enrollednurse/hypochondriac annie. And life, good or bad?

It's quite distressing to suffer from skin complaints. (Thanks to Sam for giving us an insight into some of the complaints.)
Teenage spots, leading on to permanent scarring. Not nice at all. You can read about all these wonderful creams and diets to help. Do they really help though?
Itching, due to dry skin...... awful. Slap all sorts of stuff on the rash, sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't.
Best to visit your doctor, or is it? Do they give enough help? With acne, maybe but the common or garden itching, no, I don't think so.
I knew someone who was diagnosed with scabies, doctor said he could see the "tracking." This led to quite a good bit of distress. Not nice thinking you have such a complaint. The "tracking" was where the patient had scratched! How he could have diagnosed scabies from the other side of the consulting room, I don't know. This person had very dry skin and was told by the Infection Control Lady that, indeed, it was not scabies.
Of course there are more skin complaints, some sufferers have to be admitted to hospital. Poor souls. They must go through hell.