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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.
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.
Clinical suspicion of P. aeruginosa folliculitis usually begins with a combination of the rash's appearance and a history of swimming or hot tub use 24-72 hours before the onset of symptoms. The most common locations for the rash include the upper thorax , the axillary folds , the hips and buttocks, and the areolas .
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 ...
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Patients with tufted hair folliculitis report pain, scalp puffiness, and/or itching along with gradually increasing hair loss. Moreover, reports of perifollicular crusting and scaling are common. Clusters of anagen hairs arising from the scalp in the "doll's hair" pattern are the most common clinical feature in tufted hair folliculitis.
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]
In cases of perforating folliculitis, the affected hair follicle has a transepithelial channel and, frequently, a parakeratotic luminal plug as well as focal destruction of its lateral wall. In this transfollicular channel and in the follicular lumen, parakeratotic keratin is combined with connective-tissue components, such as collagen and ...