
Suggest Treatment For Ingrown Hair Rashes

Question: What is the best over the counter lotion, cream ointment for healing ingrown hair rashes?
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Hi
Thanks for writing to us
In your case, I could think of three possibilities-
Acne
folliculitis
pseudofolliculitis
The treatment is entirely different in all the three.
I would appreciate, if you could upload an image depicting your lesions. This wouod help me in suggesting appropriate treatment.
Waiting for your response.
Regards
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar


Please see uploaded photos... Does not itch.
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Hi,
Thanks for uploading the images.
You may use mupirocin or fusidic acid or nadifloxacin cream twice in a day to help settle these rashes.
These should resolve in four to five days.
Hope this helped.
Take care
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

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