it was just "dry skin". I did change shampoos about two months ago, so it could be that. I'll try a different one and see if there's any difference.

you need to see a GP. Since the otc treatments have failed, the GP is also likely to fail in treating. You need to get the process started though so you can eventually make your way to dermatology.

in the meantime, change your shampoo and conditioner to the most hypoallergenic one you can find. The most common allergies are fragrance and Sls. It might not be allergies, but it won’t hurt to give that a try as a solution.

Even if you have been using the same products for years, you can suddenly become allergic to them. Adult onset allergies happen most often to women in their 30s and 40s.

I had a rash like this on my neck and eyelids and it was a shampoo allergy.

Shingles follows the nerve endings

I didn't have any when it flared up again. So I don't think it could be that (albeit still possible).

I've never been diagnosed with eczema. Many many years ago I had pityriasis rosea but doesn't look like it.

I've already been seen by a GP, they thought there was no need for a referral (had one diagnosis first and a different one the second time). None of my treatments are OTC.

I'm already on the waiting list for a different condition (bleeding nipple) but I'm hoping I can be seen for this instead.

Allergy to nail polish. It's located exactly where you touch your face, the back of your neck to do your hair, to touch your neck because your face is itching.

How often does it flare up? It looks and sounds v similar to something I suffered with which turned out to be paracetamol allergy. It took years to realise the connection so just throwing it out there in case it sparks any ideas...

It started around 3 months ago on the back of my right ear. It has spread to my neck, face, and other ear since then. It probably eases off for like 10 days and flares up again.

I get a dry sore itchy patch that comes up behind my ear..nothing but eumovate cream shifts it. It does come back occasionally.

Mine was in v similar locations, but would flare up 24 hrs after taking paracetamol, than gradually subside until the next time I took it. Just thought I'd mention it in case there was a connection with something you've been taking recently.