Inflammation in your hair follicles that leads to patchy hair loss is known as folliculitis decalvans. It may also involve itching, redness, blister-like pimples, and sores. It’s typical to shed ...

Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a condition in which there is loss of hair in a patchy fashion over the scalp, due to a chronic inflammation with scarring. The first description was by Quinquaud in the ...

Folliculitis is a skin problem that happens when you get bacteria or a blockage in a tiny pocket in your skin called a hair follicle. You have hair follicles just about everywhere except your lips, ...

Neutrophil-associated scarring alopecias include folliculitis decalvans, perifolliculitis capitis abscendens et suffodiens (of Hoffman), and acne keloidalis nuchae. Although the exact etiology is ...

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at Dr. U Hair and Skin Clinic in Los Angeles report significant milestones in treating the challenging scarring hair loss condition known as ...

Folliculitis decalvans is a scarring folliculitis of the scalp in which Staphylococcus aureus is commonly cultured. The onset is typically in young and middle-aged adults who are otherwise healthy and ...

Human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) can be associated with either adult T-cell leukemia or HTLV-I-associated myelopathy/tropical spastic paraparesis (HAM/TSP), a chronic progressive immune ...

Folliculitis generally isn’t very contagious. But certain types can spread from person to person under the right conditions. Folliculitis is the infection or inflammation of hair follicles. Most types ...

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 ...

Scalp pimples, in the form of little red bumps, whiteheads or painful crusted pustules, are an everyday annoyance for many. But on the scalp, these lesions do more than itch. They sit where hair ...

Scalp folliculitis, acne keloidalis nuchae (AKN), and acne cosmetica are among several causes of pimple-like bumps on the scalp. Acne cosmetica results from hair products containing oil and typically ...