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Acne. Healthline/Getty Images. commonly located on the face, neck, shoulders, chest, and upper back. skin breakouts typically blackheads, whiteheads, pimples, or deep, painful cysts and nodules....
Pimple-like rashes can form on the face or body. They may be accompanied by redness, swelling, and itching. There are numerous causes of these rashes like hives, rosacea, and folliculitis. A healthcare provider should be seen to determine the cause and recommend a treatment plan.
From eczema to allergic reactions to bug bites, here’s what common skin rashes look like in photos, and the symptoms that can help you I.D. the condition.
Pimple-like rashes and bumps include folliculitis, rosacea, milia, keratosis pilaris, allergic reaction, eczema, molluscum contagiosum, and staph infection. Rarely, a non-healing acne-like bump may be skin cancer.
A rash on the face including acne, seborrheic dermatitis, and rosacea are common. Learn more about facial rash causes, symptoms, and ways to treat it.
A rash is any area of irritated or swollen skin. Rashes may be itchy and painful and appear differently on different skin tones. In some cases, a rash may be a sign of a medical emergency.
Skin conditions that can cause a rash that looks like acne on the face include rosacea, keratosis pilaris, eczema (atopic dermatitis), folliculitis, hives, milia, perioral dermatitis, and hidradenitis suppurativa (HS).
If you notice a bunch of tiny mole- or freckle-like bumps on your face, you may have what’s known as dermatosis papulosa nigra (DPN).
1. Closed comedones or whiteheads. Image by iStock / Anastasiia Stiahailo. First up we have whiteheads. “A white head (also known as closed comedones) is a hair follicle or pore that has become clogged with oil and dead skin cells," board-certified dermatologist Lian Mack, M.D., FAAD, previously told mbg.
Patients often present with quite mild signs when they have a facial lesion or rash — due to embarrassment — and the diagnosis may be tricky. Significant itch suggests atopic dermatitis or contact dermatitis. Face: erosions/crusting. Herpes simplex. Monomorphic clustered vesicles or crusted papules. Often locally recurrent in the same site.