Sound familiar?
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.
The answer screenSample
Where do you see it?
Raised, itchy welts on both cheeks and along your jaw and chin.
Tap the areas and the map in the phone follows. In the app, your own photos set them.
Your skin ยท today
Hives
This looks most like hives.
A pharmacist can give you advice about antihistamine treatment to help a hives rash.
NHSHives are red and sometimes itchy bumps on your skin.
MedlinePlus, NIHHives rashes usually get better within a few days.
NHSThe main symptom of hives is an itchy rash.
NHSThe rash can: be raised bumps or patches in many shapes and sizes; appear anywhere on the body; be on 1 area or spread across the body; feel itchy, sting or burn; look pink or red when affecting someone with white skin; the color of the rash can be harder to see on brown and black skin.
NHSThe front camera maps 478 points on your face as you turn, and only captures when the light, the angle and the focus are right.
Redness and pigment, measured area by area against your own skin.
A plain answer and what the FDA, NIH or NHS say helps, with the source shown.
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. Statements from the NHS website contain public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.