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Folliculitis looks a lot like acne, another skin-based infection that also occurs in hair follicles. Despite their similarities, acne and scalp folliculitis are not the same condition and should ...
Folliculitis starts with the introduction of a skin pathogen to a hair follicle. Hair follicles can also be damaged by friction from clothing, an insect bite, [2] blockage of the follicle, shaving, or braids that are very tight and close to the scalp. The damaged follicles are then infected by Staphylococcus spp. Folliculitis can affect people ...
Irritant folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicle. [1] It characteristically presents with small red bumps in the skin at sites of occlusion , pressure, friction, or hair removal ; typically around the beard area in males, pubic area and lower legs of females, or generally the inner thighs and bottom.
A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, which is an infection of the hair follicle. It is most commonly caused by infection by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, resulting in a painful swollen area on the skin caused by an accumulation of pus and dead tissue. [1] Boils are therefore basically pus-filled nodules. [2]
Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp, also known as dissecting folliculitis, perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens of Hoffman, perifolliculitis abscedens et suffodiens, or folliculitis abscedens et suffodiens, is an inflammatory condition of the scalp that can lead to scarring alopecia, which begins with deep inflammatory nodules, primarily over occiput, that progresses to coalescing ...
Follicles may be seen discharging pus. There may be sinus formation and rarely mycetoma-like grains are produced. It is usually caused by dermatophytes (fungal infections of the skin affecting humans and animals) such as Trichophyton verrucosum, T. mentagrophytes, [1] and Microsporum canis. Treatment with oral griseofulvin common. [1]
Perifolliculitis is the presence of inflammatory cells in the skin around the hair follicles. [1] It is often found accompanying folliculitis , or inflammation of the hair follicle itself. It can have infectious or non-infectious causes.
After the telogen phase, the hair follicle re-enters the anagen phase, hence why it's called a cycle. As Dr. Kinler notes, hair loss becomes a bigger concern "when there is an imbalance in the ...