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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Pseudofolliculitis_of_Beard_1_041001 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE | Category: | hair disorders / acneiform | ||
| Body Site: | chin | Age: | 22 years | ||
| Contributor: | Sugathan Paramoo, MD, FRCP(Glasg) | ||||
| Description: | multiple follicular and parafollicular papules and pustules | ||||
| Comments: | This 22-year-old man developed recurrent pseudofolliculitis shortly after he began shaving in adolescence. | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | pseudofolliculitis_barbe_1_040819 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE | Category: | hair disorders / acneiform | ||
| Body Site: | beard area / neck | Age: | 25 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric follicular red papules and pustules | ||||
| Comments: | This 25-year-old man developed a painful acneiform eruption on the beard area after shaving. Note that each inflammatory lesion has a hair follicle in the center. Pseudofolliculitis barbae is a foreign body reaction commonly affecting curly haired males who shave. Improper shaving techniques can contribute to the process by extrafollicular or transfollicular penetration | ||||
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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | pseudofolliculitis_barbe_2_040819 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE | Category: | hair disorders / acneiform | ||
| Body Site: | beard area / neck | Age: | 25 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric follicular red papules and pustules | ||||
| Comments: | This 25-year-old man developed a painful acneiform eruption on the beard area after shaving. Note that each inflammatory lesion has a hair follicle in the center. Pseudofolliculitis barbae is a foreign body reaction commonly affecting curly haired males who shave. Improper shaving techniques can contribute to the process by extrafollicular or transfollicular penetration | ||||
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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | epidermoid_cyst_1_030725 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CYST, EPIDERMAL INCLUSION / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE / ACNE VULGARIS, CYSTIC | Category: | hair disorders / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) | ||
| Body Site: | cheek / face | Age: | 35 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | tender purple cyst with purulent drainage | ||||
| Comments: | This 35-year-old man developed recurrent tender cysts on his cheeks in areas where he had recurrent pseudofolliculitis. When the cysts were opened coiled hair shafts were extracted. | ||||
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 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | epidermoid_cyst_2_030725 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CYST, EPIDERMAL INCLUSION / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE / ACNE VULGARIS, CYSTIC | Category: | hair disorders / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) | ||
| Body Site: | cheek / face | Age: | 35 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | tender purple cyst with purulent drainage | ||||
| Comments: | This 35-year-old man developed recurrent tender cysts on his cheeks in areas where he had recurrent pseudofolliculitis. When the cysts were opened coiled hair shafts were extracted. | ||||
| Related Images: | All related Images epidermoid_cyst_3_030725 epidermoid_cyst_1_030725 | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | epidermoid_cyst_3_030725 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | CYST, EPIDERMAL INCLUSION / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE / ACNE VULGARIS, CYSTIC | Category: | hair disorders / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors) | ||
| Body Site: | cheek / face | Age: | 35 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | coiled hairs from cyst | ||||
| Comments: | This 35-year-old man developed recurrent tender cysts on his cheeks in areas where he had recurrent pseudofolliculitis. When the cysts were opened coiled hair shafts were extracted. | ||||
| Related Images: | All related Images epidermoid_cyst_2_030725 epidermoid_cyst_1_030725 | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Pseudofolliculitis_Barbae_1_030327 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE | Category: | hair disorders | ||
| Body Site: | face / neck | Age: | 20 years | ||
| Contributor: | Douglas Hoffman, MD | ||||
| Description: | follicular papules, pustules, and cysts with surrounding hypo and hyperpigmentation | ||||
| Comments: | This 20-year-old Eritrean refugee suffered from recurrent pseudofolliculitis barbe. He controlled the condition by letting his beard grow and applying topical erythromycin. | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | Pseudofolliculitis_Barbae_1_030309 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE / FOLLICULITIS | Category: | hair disorders / Iatrogenic disorders, child abuse, | ||
| Body Site: | face / cheek | Age: | 35 years | ||
| Contributor: | Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric follicular red papules and pustules | ||||
| Comments: | This 35-year-old man developed a painful acneiform eruption on the beard area after shaving. Note that each inflammatory lesion has a hair follicle in the center. Pseudofolliculitis barbae is a foreign body reaction commonly affecting curly haired males who shave. Improper shaving techniques can contribute to the process by extrafollicular or transfollicular penetration. | ||||
 © 2001-2010, DermAtlas | Image Name: | pseudofolliculitis_1_020301 | File Type: | jpg | |
| Diagnosis: | PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS / PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBE | Category: | hair disorders / hyperpigmentation / Iatrogenic disorders, child abuse, | ||
| Body Site: | face / neck chin / cheek | Age: | 26 years | ||
| Contributor: | Kosman Sadek Zikry, MD | ||||
| Description: | symmetric widespread follicular papules and pustules | ||||
| Comments: | A 26 year old man suffered with recurrent and persistent itchy red papules and pustules in a beard distribution. These findings characteristic of pseudofololiculitis settled down when decided to stop shaving and grew a neatly cropped beard. | ||||
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