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Your hands collect germs all day—from door handles and countertops. Touch your eyes, nose, or a child’s scraped knee and those microbes get a free ride. A quick rinse isn’t enough, especially when you’re cooking, caregiving, or managing skin bumps at home, such as molluscum.…

Purulent Stage Pus filled bumps (2-3mm) with central dimple  These bumps need to be covered to limit the spread. As the viral matter grows the pus increases and the molluscum grows larger. The dimple becomes more evident and pus may be visibly exuding. Molluscum is now more likely to sprea…

If your face feels tight after cleansing, stings when you apply products, or looks dull no matter how much moisturizer you use, your skin barrier may need help. Your “skin barrier” is the outermost layer of skin (the stratum corneum) plus its slightly acidic film (the acid mantle). Think…

Folliculitis is inflammation of the hair follicles—the tiny openings where each hair grows. It often looks like small red bumps or white-headed pimples centered around a hair and can be itchy, tender, or even pus-filled. Because it shows up anywhere you have hair (face, scalp, chest, back, but…

Folliculitis is simply inflammation of a hair follicle, and it usually springs up when staph bacteria sneak through a tiny nick or clogged pore. Less often, fungi, viruses, friction, shaving, heavy oils, or tight clothing set the stage for those itchy red bumps. The good news is that most cases stay…