Question: I have always had a few dilated pores on my testis, but recently some of these have grown slightly in size on my left scrotum. They seem to be clogged pores or ingrown hairs.

In addition to this a few months ago a small herald patch of dry skin appeared on my face just to the side of the nose. I went to the pharmacy and they gave me a cream for eczema, which made it worse and irritated the skin. The patch came and went, became much milder and after a few weeks a somewhat triangular rash appeared on my chest just over the region of the sternum, where the skin has a few localised points of red dry skin.

I have cut down on smoking, imagining that it might be smoke related. But to no avail. I have a very busy and stressful life, but am now on holiday, and that doesn't seem to have any effect at all. Having done some basic research on the web the rash on the face and chest looks like images i've seen of pityriasis rosea or rosacea, only perhaps much milder in my case, and at times it's almost gone.

The 'dilated pores' on the skin of the left scrotum though i don't shave looks like images i've seen of bumps from shaving or severely ingrown hairs, but worse in my case it seems to me, as some of the 'pores' are about 2-3 milimetres in diameter. No pain is involved in any of the symptoms above.