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Thank you for sharing that. I found the book on Amazon, available both as an e-book for Kindle and in print as a paperback too.

That's true. It's possible. But I was also wrongly diagnosed in the past for folliculitis (by more than one skin doctor), when in fact my condition was something different. So I'm a bit weary now of a folliculitis diagnosis.

Interesting that an antibacterial cream would be good for something like that. It doesn't look like an infection. I've used antibacterial cream for skin issues in the past where it was a known bacteria infection, things like an abscess, but I would not expect that kind of cream to help for something like that. But if it works, great, and no point in questioning it. Just carry on until it's gone. Shouldn't be that long if it's working.

Not scabies. The itch would be overwhelming. Then he would scratch and it would have spread by now to in between the knuckles on the hand and to the inner thighs.

In my very non-expert opinion, I would say it could be some form of autoimmune issue or caused by contact dermatitis.

I would go see a doctor. It looks serious enough to want to get the right information and not keep guessing. There are some good female dermatologists in the dermatology department at Bangkok Christian Hospital. An office visit won't cost you a lot there and if they want to prescribe you anything just ask them to write it down and tell them you'll buy it yourself outside the hospital to save cost. Dr. Chanyani Likhitwattananurak Tue: 3:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Wed: 10:30 a.m. -2:00 p.m. Fri: 10:30 a.m. -3:00 p.m. Dr. Sivaporn Yingsakmongkol Tuesday 13:00 - 15:00 Wednesday 09:00 - 12:00 Thursday 13:00 - 15:00 Friday 09:00 - 12:00 / 13:00 - 15:00

Any reason you haven't gone to see a dermatologist?

Agree, what you have looks nothing like shingles. And his advice for a steroid cream for shingles is also wrong. For shingles the treatment is a pill form of antiviral.

That would only help with a skin fungus. That doesn't look like a fungus.