Folliculitis, bumps, spots, whatever you want to call it

Mamiya

Any suggestions? I'd go hatless but my scalp looks terrible. I've tried washing, not washing, tea trea oil,facial type astringents and acne type topicals but nothing really seems to make a difference

cloudynight

My MO prescribed oral minocycline, an antibiotic, but that didn't agree with my GI tract, so we settled on topical clindamycin, also an antibiotic. It was a gel, and cleared up the spots pretty well.

The other thing that made a difference for me was stepping down the amount of steroids I got with my infusions (not sure if that's medically appropriate for you.) The dexamethasone was the major driver for my breakouts.

Mamiya

Cloudynight, thank you for the input. I also find a correlation between the steroids and the spots, and sadly just got put on double the amount of steroids as before (with a new chemo) so probably will look even worse soon. But if I do I now know something to ask for, so thanks, I may try to get my doc to let me take or try the things that you found to work - he'd probably be more inclined toward a topical anyway because he is really conservative about taking any meds that are not absolutely necessary.