There is no clinical nemesis for folliculitis. Folliculitis can be treated by general treatment or medication and laser treatment as prescribed by the doctor.
1. General treatment: keep the infected area clean, choose a light diet, eat less stimulating food. Be careful not to scratch the infected area, so as not to aggravate the infection.
2. Medication: Bacterial folliculitis patients can take oral antibiotics, such as roxithromycin, cefuroxime and so on. Or use topical antibiotic ointment, such as Bactrim, fusidic acid. Fungal folliculitis can take oral antifungal drugs, such as itraconazole, or topical antifungal ointment, such as miconazole nitrate ointment. The above drugs are under the guidance of a doctor.
3. Laser treatment: If the inflammation can not be eliminated or always recur, you can use laser to destroy the hair follicles and treat the infection.
It is recommended that folliculitis patients go to the dermatology department of the hospital in a timely manner, by a professional doctor to carry out the relevant examination, clear the cause of the disease in the doctor’s guidance, symptomatic treatment.