hey guys! i am 18 years old with quite fair skin with a few freckles here and there but not very many.

ok well i have lots of things about my skin that i'd like to talk about! my first problem is that i have crusty, peeling inflamed red skin in patches on my fingers and palms and sometimes backs of hands and on the insides of my wrists. it is usually dry but sometimes it gets oily and blistery. i've also had this on my arms on the sides of my elbows and on the backs of my calfs (not behind the knee) and ive had a big patch of it on the front of my thigh just above the knee.

i also have tiny tiny little dots especially on my arms that look like red/brown specks of dirt. they look like they'd wash off or something but they dont. my mom also has them. they are not raised or bumpy and are smaller than a grain of sand. they are all over my body as well but theyre more fequent on my arms. they are very spaced out and people looking at me would not notice them.

i also have very very red pores or something around my ankles and calfs and it makes my legs look dotty all the time. they are not raised or bumpy so i dont think its keratosis pilaris or anything like that.

i have VERY dark blue/purple circles in the corners of my eyes and ive had them for my whole life but theyre worse as theyve ever been.

i have pimples all over my forehead and a bit on my cheeks. i sometimes get weird cysts in between my eyes and sometimes on my cheeks.

all the pores on my shoulders, neck and chest are slightly raised making me look like i have goosebumps all the time. i cant really feel them when i touch them but i can see them.

if neone has any advice on any of these problems i'd appreciate it!!! thank u so much bye!

[This message was edited by chickie2004 on 10-13-04 at 11:58 AM.]