Speed Up Folliculitis Recovery: Top Healing Tips

Now, mild folliculitis often heals without scarring on some days with self-hygiene. But repeated or serious instances would require clinical intervention. Ignoring folliculitis can lead to permanent hair loss and scarring. So, how do you treat folliculitis on the scalp or other body parts? Let’s look at the answer.

There are two types of folliculitis – superficial and deep. While the superficial type involves part of the follicle, and the deep one involves the complete follicle. The latter is more severe. Let’s look at the most common types of folliculitis.

Hot Tub Rash: 

This rash involves round and itchy bumps that surface one to two days after exposure to the bacteria that causes it. It is caused by pseudomonas bacteria, commonly found in water slides, hot tubs, and heated pools, where the chlorine and pH levels might not always be maintained.

Bacterial Folliculitis:

This is another common type of folliculitis. It features a rash of itchy and pus-filled bumps. Bacterial folliculitis results from hair follicle infection with bacteria, generally Staphylococcus aureus (staph) that thrives on the skin. It can cause folliculitis by entering the scalp through a wound, scratch or cut.

Boils and Carbuncles:

This is a deep infection of the staph bacteria. In this case, boils on the scalp or other body parts appear suddenly as a painful and inflamed bump. A carbuncle is a cluster of boils.

Razor Bumps:

Clinically called pseudofolliculitis barbae, this rash might look like folliculitis. But it is the result of ingrown hair and not infected follicles. Razor bumps predominantly affect people with curly hair, who shave too close and appear mostly on the neck and face.
Many patients discuss boils on the head and scalp and scalp folliculitis treatment. So, let’s look at some factors associated with both these aspects.

Folliculitis on the scalp is triggered by micro-organisms like bacteria (Cutibacterium, Staphylococcus aureus), yeast (Malassezia), and mites (Demodex Folliculorum). But what leads to the growth of such micro-organisms? Let’s overview some reasons.

• Using public swimming pools
• Hair follicle blockage with hair products
• Sharing razors with another person
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• Cuts or wounds on the scalp that remain open can form the onset of infection

Some symptoms of boils on the scalp include large red pimples with surrounding crust, itchiness, and the uncontrollable feeling of scratching the head and pain.