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Red, crusting lesion at base of hair follicle
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A 27-year old male asked:
What causes itchy spot in pubic region? No visual signs of irritation, redness or peeling but the base of a few of the hair follicles look dry?
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have 4 to 5 red painless bumps on base of penis near pubic region with each one having a single hair follicle growing from it?
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A 37-year old male asked:
I have lots of redness in pubic hair area. Seems to be near or on hair follicles. Im wandering if its folliculitis or Warts?
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A 26-year old male asked:
There is a area of my pubic region that itches sometimes. Theres no redness or rash. But I did notice the skin is peeling or dry at the hair follicle?
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A 32-year old male asked:
What do most genital warts look like and to they usually have a hair follicle involved with redness? Is their a standard for what a wart resembles or just kind of whatever they feel like?
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A 23-year old male asked:
Hypersensitive scalp, constant redness, dandruff, white beads on follicles, mild itch/burn, hair loss. Biopsy neg. for yeast and inflamm. Please help!
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A 35-year old asked:
A hair follicle hasn't grown from this red bump/scar for months. What could this be?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Can Red Dawn liquid be detected in a hair follicle test and how long does it stay in your system?
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A 28-year old female asked:
Pimples on face (feel hard and are red) general fision told me that is of infection of hair follicles, tried many mediciations, what else to do?
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A 17-year old male asked:
Does keratosis pilerius cause itchiness all over with red bumps on hair follicles?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I noticed what felt like an ingrown hair or irritated follicle on my nipple. I just noticed a red line stemming from the pain and hooking around?
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A member asked:
Red bumps on arm on hair follicle , what is it and how do I get rid of them?
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A 32-year old female asked about a 32-year old female:
Sores covering right calf start off small bug like bums an enchanter dug into that end up like huge infected bug bites or hair follicles. Red?
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A 19-year old male asked:
I keep on getting ingrown hair follicles that turn into red, sensitive cysts in pubic region, they go down but swell back up. How do I stop this?
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A female asked:
I've been sweating a lot the last three days and was only able to shower today. Numerous hair follicles on my waist are red & raised, not itchy. Why?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Bump below penis head small cut below bump. some hair follicles on balls raised and red no pus, main bump has no head hard but harder with erection??
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A 17-year old male asked:
On the area above my penis there are small red patches of skin, around hair follicles. They are not bumps and are not itchy. Ive never had sex. Im looking to know what they are and how i could get rid of them. Thank you
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A 25-year old female asked:
What is a reason for pain when the hair follicle is moved, occurs only on top of head, and associated with gradual hair loss? Scalp is not red.
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A 23-year old male asked:
Have 2 little red bumps on my right testilce, I pulled a hair out of both. & both look like swollen hair follicles and not an std. Is that what it is?
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A 20-year old male asked:
I have white scab like things under hair follicles on my inner thighs. This area used to have red spots on the hair follicles which are now white. They used to be itchy and cause a burning sensation. What can the white scabs be?
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A male asked:
I have a red rash on my scrotum with raised bumps mainly where hair follicles are. Could this be jock itch?
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A male asked:
I have red spots on my legs. When i squeeze them a hair follicle pops out. What is the best treatment to get rid of these please?
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A 33-year old female asked:
Corner of mouth outside is red/painful it cracks and peels no apparent bump/acne/hair follicle etc sometimes goes almost all away then comes back?
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A 66-year old female asked:
Had lump & Dr said infected hair follicle. I had tried to extract hair, open sore. Taking Keflex, done 5 days. Swelling down, sore healed but the ring of red around the lump that was there initially is now a ring that is almost white why what is it?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I was in a hot tub a couple weeks ago and developed a hair follicle infection shortly after. Also have red, itchy patches in swimsuit area / arms. ?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Forgot to ask. Ive been told Ive folliculitis and believed it was Genital Warts myself. My question is theyre red and hair follicles are involved but nope or anything pimple head at all. Could these actually be warts even with hair involved?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Red blotches in pubic area last week i developed a boil it drained and what not, then i woke up and had a bump in my pubic area around a hair follicle, along with 3 red spots ( not raised or itchy ) i went to the hospital because i was afraid it was an in
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A female asked:
2 whiteheads on border of lip close together on hair follicles. Squeezed whitish liquid. Next day alittle red almost gone.no scab.Coldsore or pimple?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Have a small red lump on perineum near anus. Been tested so not std. Sensitive to touch. Applied polysporin (bacitracin and polymyxin) to area. Cyst, hair follicle?
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A 66-year old female asked:
Why would I get a lump on breast below areola? Pea size lump, painful, red. Dr gave Keflex and said hair follicle infection. Below hair area. Keflex seems to be working. Less swollen and red. Hair follicle? Do I need any other exam if it clears up?
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