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[Believer]

I have a UV-B lamp I used on my back. My skin is very melanin deficient, you can see my blood vessels everywhere. I got a nasty sunburn from the UV-B lamp that hurt for days and my skin was very red. After the sunburn went away I had red itchy spots on my back. Now more than 6 months later I still have those red, itchy bumps.

 

If not skin cancer, what kind of skin "blisters" could remain for 6 months or more?

 

No I can't go to my doctor, I already tried and they don't care.

[Danail Bulgaria]

Jump over the GP and go directly to skin doctor.

 

If it is really on the way, that you describe it - red, itchy bumps, that do not heal for months, then you need a biopsy or a cytological smear.

 

It may may be some actinic dermatitis.

 

 

[greenwich]

You know, I spend 6 months agonizing over a mole-sized, irregular, raised, pink bump on my arm before I made an appointment with a dermatologist. It took me 3 months to get in. So after worrying for 9 months, he looks at it and says immediately, it's nothing. Then all the raised, flaking, itching red lesions pretty much all over my body, he just calls eczema. I go, whhaaatt?? It's not a systemic, out-of-control bacterial skin infection with necrosis?!? Are you sure?!?!? He laughs and says sorry, no. Spend less time on the internet. Hands me a tube of hydrocortizone 1%. Of course then he diagnoses my scalp as psoriasis. But I had already guessed that. Not life threatening, just annoying. New shampoo.

 

My point is -- the reason why you see a dermatologist is that the patient always assumes the worst. Don't diagnose yourself. It'll just drive you nuts. Find an expert specialist doctor to look at it in person. Probably nothing to worry about.

Edited by greenwich, 08 December 2017 - 05:22 PM.