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Suggest Treatment For Folliculitis

I have folicolitis along my hairline on back of neck. It is comes an goes. Right now its sore, an is going lower on my neck. What can i use to make it go away? I wash my neck 2 or more times a day. I put 90% Alcohol on it to dry it up. But it continully comes back. Is there any medicine i can take to prevent it from coming back?
Tue, 23 Jul 2019
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Hello,

The follicles of the hair at the neck area may get infected due to rubbing of the clothes and patients may experience recurrent pimples in the area.
You can use some local compresses at the moment to help them heal better and sooner and also try to not press them (do not pop them) as these may send infection in the blood.
Pressing them also increases the number of pimples around.

You may need to wear cotton clothes and also that are not very tight especially at the level of the neck.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Antoneta Zotaj,
General and Family Physician
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Suggest Treatment For Folliculitis

Hello, The follicles of the hair at the neck area may get infected due to rubbing of the clothes and patients may experience recurrent pimples in the area. You can use some local compresses at the moment to help them heal better and sooner and also try to not press them (do not pop them) as these may send infection in the blood. Pressing them also increases the number of pimples around. You may need to wear cotton clothes and also that are not very tight especially at the level of the neck. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Antoneta Zotaj, General and Family Physician