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How To Heal Spreading Large Itchy Pimples On Armpit?
The past couple of days I keep getting large itchy pimples under one of my arm pit. It seems like it couple be spreading. I have used a old razor but before this accord I had already throne it out. It looks like razor burns that I have had before but could be boils. What medicine can I put on it? Can I put Nystatin on it?
Mon, 3 Feb 2014
hello
it seems you have developed folliculitis. you need to take a course of antibiotics (penicillin/ cephalosporin group). Nystatin ( antifungal) won't do any good.
thanks
Dr Jyoti Gupta
it seems you have developed folliculitis. you need to take a course of antibiotics (penicillin/ cephalosporin group). Nystatin ( antifungal) won't do any good.
thanks
Dr Jyoti Gupta
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