Sound familiar?

Bumps that acne products don't touch?

Here is what Skinby would tell you about skin like this, what the sources say helps, and how a scan maps it on your own face.

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Where do you see it?

Small, even bumps on your forehead.

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Folliculitis

This looks most like folliculitis. Acne looks similar.

Are the bumps worse with heavy sweating, or did they start after antibiotics?

Why? The yeast type is more likely with heavy sweating, hot climates, a lot of physical activity, recent antibiotics or corticosteroids, and a weakened immune system. Peer-reviewed review, open access

What helps

If pimple-like bumps do not improve with acne products, a health care provider can check for another cause. Acne medicines and antibiotics can make a fungal folliculitis worse.

Peer-reviewed review, open access

What the sources say about folliculitis

Folliculitis is inflammation of the hair follicles. Bacteria, viruses or fungi can cause it, and so can things that are not infections, such as drug reactions.
Peer-reviewed review, open access
The yeast type is more likely with heavy sweating, hot climates, a lot of physical activity, recent antibiotics or corticosteroids, and a weakened immune system.
Peer-reviewed review, open access
In teenagers, the yeast type often exists together with acne.
Peer-reviewed review, open access
Telling the yeast type apart from other folliculitis matters, because it needs antifungal treatment.
Peer-reviewed review, open access

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How a Skinby scan reads it

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A live face scan
The front camera maps 478 points on your face as you turn, and only captures when the light, the angle and the focus are right.
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Mapped on your face
Redness and pigment, measured area by area against your own skin.
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What helps, sourced
A plain answer and what the FDA, NIH or NHS say helps, with the source shown.

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Something else bothering you?

My breakouts keep coming back Dark spots stay long after the spot is gone My cheeks flush and stay red Dry, itchy patches that won't settle A bumpy rash around my mouth Itchy welts that come and go

Illustration made for this page. The sample answer shows how Skinby words a result: a visual resemblance, not a diagnosis. Skinby never names serious conditions from a photo.

Bumps that acne products don't touch?

What the sources say about folliculitis

How a Skinby scan reads it

A live face scan

Mapped on your face

What helps, sourced

Something else bothering you?