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Should I Be Worried Of The Small Rash In Chest?
I have a small rash on my chest. No itching. Pink and scaly. It has been there for about a year with no change and no symptoms. In the past few weeks I have developed several more spots of the same rash on my trunk. No itching or pain. Is this serious?
Sat, 8 Feb 2014
Hi. Thanks for posting your concern at HCM
I would keep a possibility of seborrheic dermatitis. It presents as a scaly, erythematous rash on the chest, scalp, beard, mouctache, sides of the nose and eyebrows etc.
The rash of seborrheic dermatitis usually itches but itching is subjective in patients.
If i was your treating doctor i would have asked you to apply a moderately potent topical steroid lotion twice daily for 1-2 weeks. Immunomodulators like tacrolimus and pimecrlimus can also be used in the same way.
regards
take care
I would keep a possibility of seborrheic dermatitis. It presents as a scaly, erythematous rash on the chest, scalp, beard, mouctache, sides of the nose and eyebrows etc.
The rash of seborrheic dermatitis usually itches but itching is subjective in patients.
If i was your treating doctor i would have asked you to apply a moderately potent topical steroid lotion twice daily for 1-2 weeks. Immunomodulators like tacrolimus and pimecrlimus can also be used in the same way.
regards
take care
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