Part of the underarm folliculitis can be cured by general care, and most of them need to be treated by drugs, physical and other methods to be cured.
1. General care: axillary folliculitis is mostly caused by bacteria, fungi and other pathogens infecting the hair follicles, and some of the less severe cases can be cured by themselves by ensuring the skin is clean, such as washing the skin with warm water and non-irritating anti-bacterial products every day, and avoiding skin damage.
2. drug treatment: but most patients need reasonable, standardized treatment, in order to get cured, commonly used treatment methods are drug treatment, surgical treatment, physical therapy. For example, the common drugs used to treat folliculitis caused by bacterial infection are mupirocin ointment, fusidic acid such as cream, etc., which should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
3. Physical therapy: ultrashort wave, red and blue light irradiation photodynamic therapy also has a certain therapeutic effect on folliculitis.
Underarm folliculitis patients need to go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor for active treatment.