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Impetigo
Patients aged one year and above can receive treatment for impetigo. This includes patients who have recurrent impetigo. If you think you or your child has impetigo, visit the Pharmacy today.
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About Impetigo
Impetigo is a skin infection that's very contagious but not usually serious. It often gets better in 7 to 10 days if you get treatment. Anyone can get it, but it's very common in young children.
Impetigo starts with red sores or blisters, but the redness may be harder to see in brown and black skin. The sores or blisters quickly burst and leave crusty, golden-brown patches.
The patches can:
- Look a bit like corn flakes stuck to your skin.
- Get bigger.
- Spread to other parts of your body.
- Be itchy.
- Sometimes be painful.
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Alex Metcalfe
10/08/2026
Nick Porcher
14/07/2026
Ayoniza was very patient, informative and my daughter didn’t even realise she had been given the injection.
Benjamin E
30/06/2026
Very friendly and helpful!
JOHN COOK
29/06/2026
Very helpful. Had what I wanted and they kindly kept it for me to collect.
Annabel Reid
29/06/2026
Great vacation experience. I arrived early and Daisy fitted me in so I didn't have to wait. She was clear and professional throughout. I genuinely didn't feel the needle go in. It was also a relatively large private room, thank you