I desperately need help and I don't know where else to go.

In a lot of discomfort today to the point of sheer anger and even losing my sanity almost. I rubbed raw onion on my face and it soothed the pain and the inflammatory bumps thank Allah, but it still remains...

I'm going to show some pictures first is prior to the biopsy and the second is today when I was in a lot of discomfort and the third is after I rubbed raw onion all over my face.

Like a brother said earlier I look like 2 different people the way the symmetry of my face changes its something that is beggars belief.

Still awaiting results for the biopsy I will call them today.

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Bro I am going through a very similar experience. Only it is not on my face, but under the armpits. They are constantly itching and hurt very bad. When I use cream, it stings A LOT.

Assalamu alaikum,

Sounds like a fungal infection. Could very well be a yeast infection..try using anti fungal cream made to fight candida.

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Also fight the urge to keep scratching. It can spread the infection.

The physical and emotional pain that I am dealing with each minute passing is unbearable, to the point that I am angry at Allah, where I am questioning his mercy. There is no reassurance from anyone and I don't need moral support but this is all too much for me to handle. Going into the third week now and still awaiting biopsy results.

format_quote Originally Posted by Detroit_pistons

The physical and emotional pain that I am dealing with each minute passing is unbearable, to the point that I am angry at Allah, where I am questioning his mercy. There is no reassurance from anyone and I don't need moral support but this is all too much for me to handle. Going into the third week now and still awaiting biopsy

I'm sorry to hear that you are still in pain. What happened with the biopsy?

You probably feel very self-conscious about your appearance and not knowing what's happening, and I believe this is probably more important to you than the actual physical pain, so I just want to let you know that it doesn't really look as bad as it seems. As for not knowing, you will find out soon inshallah. Just be patient bro. You should have done the biopsy much sooner, but I understand that sometimes we don't know the severity of a medical issue until it does not go away. In any case, you have to be stronger than this

I don't know what to do... I want to kill myself, it's as I feared the biopsy haven't given conclusive results they've told me to come in on the 12th December.

I will make a private appointment tomorrow with a dermatologist his name is Mohsin Ali.
I admittedly have chosen him because he's a Muslim.

I wake up and look in the mirror and I don't recognize myself. Who is staring back at me. The bumps, the symmetry of my face. The discomfort. I am now so tired emotionally and physically I just want to die.
The many faces none which I recognize.

Huge bump in this picture don't know if you can see it.

Here I am a couple of months ago:

Last night:

And today waking up:

Where is the logic? Not a single person has these symptoms.
I feel something below my skin, something trapped, no antibiotic works, no home remedy works, no topical cream works.

How do I get to the bottom of this? Am I cursed to live my life like this?
Surely death is better.

Assalamu Alaikum

Bro..I'm wondering if this is lupus. Has that been checked for at all or even mentioned to you??

Are you sure that you have NO other issues other than this rash? Do you have joint pains? fatigue? random fevers? etc.

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Assalamu Alaikum

Bro..I'm wondering if this is lupus. Has that been checked for at all or even mentioned to you??

Are you sure that you have NO other issues other than this rash? Do you have joint pains? fatigue? random fevers? etc.

Lupus hasn't been brought to my attention and I don't think it's that having checked Google images, no joint pain or any other problems regarding health.

I feel something is trapped below the surface on both cheeks but it is really deep and it won't come to the surface.
Sebaceous cyst, abscess trapped liquid?
Maybe a cortisone injection in there could help, I will ask the doctor on Saturday when I go and see him.

format_quote Originally Posted by Detroit_pistons

Lupus hasn't been brought to my attention and I don't think it's that having checked Google images, no joint pain or any other problems regarding health.

I feel something is trapped below the surface on both cheeks but it is really deep and it won't come to the surface.
Sebaceous cyst, abscess trapped liquid?
Maybe a cortisone injection in there could help, I will ask the doctor on Saturday when I go and see him.
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If it were a cyst, it'd basically feel like a large pimple. But why would it be on both of your cheeks?

Lupus rashes look like this:



I don't think the rash is on the bridge of your nose too though right?

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Wait..is it that small area in your cheekbone??

format_quote Originally Posted by Detroit_pistons

Nose is the one area that is unaffected, it's on both cheeks but I don't know if it is a cyst? I've been suggested multiple diagnosis and one of them was a abscess.

There is something below the skin trapped, that's one thing I am 100% certain of and I can manipulate it by using my fingers by plucking and prodding and it'll become more visible.

An out of hours doctor said it was a sebaceous cyst and gave me a course antibiotics clarythromicin 500mg which had no affect. He did tell me to go see someone to get it scanned, could he have meant a CT scan?

I am currently on minocycline 200mg it's been 5 weeks and again no positive affect at all.

The reason I say it is a cyst I woke up one day with a huge red inflamed bump on both cheeks, the bump on the right cheek was bigger than the left.
And I panicked and used many a drying agent, method and as opposed to letting it come to a head naturally, it just sunk into my skin and did/will not surface ever since.

One of my options is a cortisone shot into lesion but it's hard to pin point where it is. Hopefully the dermatologist on Saturday will provide some clear answers/solution.

I've had a cyst before. There's no way antibiotics would have ever worked for it and instead of coming to head, it would just get larger, going deeper into the skin, and become very painful. You will have to get it taken out surgically. So if that's what it is, I probably would stop taking any meds that aren't helpful. No use in putting something in your body that is not even doing anything, especially if it's an antibiotic.

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Inshallah you get it figured out soon. I'm at a loss as what it could be..it could be many things. It's just weird that they appeared suddenly. Cysts usually start small and then grow. A CT scan might help because it will be able to see if there's anything under the skin.

format_quote Originally Posted by *charisma*

I've had a cyst before. There's no way antibiotics would have ever worked for it and instead of coming to head, it would just get larger, going deeper into the skin, and become very painful. You will have to get it taken out surgically. So if that's what it is, I probably would stop taking any meds that aren't helpful. No use in putting something in your body that is not even doing anything, especially if it's an antibiotic.

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Inshallah you get it figured out soon. I'm at a loss as what it could be..it could be many things. It's just weird that they appeared suddenly. Cysts usually start small and then grow. A CT scan might help because it will be able to see if there's anything under the skin.

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That's how it looks currently, can you see the bump? I've used some black seed oil thus the gleam.
I don't know what to do here?
There is something below there and only when I use my fingers to bring it to the surface does it show outside of that it just lays flat.
Doctors are diagnosing something else each time they see me I look different the only certainty is the feeling of something below my skin.
I am really distraught and don't know if I should go to the emergency services.

format_quote Originally Posted by Detroit_pistons

That's how it looks currently, can you see the bump? I've used some black seed oil thus the gleam.
I don't know what to do here?
There is something below there and only when I use my fingers to bring it to the surface does it show outside of that it just lays flat.
Doctors are diagnosing something else each time they see me I look different the only certainty is the feeling of something below my skin.
I am really distraught and don't know if I should go to the emergency services.

May Allah grant you shifa bro. Just don't panic or feel discouraged here. You're going to be fine. Think positively. They will figure it out. Skin issues are always ambiguous on the surface.
You also have to take into consideration that you have just NOW started testing for it. Before drs were just speculating because they were only observing it externally.
So consider this just the beginning even though I know it feels like ages by now. Whether you cry about it or get frustrated, it's still going to be there, right? So it's better to just take control of the situation and be positive and content at least.

format_quote Originally Posted by *charisma*

May Allah grant you shifa bro. Just don't panic or feel discouraged here. You're going to be fine. Think positively. They will figure it out. Skin issues are always ambiguous on the surface.
You also have to take into consideration that you have just NOW started testing for it. Before drs were just speculating because they were only observing it externally.
So consider this just the beginning even though I know it feels like ages by now. Whether you cry about it or get frustrated, it's still going to be there, right? So it's better to just take control of the situation and be positive and content at least.

I went to the over night doctor she says she couldn't do anything but tells me it's not a cyst or an abscess given its been there for many a year.
That's the clearest picture of it I have I'm hoping to God on Saturday, a cortisone injection into the area or a solution can be found.

Your kind words and prayers are most appreciated, thank you.

format_quote Originally Posted by Detroit_pistons

I went to the over night doctor she says she couldn't do anything but tells me it's not a cyst or an abscess given its been there for many a year.
That's the clearest picture of it I have I'm hoping to God on Saturday, a cortisone injection into the area or a solution can be found.

Your kind words and prayers are most appreciated, thank you.

I think you should try going to an immunologist. Cortisone injections are only going to help temporarily with pain.
And maybe you should request--demand-- a CT scan next time you go to a dr. There's no point in them just externally examining it when the results are always inconclusive.