 [ Symptoms ] what kind of skin conditioninfection is this  yesterday an apparent skin infection on my check had swollen half of my face and made it extremely sensitive and sore i seemed to have brought it down with ibuprofen and ice but the size of the actual bump has not diminished and still hurts the bump itself looks like a raised inflamed elliptical area slightly over one inch long the area feels mostly hard underneath while the skin above it feels very dry what would cause this and should i see a doctor [ Disease ] unfortunately you are not alone my last colonoscopy and endoscopy i was wide awake and felt everything it was not fun to say the least i recently had a endoscopy and the nurse said a few of the other nurses had the procedure without any meds she also stated they have patients who have requested no medication it was very uncomfortable to say the least i am on a fentanyl patch so it is very hard to sedate me