Doxycycline armpit rash

Hello! I was unsure where to ask this so I thought maybe here would be a good start.
So I’ve been using Native Deodorant for a while and it was working really well, kept me from being stinky all day but after a while it started giving me a bad rash. I did some research and found out apparently baking soda can cause a reaction so I immediately tossed it and switched to Native Sensitive. Rash has gone away but it doesn’t seem to be as good at keeping the stinkies away all day. Anyone have any recommendations of baking soda free deodorant’s they really like. Can be with or without aluminum, I’m not picky about that.
I also tried Kopari and it also made my armpits burn so I’m going to have to return it.

Hi y'all. I'm pretty much at my wits end.
I have a dermatologist appointment today but thought I'd ask around here anyway.
Backstory: I had eczema when I was really really young, honestly so young that the only thing I remembered of it was having a patch of it on my butt and my mom applying cream to it and then never really dealing with it ever again. She thought I had eczema on my face though it appeared as white patches and I vaguely remember this but for at least a decade or more I did not have eczema. My skin was perfect, genuinely so clear I didn't have to use much product on it.
Fast forward to November of 2019; I started taking hormonal birth control and noticed within a few months that I started getting eczema patches (also was having facial rashes but I thought this was due to trying out a new skincare) I went to the dermatologist who prescribed me Triamcinolone 0.1% ointment for my body rashes. I don't ever EVER remember using steroids much. I'd use it one to two days, and would stop when it starts to fade. Anyway my eczema was pretty lowkey in general and in 2021, we adopted a cat. I did notice my eczema worsening slightly ever since getting my cat but was managing with Triamcinolone (I think at this point my dermatologist prescribed me a tub of it I think December of 2021)
Again, I don't use steroid much and when I do I think it's really just for emergencies (my eczema was genuinely such a secondary aspect of my life I don't even remember much of how I managed it other than letting it ride and maybe applying steroid when needed). I remember the tub expired and I hadn't used even half of the ointment. I was also prescribed Mometasone and Fluoccionide? But I never used either of them as I didn't feel comfortable to.
In September of 2022, I caught COVID while overseas and it caused a pretty gnarly flare on the inner side of my elbows. Since I was overseas I just managed with moisturizing but I remember applying steroid when I came home. We adopted a second cat later this year.
Since then I think my eczema HAVE gotten worse, but there was a period of at least 6 months where I wasn't using steroid creams at all because I was either just dealing with it or it was barely there.
Fast forward to 2023.
I noticed a rash on the top of my right hand that I was initially managing with just moisturizing. But I remember having such intense itch on this rash that I kept itching, and at one point I itched with my shirt and it caused it to be infected. It was so gnarly, bright red, oozing, literally would not stop oozing, painful. I went back to my dermatologist 5 days later when I realized that oh this might be worse than just a regular eczema. She gave me Mupirocin and another tube of Triamcinolone (since my previous one expired) as well as a course of Doxycycline. I used the Mupirocin as directed for I think 10 days, and was not yet using Triamcinolone as I was worried about using it when it looked like there were still open wounds on it. I didn't finish my Doxy course because it was giving me horrible stomach pains. I came back to the dermatologist January 3rd and she told me it was OK to use Triamcinolone twice daily up to two weeks.
At this point I was already having eczema rash on my arms as well and some on my back but I don't think I was using Triamcinolone much on them (I'm pretty sporadic with using the steroid, I never really committed to the full 2 weeks)
Now, this is where things became a doozy.
January 5th: Caught strep, had difficulty breathing and had to go to urgent care. I was prescribed antibiotics, Prednisone (20mg, twice daily for 5 days), and Albuterol. I had asthma when I was younger and it's almost like it came back when I caught strep. My eczema was calm during this time and I thought it was because it rained a lot this week but now I realized it may be the Prednisone. Could not remember if I was using Triamcinolone as well on my hand during this time.
Sometime in early February: Went for a run and literally rolled my ankle so bad. Unrelated to everything else but my body sustained injury and looking back at old pictures I was starting to get patches of eczema on my legs.
Then I caught what felt like the flu in mid February and this is the first time my eczema flared to my face. My left eye was half swollen but at this time I thought it was from my sinus being blocked as it went away in a few days (though the rash stayed).
Early March: Got admitted to the hospital from Appendicitis. I spent 3 nights at the hospital and my eczema was literally non existent. No itchiness, just intense dryness but nothing else. I remember my friend noting my face was super dry but my rashes were slowly drying out. To be fair I was in so much pain the first day I was knocked out most the time from the pain medication they gave me and I was on a couple antibiotics due to the infection.
I came home from the hospital and this is when things start to really get insane. I got home, laid in bed, and immediately could not stop itching my neck and body. My face became swollen the next day but I was unable to take allergy meds because I was on antibiotics and had to wait for that course to be done. That eventually settled out.
I figured maybe I was having an allergic reaction to the cats (and thought maybe my mattress too, we had vacuumed it a few times and I suspected it disturbed the dust mites inside). I slept outside and on an air mattress for I think a few days, if not up to a week. The cats were still sleeping with me at this time and I was somewhat itchy but it wasn't the worst. Then I decided I was going to sleep in the bedroom again and this caused the worst flare I had ever ever EVER gone through. My face became so swollen, my left eye swollen again and it was oozing (this had NEVER happened to me before other than my infected hand) I don't know why this oozed since I never scratched my face, and my inner elbows, wrists and top of right hand got so red and puffy. At this point too my eczema on my right hand was starting to spread towards my palm. These areas also got pretty dry especially on my face. I called Teladoc Dermatology and they prescribed me Mupirocin for the oozing, Tacrolimus for the inflammation on my face and Triamcinolone for the body. He told me to apply Mupirocin first until the oozing calms, then stop and apply the other ointments.
At this point I had become SO SO SO terrified of TSW. It was all over my Tik Tok, my algorithm, I couldn't stop thinking and worrying about it and fearing that this flare is because I'm going through it. He told me to use Triamcinolone for twice daily for two weeks, then once daily for two weeks, then every other day for two weeks to help prevent rebound. I only used Triamcinolone twice daily for 5 days, then I did once daily for a few more days and by the time I saw my current dermatologist, I was using it every other day (I essentially tried to taper within the two weeks).
My current derma prescribed me Clobetasol and told me to mix 2oz of Clobetasol with 7.5oz of Vanicream or Cerave and smear myself in it once a day at night for one week, then once a day at night every other day for the second week. It was a very controlled instruction.
BUT I was SO afraid of TSW that I did not do this.
Instead, I took a one week break and I did 3 weeks of Triamcinolone, and even then I did it sporadically. I did about 10 days of once daily and then the second half I did twice daily. When I started doing twice daily was when I finally saw some improvements.
The problem is it has been a week since I last used any steroids and I have rebounded. Although my eczema rash genuinely looks so weird and I am having the dermatologist look at it properly today. My arms are constantly dry, my right hand (the problem spot since December) now have what looks like blisters on them and I never have eczema that look like this even though it's apparently common. The frustrating thing is that it feels like my eczema just keeps spreading. They are full body and it's freaking me out because it looks as if I have TSW even though I don't think I ever used steroids for that long at all, and I was only prescribed it back in 2020.
To be fair I thought I should've committed to the Clobetasol treatment because then we can see if the strongest steroid worked or not but I felt like I was going to flare again anyway and didn't want to use something really strong only for it to not work.
I had an allergy test done and I am allergic to both species of dust mites, dogs, cats, along with some other environmental things. I just don't understand why I am only now flaring uncontrollably like this. I am 95% covered in eczema. Either spots or just straight up long red rash. I am taking antihistamines daily and have been taking Probiotic pills pretty consistently (partly because I was on so many antibiotics back to back). I've been using Hyphocolorus Acid Spray as well.
On Sunday night, I tried to sleep over at my friend's place who did not have cats to test and see if my cats are my main trigger and I kept waking up itching myself, both my arms and legs and my chin and neck started oozing again. Which was INSANE as I did not itch either of them. The oozing on both have mostly stopped (I've only used Mupirocin and Vaseline to help control the infection and moisturize) but I just don't understand.
I'm scared, I have never had eczema become so severe so fast and I'm genuinely so scared. Something feels wrong but I don't know what it is. The way my eczema looks look like a combination of an allergic reaction and just a rash but I don't understand how I can have such an intense allergic reaction towards things I've been around all the time. We've lived in the same place since June of last year and the only thing I can think of is that we had the heater on almost daily in the winter and we found out end of April that our heater is incredibly dusty.
I'm getting my IUD removed next week as well as I'm confident birth control has something to do with my eczema coming back, and I plan to get allergy shots.
I'm just tired, it's consumed my life and it's causing me a lot of health anxiety. I look so genuinely terrible I can't even understand it.

Bit by tick on 5/17 removed within 5 hours , yanked it off with paper towel. i know this was not correct way to remove. rash/bump developed same day. has not changed for 4 days. kinda itchy, urgent care said they don’t think it’s lyme and just a reaction to ticks saliva although i’ve never had this happen. gave me 200mg doxycycline as precaution. should i get a 2nd opinion or wait it out?
Age 33 Sex M Height 5’11 Weight 140 Race W Duration of complaint
Location WV Any existing relevant medical issues NA Current medications NA Include a photo if relevant
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I am 42 and still having periods, but I am experiencing some signs of menopause - the hair is almost fully grey and I have even less tolerance left with heat than the little I ever used to have. I’m from a Nordic country and thus not used to heat waves or high temperatures and this summer I will travel to US to much more warmer environment.
 
Even though I don’t yet have night sweat or hot flashes, any temperature over 70 F (21 C) degrees makes me super uncomfortable. It has been like this my whole life - I feel like my body is slowly shutting itself down when it’s too hot. During the summer I am participating on a sitting retreat for a week (outside, in a tent) and I assume that the temperature can go as high as 95-100 F (35-37 C). I have no idea how to cope. Any advice, any help, any guide or tips?
 
I’m sorry this sounds so whiny! I’m just hoping that I could find some kind of tools and guidance to ease myself. The heat makes me itchy, I already have rash (allergic/atopic eczema and dry and sensitive skin) and sweat makes it so much worse. Are those small air fans good? I think I saw years back some kind of scarf you could put in the freezer beforehand, has anyone any experience of those? Maybe I could just sit with ice packs against the neck, under the arms, and in the groin area…
 
And then there is the stink. I think I have started to smell bad. It’s not happening every day, but I assume it could be nonenal, and I was curious if you fellow wonderful women here would have some experience with persimmon soap/products? Before last year I never used to have much body odor and didn’t even need deodorant most of the time. Now I use deodorant daily in fear of maybe smelling bad. My kids and husband have assured that I don’t smell bad, but I still can smell myself. Especially under the breasts and on the groin there is this new scent I definitely didn’t have couple of years ago. I shower every day (which is not good for dry and allergic skin) and always have clean clothes, but this is causing me a lot of stress. I have been using glycolic acid (from The Ordinary) and it is helping little, mostly with armpits. But it’s not taking away all the smell from the groin area and under boobs - maybe because I don’t put deodorant to those areas. Any tips for this embarrassing problem?
 
Thank you for any kind of help!

(Seeking opinions based on personal experience, not diagnosis)
Long story short: I've had Sebhorric dermatitis and eczema flares since teen years. The past month I've had two random allergic like reactions presenting on my face (eye swelling/hot and red face/rash on neck).

• The first instance, the doctor suggested it likely wasn't allergy if I hadn't changed anything and said that (what I thought was adult acne) was in fact rosacea and he thought this allergic looking reaction was actually a rosacea flare. He prescribed doxycycline.
• I've been on doxycycline and the pustules have improved, but yesterday morning I had another "flare" (pictured). The doc has doubled down on it being rosacea and has prescribed 1% Ivermectin Cream.

Question: Is there any one who has experienced this kind of flare up? I don't think the doctor is wrong but I haven't been able to find anything similar to this when looking at rosacea stuff online.

I have several rashes on my body - arms and legs, and they're in the bulls eye appearance. I believe the one on my arm has been there for about two months. 1 week ago, I started a 3 week course of doxycycline, however when the blood test results came back it was negative for Lyme. However I decided to just continue to take the doxy as a caution. The rash themselves seem to appear shiny/scaly almost like dry skin. I don't remember getting a tick bite but I do spend a lot of time outside. My GP believes it's not Lyme as the blood tests are negative and I'm not sure what to do.

Ok soo.. this has been such a shit show trying to be taken seriously about my symptoms. No I didn’t have a bullseye rash but I had all the symptoms for a few days and still some fatigue. I went to my doctor who only tested me for 2 types of Lyme variants … since I know nothing about Lyme testing I thought this was normal… they came back negative which means nothing as most of you know since testing early on for Lyme is unreliable. I insisted I wanted doxy just to be safe and he refused to prescribe it to me. He instead did another physical exam on me and referred me back to Labcorp to get more testing done for Lyme. I was surprised because I thought he tested me for all Lyme variants already? Nope. On my way to get tested I noticed on the lists of tests he sent out , one was for HIV. I was shocked because we NEVER had any conversation about this ?! Like this never came up. He’s been super dismissive and condescending. I’m on Medicaid so my options are limited when it comes to finding a primary care doctor in my area. They had to draw 6 huge vials of blood this time and I’m assuming a lot of that was for the HIV test. Is this ethical ?? That he added that test without telling me or having a conversation about it ?? Now I’m all paranoid and anxious waiting for my test results , it’s been days and I still haven’t heard anything. Wtf. Im really upset about this situation and being treated like this. After my last visit with him before I got my recent blood tests done , I went straight to urgent care determined to get doxycycline since my doctor still refused to give it to me. They gave it to me but only for 10 days. The first day I threw it up cuz I stupidly didn’t eat before taking it. So now I only have 9 days worth which just seems so pointless. I asked my friend who lives in Mexico to send me some but they didn’t end up sending it …. lots of people on here have sent me links of where to get it online. I’m going to check that out next I guess. I just feel like giving up though. Meh.

Hello! I’m a 27f and I’ve suffered from HS since I was around 20. All but two have been near my groin and inner thighs, one was on my armpit and now I have one on my chest. The past ones have been super uncomfortable but have gone away on their own within a few days. This boil is a little further up the between my breasts and is closer to the right one.
Last June it appeared and I took antibiotics to make it go away. But it went away about 90% and there was still a tiny bit there. It was like a needle was inside my skin poking up kind of little. It has now flared back up. I was proscribed 10 days worth of Doxycycline again but I want advice from people who really know about HS (I’m done pretending like doctors know anything about this).
What works for you? I’ve seen a lot of comments about using Vicks so I picked that up today to try tonight. But I’m so discouraged and feel depressed. Being a young female with a boil on her chest right before summer is definitely causing a lot of insecurity and stress. I would appreciate any advice or direction.

I just want to let it out. My recent diagnoses have been so enlightening, but thanks to mainly being covered by my insurance, cost me so little. A little over $200 for out-of-pocket blood tests. A covered appointment at a private neurologist office with a small surcharge. An MRI covered by insurance. A second opinion MRI read just to be sure coming in at $250.
I picked up my 21 day course of doxycycline from the Walgreens and wanted to cry. It cost less than $4.
$454 dollars. That’s the cost to finally start healing. In the end, that’s all that it took. A cost I finally paid, deciding that maybe doctors don’t all know best.
Meanwhile, what did it cost me? Years of self-blame, self-hate. No doctor ever tried to dissuade me that my obesity was the root of my problems. In fact, most suggested it. Before I was obese, it was decidedly chronic fatigue with not a single Lyme or other parasite test run on me. Recently, it was blamed on my autism.
I have data-rooted answers now. Financially, the answers didn’t cost that much. Emotionally, I am broke inside from the years of wondering, searching, not understanding, falling, getting back up.
I put together my entire medical history into one document linking to tests, photos, conversations with my doctors through our webhealth platform over the years. It tells a story so clear, there were signs something wasn’t right. A spider bite in a bullseye pattern. Constantly triggered lymphs, random indicators of certain organs performing not right that go away, sky-high CRP, strep infections that weren’t, inflamed joints and cartilage, angry large red rashes, Raynaud’s, sciatica, numb feet and tingling. No doctor put it together or even bothered to look even though it was all there. No doctor saw beyond one specific episode for which there would occasionally be a prescription. But when you put them together, it is a story of years. And from this angle, it is a sad story.
$4 start to improved health, in an orange pill bottle makes me both so full of hope and yet so sad.

Hi I’m new here, I live in Indiana, may 3rd my family and I went on a hike in a marsh area, and we walked into a giant tick mess. I’ve never seen a tick in my life before this, even being an outdoors person. We had hundreds on us, from head to toe, and we were miles away from our car. We stripped down and got as many off of us as we could find, when we got home, I had two attached to me, one deep enough that it stung when we got it off. But no rashes or anything followed. Except days later, I started getting more tired, didn’t put two and two together and honestly completely forgot about the whole situation. It was harder for me to wake in the morning, and I was just more fatigued during the day, I workout 6 days a week and found it harder to workout. About 2 weeks go by, and my fatigue is out of this world. I can fall asleep any second, I struggle to even move. A few days ago, I started getting severe muscle fatigue, like my arms feel like I’m carrying weights, definitely something I’ve never experienced before, I decided to see my dr and bring up the ticks, she immediately thought I have Lyme, she said this is too much of a coincidence to not be. I’m waiting blood tests but I’m feeling worse each day, now my body aches, and my neck is stiff and hurts, my stomach is constantly hurting. I feel like I have motion sickness 24/7, like that weakness and nausea that comes with motion sickness, that exact feeling. I’m just questioning everything though, what are the odds that a tick on me probably less than 2 hours gave me Lyme? Unless I missed one and it stayed attached longer than that, which could be a possibly having so many on us. I’m hoping this is just a bug of some sort, and so does my dr. My other blood work looks great, so no signs of infection or anything. My ast has doubled (still in normal range though) than what it was 6 months ago, it went from 15 to 32, which is the highest it’s ever been for me personally. That’s the only thing that stuck out to me that’s different on my blood work. I was prescribed doxycycline on Friday, went to pick it up and was informed that it’s not safe to take while breastfeeding and I nurse my son. I’m calling tomorrow to ask to be put on something safe, because it would take to long to wean and I want to be treated asap. Thank you for taking the time to read.

Bit of context, I’d a 15 year old ‘boy’ who’s closet trans and intend on staying that way atleast until I turn 18, it’s not because I don’t my think my family would support it, but it’s just because I don’t want it to somehow get out and into my school at all (I live in Australia and public high schools are really bad with that sort of stuff).
Either way, I just had my first shave today and I’m feeling really happy about it, My facial hair’s blonde so you could barely notice it anyways, but I finally worked up the courage to ask my mum (single parent) to teach me how to shave because I was kinda scared of figuring it out on my own, so she showed me, and the little bit of hair I had stood no chance against me, I was pretty thorough with all of it and even secretly got rid of most of the hair in my armpits (with the excuse that they give me heat rashes while I’m at work), I’m not sure if this it weird or normal, but I do feel happy about being able to shave my face and now I won’t have to stress about it or be sad seeing it when I look in the mirror
Edit: literally making this edit 10 minutes after the post, but I just put my hair up in a pony tail (a bit meh because my hair’s not really long enough for one yet) and honestly I do think I looked a lot more like a girl, It feels weird saying I’m happy about this because I’m not an emotional person in the slightest, but for once in my life I genuinely feel happy about my appearances and I love it so much

19M, 90-100kg, from a SEA country.
Got some discolouration and roughness of skin around the chest area last October. It typically presented as a brown-ish color on my skin. However, after exercise, it would be red instead Was diagnosed with Tinea Versicolor and received topical antifungal Mycoban. It helped to control the spread but not eliminate it. Since then, i had tried oral antifungal medication and a special antidandruff shampoo but both are not very effective in their results.
Recently, the nature of my work resulted in me having to wear unclean clothing for days while staying outdoors. The rash spread to the rest of my chest, back, neck, nether regions and arms. They seem to congregate closer to the folds on my body as well as my armpits and belly buttons. Apart from the brown-ish spots, they also present with extremely dry skin which has caused a lot of pain for me. Currently, i require painkillers and loads of moisturiser to be able to sleep, and i only average 3-4hours a day because of the pain.
Under the sun, my skin itches badly. I also develop red patches that have bumps on it. These patches are extremely painful under sun. I have photos but I am not allowed to post under this subreddit. They can be found in my profile (SFW)
Please tell me if this is tinea versicolor and how i could finally save myself

Had some vulvar itching and a rash so went to my clinic at school to get it looked at. I thought it was a yeast infection. They did STD testing and also tested for BV and yeast and did a pap and everything came up negative. The doctor said my white blood cell count in my swab was high when she looked at it under the microscope, which could mean I have an infection that didn’t show up on the panel. She gave me doxycycline but it didn’t do anything. I was told I possibly have vulvar eczema but hydrocortisone and triamcinolone don’t do anything for the itching. They actually seem to make it worse. I’m not sure what’s going on.

First a weird, circular rash appeared on my nipple. I started feeling my breast and felt a hard mass. Went to multiple different doctors, all of them could feel it with their hands but ”you’re so young, it’s probably nothing”. Then I had an ultrasound, nothing showed up even though the radiologist could feel the mass with her hands. She said that ”well, if it grows, come back”. It has grown - I went to a breast surgeon. She said that a biopsy should be taken, but ”because you’re so young, it’s most likely beningn.” She said that the lump is very big, it’s like 6cm. Well yeah, I can feel it, feels like I have a ball in my armpit. Now I’m waiting for my biopsy… It would be super rare to have breast cancer at 22, but who knows. The waiting is super annoying.

Hey guys, new here but in desperate need of help. A few months ago I developed a bad rash under my armpits that burned and itched and eventually cracked and peeled, like a really bad sun burn. On a friend's recommendation, I started putting athletes foot cream on it after trying about every other cream I could think of. It helped, but once I got it cleared and stopped using the cream, it came right back. I got it to clear again for a few months, but now it's back worse than before and across the back of my neck as well. And this time I have a big pimple (possible boil) on the left side. I'm using the athletes cream again, but so far it hasn't helped like last time. It is burning really bad, like someone has a hot iron pressed to my armpits and whenever I move my arms to much, it feels like sandpaper and my skin is going to rip open. It's driving me insane. Could it be HS? I currently don't have health insurance and can't afford an out of pocket visit, so any advice on handling it on my own would be super helpful!