I had this when I was about 20 yrs old. First time I ever heard of it. I took atarax rarely for itching and ultra violet light treatments at the dermatologist.
My sister in pennsylvania had it acouple years after though she was close to 30.
My brother in Chicago said that he had had this when he was in his 20's. And Now my 16 year old daughter has it.
Must be a genetic predispostition.

I think i got the same thing i looked at pictures and the description fits but i have had it for like a year on my chest. Havent even seen a doctor about it yet maybe i should. seems like it might be different cause its getting worse not better just keeps spreading and its been a year or more

This skin condition has been with me for almost two years now. Whenever a new little spot appears I touch a tiny bit of clobetasol propionate ointment onto it. The spots clear up after one or two days treatment, but like I said this has been with me for some time. I constantly have ten or so of these things. They are definitely more prominent after a warm shower. I'm intrigued by one author's suggestion of rubbing Selsun Blue over the spots five minutes before showering.

I had this last Fall and it pretty much cleared up in about 6-7 months. Strangely enough, I had shingles this Fall, then one PR patch on my chest after the shingles cleared. Now, my 13yo dd has PR, just about one month after my shingles. Hmmmm....
I never went to the dr. for PR, and I'm not taking my dd either. We both have had very textbook cases and there's nothing the doc can do. My feeling is that PR is not rare, but most people just don't go to the dr. for these types of things, so it's just not documented.
37 in Va.

My experience was horendous! At first I thought it was ringworm from my new kickboxing class, and then I thought it was scabies as the vet diagnoised my cat with ear mites.

So for about a week I thought I had mites all over my whole body, and then I went to the emergency room, and was diagonised with pityrisais rosea.

I was relieved that it wasn't scabies. ANYTHING but scabies was cool with me. I am still recovering from the rash. It gets slowly better but itches a lot so I ocassionally take benadryl.

I understand what you are all going through. (I noticed after hot showers it got worse, but after tanning it seemed to cease somewhat). The bible does say in the end days, we would be plagued with many new diseases.....

................... Hollywood, CA