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Have Whiteheads On Chin. Large Pimple And Swelling Appeared With No Head. What Should I Do?
Hi. Im 17 years old and have a series of small 4 underground whiteheads which cannot be seen unless being applied pressure to the crease of my chin . Within the last 3 days a large underround series of pimples which seems to have become one large swollen, soft pus sac under my skin with no head. In fear of causing more pain than needed and infection how should I go about removing this or even letting it go away freely?
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Thu, 6 Dec 2012
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Hello.i think you are suffering from pustular acne.use of clarithromycin 500 mg twice daily for 5 days along with crixan gel along with deriva-ms ointment over white heads fecreases your acne
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