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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	Acne_Keloidalis_2_050508	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS / SCAR / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS	*Category:*	hair disorders / treatment
	*Body Site:*	occiput / scalp	*Age:*	27 years
	*Contributor:*	Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg)
	*Description:*	well healed hypopigmented, fibrotic papules with surrounding hyperpigmentation
	*Comments:*	This 27-year-old man had laser epilation of the acne keloidalis nuchae lesions which had been troubling him for the past 2 years. They failed to respond to multiple oral antibiotics and topical therapy. Using a CO2 laser the affected area was epilated and the condition improved significantly
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	Acne_Keloidalis_1_050508	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / KELOID	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	occiput / scalp	*Age:*	27 years
	*Contributor:*	Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg)
	*Description:*	confluent fibrotic violaceous papules
	*Comments:*	This 27-year-old man had laser epilation of the acne keloidalis nuchae lesions which had been troubling him for the past 2 years. They failed to respond to multiple oral antibiotics and topical therapy. Using a CO2 laser the affected area was epilated and the condition improved significantly
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	acne_keloidalis_nuchae_2_041117	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / SCAR / KELOID / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	scalp / neck	*Age:*	33 years
	*Contributor:*	Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg)
	*Description:*	symmetric follicular purplish brown papules and nodules
	*Comments:*	A 33-year-old travelling salesman reported complined of recurrent painful and sometime itchy papules on the back of head just above the hair line. Antibiotics gave only temporary relief. Lesions started insidiously on the nape of the neck and extended to the side. Lesions resolved after epilation laser therapy. He also stopped wearing tight shirts with collars and neck ties.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	acne_keloidalis_nuchae_1_041117	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / KELOID / SCAR / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS	*Category:*	lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) / hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	neck	*Age:*	34 years
	*Contributor:*	Abhay Martin, MD
	*Description:*	symmetric follicular purplish brown papules and nodules
	*Comments:*	A 33-year-old travelling salesman reported complined of recurrent painful and sometime itchy papules on the back of head just above the hair line. Antibiotics gave only temporary relief. Lesions started insidiously on the nape of the neck and extended to the side. Lesions resolved after epilation laser therapy. He also stopped wearing tight shirts with collars and neck ties.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	pseudofolliculitis_and_ice_pic_scar_1_040606	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS	*Category:*	acneiform / hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	face / cheek	*Age:*	32 years
	*Contributor:*	Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD
	*Description:*	perifollicular inflammatory papules
	*Comments:*	These lesions erupted following shaving and improved after his beard regrew.

© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	acne_keloidalis_nuchae_1_040524	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / KELOID / SCABIES	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	scalp / occiput neck	*Age:*	40 years
	*Contributor:*	Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD
	*Description:*	fibrotic violaceous plaque studded with firm follicular papules and nodules
	*Comments:*	This 40-year-old man had a 2 year history of multiple, painful, pruritic, pustules on his occiput and upper posterior neck. As the pustules resolved a firm rubbery plaque studded with follicular papules and nodules developed. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	acne_keloidalis_nuchae_2_040524	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / KELOID / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / SCAR	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	scalp / occiput neck	*Age:*	40 years
	*Contributor:*	Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD
	*Description:*	fibrotic violaceous plaque studded with firm follicular papules and nodules
	*Comments:*	This 40-year-old man had a 2 year history of multiple, painful, pruritic, pustules on his occiput and upper posterior neck. As the pustules resolved a firm rubbery plaque studded with follicular papules and nodules developed. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	acne_keloidalis_nuchae_3_040524	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / SCAR / KELOID	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	scalp / occiput neck	*Age:*	40 years
	*Contributor:*	Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD
	*Description:*	fibrotic violaceous plaque studded with firm follicular papules and nodules
	*Comments:*	This 40-year-old man had a 2 year history of multiple, painful, pruritic, pustules on his occiput and upper posterior neck. As the pustules resolved a firm rubbery plaque studded with follicular papules and nodules developed. He was treated with topical tretinoin and oral antibiotics.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	Acne_Keloidalis_Nuchae_1_030414	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	ACNE KELOIDALIS NUCHAE / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / SCAR	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	scalp	*Age:*	20 years
	*Contributor:*	Douglas Hoffman, MD
	*Description:*	confluent purplish-brown fibrotic papules and nodules
	*Comments:*	This 20-year-old man developed itchy fibrotic confluent papules and nodules on the back of his scalp. The keloids responded partially to intralesional steroids.

© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	hirsutism_1_020310	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	HIRSUTISM / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / FOLLICULITIS / ACNE VULGARIS	*Category:*	hair disorders
	*Body Site:*	face / cheek	*Age:*	27 years
	*Contributor:*	Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD
	*Description:*	coarse dark terminal hair, follicular papules and pustules
	*Comments:*	A 27 year old woman developed chronic follicular papules and pustules after she began shaving coarse terminal hair on her cheeks. She was well without signs of hyperandrogenism, and other women in her family including her mother had prominent facial hair.