Folliculitis is a common skin condition that occurs when hair follicles become inflamed due to infection, irritation, or blockage. The most frequent cause is a bacterial infection, though fungi and ...

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 ...

If you have itchy, red, or pus-filled little bumps on your skin, you may have folliculitis. Folliculitis is a common skin problem that affects hair follicles, the tiny pockets around the hairs on your ...

Hair follicle infections are often difficult to treat because bacteria settle in the gap between hair and skin, where it is difficult for active substances to reach them. In order to investigate this ...

Hair grows out of pores, small openings in the skin that secrete sweat and sebum (oil). An ingrown hair cyst occurs when dirt or oil blocks off a pore, causing a hair to become trapped. This leads to ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Dear Dr. Roach • This question is just too embarrassing for me to even sign my name. I get many infected pubic hairs that are ...

Tinea capitis has a worldwide distribution. The disease predominantly affects children aged 1 to 10 years, but infections in adults are occasionally seen. These infections can spread among family ...

Scientists have found that human hair growth does not grow by being pushed out of the root; it's actually pulled upward by a ...