Folliculitis
The rash may appear as pimples that come to white tips on the face, chest, back, arms, legs, buttocks, or head.[1] Although acne can often involve superficial infection and inflammation of some hair follicles, the condition of those follicles is usually not called folliculitis, as that term is usually reserved for the separate set of disease entities comprising infected and inflamed hair follicles with causes other than acne.[1] Most carbuncles, boils, and other cases of folliculitis are infected with Staphylococcus aureus.[1] Folliculitis starts with the introduction of a skin pathogen to a hair follicle.[citation needed] Most simple cases resolve on their own, but first-line treatments are typically topical medications.
SpecialtyDermatologyinflammationhair folliclespimplesdisease entitiesHistopathologygiant cellsItchingpustuleschicken poxarmpitgenitallesionscellulitisabscesscarbunclesStaphylococcus aureuspathogenfrictionclothingshavingbraidsIron-deficiency anemiaHot-tub folliculitisPseudomonas aeruginosabuttocksbathing suitsSycosis vulgarisGram-negative folliculitisFungal folliculitisTinea barbaefungusT. rubrumMalassezia folliculitisMalasseziaDemodex folliculitisDemodex folliculorumherpes simplex virusPseudofolliculitis barbaeEosinophilic folliculitisFolliculitis decalvansFolliculitis keloidalisantisepticantibioticsmupirocinneomycin/polymyxin B/bacitracindicloxacillinflucloxacillinfluconazoleIngrown hairKeratosisMedlinePlus EncyclopediaDiseasesDBMedlinePluseMedicinePatient UKEpidermalCallusSeborrheic keratosisAcrochordonMolluscum contagiosumActinic keratosisSquamous-cell carcinomaBasal-cell carcinomaMerkel-cell carcinomaNevus sebaceousTrichoepitheliomaFrecklesLentigoMelasmaMelanomaPostinflammatory hyperpigmentationDermalEpidermal inclusion cystHemangiomaDermatofibroma (benign fibrous histiocytoma)KeloidLipomaNeurofibromaXanthomaKaposi's sarcomaInfantile digital fibromatosisGranular cell tumorLeiomyomaLymphangioma circumscriptumMyxoid cystRashesContact dermatitisAtopic dermatitisSeborrheic dermatitisStasis dermatitisLichen simplex chronicusDarier's diseaseGlucagonoma syndromeLangerhans cell histiocytosisLichen sclerosusPemphigus foliaceusWiskott–Aldrich syndromeZinc deficiencyScalingPsoriasisCorporisCrurisManuumFacieiPityriasis roseaSecondary syphilisMycosis fungoidesSystemic lupus erythematosusPityriasis rubra pilarisParapsoriasisIchthyosisBlisteringHerpes simplexHerpes zosterVaricellaBullous impetigoAcute contact dermatitisPemphigus vulgarisBullous pemphigoidDermatitis herpetiformisPorphyria cutanea tardaEpidermolysis bullosa simplexPapularScabies