i didn't know it had a name. i was getting surgery the other day and i showed him my scars i am working on to get rid of. and he mumbled MRSA. i asked what? then he said the long name. i said not anymore. i said it is scars. and i reminded him that a few yrs ago i went to several different drs and none of them knew what it was. i ended up diagnosing it myself. i figured it was staph. they treated me for scabies 5 times and that was harsh (that stuff is a neurotoxin like what hitler used in gas chambers). they tried several medicines. nothing worked. i had to do a series of things i thought of myself. it took me 3 yrs to get rid of it. now i am using retin-A for the scars. i got it from a city bus 5 yrs ago when i moved to san diego. i stumbled across this forum by accident, thought i would post.