Hello,

I'm 19, living in the dorms, and I'm about to finish my first year of college.

I've been on Accutane for the last 6 months, and I have another 2 months to go, due to an early complication and a lower dosage. However, in the last two months, I've been on Accutane for the last 6 months, and I have another 2 months to go, due to an early complication and a lower dosage. However, in the last two months, I've been getting these annoying, painful bumps along my sides, along my chest, and along my waistline. They are tiny, usually pencil-eraser size, and they do hurt to the touch. My dermatologist says that it isn't acne, and I don't think they're bed bug bites (but I DO live in a college dormitory lol) The bumps usually appear in groups of 10 or 12, and they're horribly embarrassing!

I actually think that they're bumps from my clothing, because where my jeans hit = where I have a big painful bump like I described. So, I try and change my routine every so often. I'm washing my sheets every week, I'm getting out of my sweaty workout clothes as soon as possible, I'm washing after my workouts, and I'm putting cornstarch (baby powder stuff) all over my sides and the bumps. This helps reduce the size and pain, and they also disappear sooner. But they still keep coming back--and I don't know what to do!

Is it still bedbugs and I just need to do a better job of cleaning? Is it bumps from skin-clothes-contact, and if so, what can i do?? Please and thank you!

I've never had this problem, even when living at home where the sheets were washed maybe once a month and we had cats, dogs, a ferret, and a horse...