Folliculitis, caused by bacterial or fungal infections, is inflammation of your hair follicles ... exposed to the contaminated water. Other symptoms include itching and burning.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa, or HS, is a chronic disease that affects your hair follicles. Most people don't report symptoms at first. That's because most people don't think their symptoms are signs ...

While the underlying cause is unknown, HS results in hair follicles that can become blocked ... While there's no cure, smoking and obesity can make symptoms worse. So one of the best things ...

Permanent or chronic hair loss occurs when individual hairs break away from the follicles ... and possible symptoms of skin conditions that might contribute to hair loss in the legs.

Scientists have determined a new way to protect the hair follicle from chemotherapy in an effort to prevent hair loss as a result of cancer treatments. Researchers based at The University of ...

It is a bacterial infection that can develop when hair follicles become infected, for instance, after plucking nose hair. Some cancer treatments ... Some other symptoms a person might notice ...

In Part I of the review (July/August 2004), the anatomy of hair follicles, the diagnostic approach to diseases leading to hair loss, and nonscarring alopecias were discussed. In this article (Part ...

Skin boils are a common condition caused by an infected hair follicle. A skin boil, also known as a furuncle, presents as a swollen and painful red bump. If bacteria infect a hair follicle on the ...