Leg hair that doesn’t grow in the follicle is considered to be related to keratosis pilaris. It can be helped by topical medication, systemic medication, physical therapy or surgery.
1. Topical medications: Topical medications mainly include salicylic acid, glucocorticoids, and retinoic acid cream. If small patchy damage occurs, local injection of glucocorticoid drugs such as trimethoprim can temporarily relieve symptoms.
2. Systemic medication: Systemic medication includes retinoic acid, vitamin A, cyclosporine, and glucocorticoids. If there are signs of infection, oral amoxicillin capsules, cefadroxil capsules and other antibiotics, anti-infection treatment.
3. Physical therapy: If the skin lesions are thicker, resulting in hair growth, laser, freezing, and superficial X-ray irradiation can help improve the symptoms.
4. Surgical treatment: If there are hypertrophic lesions on the surface of the skin, and the treatment through the above ways is not effective, it can be treated by skin grinding, which is more effective.
Leg hair in the follicle can not grow, local irritation, itching, pain or skin odor, it is recommended to timely visit the hospital dermatology, early detection and early treatment can shorten the course of the disease.