 [ 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 ] hi this may be some sort of vitamin deficiency causing the skin to be unhealthy and dry you can use olive oil or aloe vera oils for skin nourishment also take vitamin e tablets for healthy skin avoid sunilght vitamin d supplements can help  thanks