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  2. Folliculitis - Wikipedia

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    Folliculitis is the infection and inflammation of one or more hair follicles. The condition may occur anywhere on hair-covered skin . The rash may appear as pimples that come to white tips on the face, chest, back, arms, legs, buttocks, or head.

  3. Got Bumps on Your Scalp? Here's How to Treat It - AOL

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    Scalp folliculitis is a skin condition that occurs when the hair follicles on the scalp become inflamed. This results in pustules, whiteheads, or other pimple-like bumps on the scalp that can be ...

  4. Irritant folliculitis - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Boil - Wikipedia

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    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]

  6. Skin infection - Wikipedia

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    Folliculitis, a skin condition in which hair follicle, located in the dermal layer of the skin, becomes infected and inflamed. It is predominantly caused by bacterial infections, especially Staphylococcus aureus, leading to superficial bacterial folliculitis. [11]

  7. Ingrown hair - Wikipedia

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    Ingrown hair is a condition where a hair curls back or grows sideways into the skin.The condition is most prevalent among people who have coarse or curly hair. It may or may not be accompanied by an infection of the hair follicle (folliculitis) or "razor bumps" (pseudofolliculitis barbae), which vary in size.

  8. Tinea barbae - Wikipedia

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    Tinea barbae is a fungal infection of the hair. Tinea barbae is due to a dermatophytic infection around the bearded area of men. Generally, the infection occurs as a follicular inflammation, or as a cutaneous granulomatous lesion, i.e. a chronic inflammatory reaction.

  9. Perifolliculitis - Wikipedia

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    It is often found accompanying folliculitis, or inflammation of the hair follicle itself. It can have infectious or non-infectious causes. [2] References