What is this skin condition (pictures inside)?!


Question: My friend has this skin condition where there are little things that look almost like big pimples on certain parts of his body (arms, knees, lower legs, chest, abs, scalp) that have a white, flaky surface. He went to the walk in and they thought it was psoriasis but he said they didn't seem too confident (at first they were like, this is interesting...we'll have to run some tests). They said it wasn't bacterial or fungal.

Here are some pictures of it:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/515/i...
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1980/...
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9085/...

All of the psoriasis pictures I've seen are much more blotchy than these seemingly isolated spots. Plus, he thinks he got it after playing football...bad brush burn gash on his knee that his trainer said got infected, and he never checked it out. Kind of a coincidence if psoriasis all of a sudden kicked in after all of these years (he's 21) soon after that happened.


Answers: My friend has this skin condition where there are little things that look almost like big pimples on certain parts of his body (arms, knees, lower legs, chest, abs, scalp) that have a white, flaky surface. He went to the walk in and they thought it was psoriasis but he said they didn't seem too confident (at first they were like, this is interesting...we'll have to run some tests). They said it wasn't bacterial or fungal.

Here are some pictures of it:
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/515/i...
http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/1980/...
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/9085/...

All of the psoriasis pictures I've seen are much more blotchy than these seemingly isolated spots. Plus, he thinks he got it after playing football...bad brush burn gash on his knee that his trainer said got infected, and he never checked it out. Kind of a coincidence if psoriasis all of a sudden kicked in after all of these years (he's 21) soon after that happened.

They are patterns of psoriasis that look like that, actually. I think it sounds like something called "guttae" (I doubt that is the right spelling) psoriasis. But look it up.

uhm body herpes :O

hmm. It looks familiar, but I cant put a finger on it!. Sorry!!!

Go to a different doctor, he probably just needs to us a medicated cream

scabes!!!

He NEEDS to see a DERMATOLOGIST, who specializes in skin conditions......and has a CURE!

That does look like guttate psoriasis; I agree with the above poster.

I suggest to go see a dermatologist to discuss treatment options.





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