Folliculitis, caused by bacterial or fungal infections, is inflammation of your hair follicles. It presents as bumps or a rash on your skin anywhere hair grows, including the scalp, torso ...

Scalp folliculitis is a skin condition characterized by irritation and swelling of the hair follicles on your scalp. Hair follicles are the areas of your skin that surround the roots of your hair ...

Superficial folliculitis is an inflammation of the upper section of the hair follicle, and may be caused by an injury to the follicle, by infection, or by a chemical irritation of the follicle.

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A pimple-like bump or sore inside the nose can sometimes be due to nasal vestibulitis or nasal folliculitis. It is a bacterial infection that can develop when hair follicles become infected ...

It could be dandruff, scalp psoriasis, or folliculitis, the latter of which Hill says is just a buildup of bacteria that can lead to bacterial infections and, eventually, folliculitis.

In a lecture at VMX, Jason B. Pieper, DVM, MS, DACVD, outlined the next steps in the treatment of pyoderma in dogs when the ...