Folliculitis

Folliculitis is inflammation of one or more hair follicles. The condition may occur anywhere on the skin.

Causes

Folliculitis starts when hair follicles are damaged by friction from clothing, blockage of the follicle, or shaving. In most cases of folliculitis, the damaged follicles are then infected with the bacteriaStaphylococcus(staph).

Barber's itchis a staph infection of the hair follicles in the bearded area of the face, usually the upper lip. Shaving aggravates the condition. Tinea barbae is similar to barber's itch, but the infection is caused by a fungus.

Pseudofolliculitis barbaeis a disorder occurring primarily in men of Africanextraction. If curly beard hairs are cut too short, they may curve back into the skin and cause inflammation.

Symptoms

• rash (reddened skin area)
• pimplesor pustuleslocated around a hair follicle
  • may crust over
  • typically occur on neck axilla, or groinarea
  • may present as genitallesions
• itching skin

Treatment

1. Topical antiseptic treatment is adequate for most cases
2. Some patients may benefit from systemic flucloxacillin
3. Topical antibiotics such as mupirocin ointment

External link

• Medline Plus (NIH) article on Folliculitis
• Links to folliculitis pictures (Hardin MD/Univ of Iowa)de:Follikulitis

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