To not want to go back to the doctor for this?

[willingandableto]

A couple of weeks ago I came out in what looked like a patch of eczema. I went to the doctor, got a steroid cream and was told to discontinue use 24 hours after it cleared up, and to go back in two weeks if it hadn’t.

It went, I stopped using the cream, all was well.

It’s now back, with what also looks like a heat rash and the skin on my arm is really sore to touch. All over my arm is painful, even my t-shirt brushing against it is sore. I also came out in a couple of patches on the back of my leg, but they cleared up quickly with the cream.

I just really can’t be bothered with the doctor. They’ll either prescribe a new cream or stick me on a waiting list to see dermatology which will take a year. I’ve tried google and AI and nothing seems to know what’s going on with my skin. AIBU to just want to heal it naturally?! I don’t want to waste more time with the doctor!

I use the dove cream bar because I thought it was meant to be gentle with my skin 😩

OP's username certainly doesn't check out!

I can’t manage dove either. I use faith in nature fragrance free, their shampoo conditioner body wash and bar soap and have had no eczema flares since. It not too bad a price obviously more expensive than supermarket stuff but I think it’s around £3 on Amazon at the moment. I got it in patches not all over so the crooks of my elbows were bad and my eye lids!

Yes that looks like it will definitely just go away on its own, don’t worry you’ll be fine

Im a stranger on the internet with no medical expertise, I know these things. Im definitely right.

I'd put money on this being shingles from the way you're describing the way it feels - I had the same rash a few months ago, i had been itching it for a few days before this pic. The pharmacist can prescribe anti-virals for shingles so you don't need a GP appointment.

Now you have got that spot which you can see in your picture I wonder if it is shingles?

I still say shingles.

*Waits for OP to say (again, with no basis) that it's definitely not shingles.

@willingandableto I'm not able to use Dove products as they bring me out in a rash.

It’s not. I’ve had it going on nearly five and a half weeks now, it’s obviously eczema or something.

I don’t think so. That’s on the inside of my thigh, I think that’s just a spot. I get them sometimes.

If one more person says shingles I will scream. I’m 27, entirely well within myself and healthy. It’s not shingles!

Could be impetigo - you might need antibiotics

Or you could try some daktarin hydrocortisone cream from the pharmacy (they sell it for sweat rash/jock itch) which is a kind of fungal/yeast overgrowth, if you really don’t want to see the doctor

I’m on the phone to them now but I doubt they’ll be able to help. The only appointment it would let me book online was this afternoon which just isn’t doable.

Ended up having to submit a form as there’s no appointments available now apparently. They’re a joke of a surgery

It looks like a form of prickly heat, There's 3 types, miliaria crystallins, miliaria rubra and miliaria profunda, I have it occasionally but haven't for a long time, I took an antihistamine every day, after a cool shower, patted skin dry and applied aloe Vera, kept in fridge.my sweat ducts were blocked, Speak to a pharmacist if you can't see a doctor

Did you get a diagnosis OP?

Appointment is tomorrow. Fucking annoying, I rang them to ask about changing it and they “cant”

It’s eczema. She said it’s definitely not shingles, because it’s limited to two parts of my body. She thinks that the soreness is apparently a very rare side effect of wegovy, but it is documented as a side effect. I’ve been prescribed a steroid cream to use on any patches that come up.

good to know
op @willingandableto