/r/Skincareaddiction, please help my mum. She is depressed and doesn't want to leave the house or answer the door because of her skin.

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Hi everyone, some background information:This issue started recently. As in, within the last week or two. My mum's health has been going downhill the last 6-7 years. I'm in secondary school(or middle school in america) and it's really depressing to watch her go from the active, strong woman she was to crippled and so depressed. I have told her over and over again she needs to go to the doctors(in relation to her skin, not illness), but due to bad experiences and treatments in the past, resulting in the worsening of her health, she refuses to.http://i.imgur.com/UistGAX.jpg?1About 2 weeks ago her skin came up looking patchy and raw red. It's an orange-y colour in other sections and quite gunky, but can also be flaky and very dry. It's peeling and has become quite puffy, and looks very very angry.This may not be the right place to post this, and if it isn't that's understandable and I will delete this, but my mum desperately needs some help. She's starting to move towards going to the doctor, but in the mean time if anyone has any ideas or has experienced the same and could feedback what it was and how it was dealt with, that would be great.Thank you all so much!EDIT: thank you all for her help, I've showed her the replies on this thread and some images of staph, which this could be, and she has been persuaded to go to the doctor (as long as I come with her), and she's emailing her doctor right now. If they don't reply, we will book tomorrow.
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