Folliculitis

Key facts Folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles in your skin. Folliculitis causes painful red bumps each with a hair in the middle. Treatment of folliculitis depends on its cause. What is folliculitis? Folliculitis is an inflammation of the hair follicles in your skin. There are 2 types of folliculitis: non-infective folliculitis infective folliculitis What are the symptoms of folliculitis? Folliculitis causes painful red bumps each with a hair in the middle. These can become itchy or sore, and there may be pus. It can happen anywhere on your body where there ‘s hair. If an infection is