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Sarah,
Have you thought about taking your daughter to a dermatologist? They can determine if it is just an allergic rash, or the BAD rash (stevens johnson syndrome). The following link has pictures, but they are really bad cases. SJS can be much milder and involve other symptoms. See the SJS fact sheet.
http://sjsupport.org/fact.shtml
If it's SJS, she needs to go off the lamictal right away. Do this only with a doctor's guidance. If it's just an allergic rash, some dermatologists will treat her through it until it disappears. They sometimes go away in a few months. That's what happened with mine. A dermatologist looked at it and confirmed it was just an allergic rash. She gave me some antihistamines and steroid creams until it dissapeared in a month or two, but in the meantime she watched me like a hawk in case it turned into SJS.
Have you thought about taking your daughter to a dermatologist? They can determine if it is just an allergic rash, or the BAD rash (stevens johnson syndrome). The following link has pictures, but they are really bad cases. SJS can be much milder and involve other symptoms. See the SJS fact sheet.
http://sjsupport.org/fact.shtml
If it's SJS, she needs to go off the lamictal right away. Do this only with a doctor's guidance. If it's just an allergic rash, some dermatologists will treat her through it until it disappears. They sometimes go away in a few months. That's what happened with mine. A dermatologist looked at it and confirmed it was just an allergic rash. She gave me some antihistamines and steroid creams until it dissapeared in a month or two, but in the meantime she watched me like a hawk in case it turned into SJS.