The medical and surgical therapy of pseudofolliculitis barbae

Dermatologic Therapy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 158-163

  Bridgeman Shah, Sharon ^a,b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barber's itch; Ingrown bumps; Pili incarnati; Razor bumps; Shaving bumps; Synonyms

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM SULFIDE; CALCIUM DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; DESONIDE; EFLORNITHINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOLIC ACID; RETINOID; SALICYLIC ACID; STEROID; THIOGLYCOLATE CALCIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL BURN; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROLYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR GROWTH; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; NEGRO; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PIGMENT DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; PSEUDOFOLLICULITIS BARBAE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FOLLICULITIS; HAIR REMOVAL; HUMANS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; RETINOIDS;

EID: 2442695267     PISSN: 13960296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1396-0296.2004.04016.x     Document Type: Review

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