#25 Pseudofolliculitis | Dr. Shabari Arumugam
What is pseudofolliculitis? What causes pseudofolliculitis? How can it be treated and what can I do? Welcome to the 25th post of this blog: PSEUDO-FOLLICULITIS What is pseudofolliculitis? Pseudofolliculitis, also known as ‘shaving bumps’, or ‘razor bumps’, is inflammation of hair follicles and surrounding skin, caused by hairs trapped beneath the skin surface. It appears similar to folliculitis, which is inflammation of hair follicles due to infection, but the inflammation in pseudofolliculitis is not primarily due to infection. Pseudofolliculitis is typically seen on the face and neck of men who shave, when it may be called pseudofolliculitis barbae, (“barba” being the Latin word for a beard). It is more common in men, however, can affect men and women in any body area where hairs are coarse, abundant and subject to shaving, waxing and tweezing. What causes pseudofolliculitis? Hair removal, particularly shaving, leads to pseudofolliculitis. Usually the hair has been c...