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Avoid constricting Gently wash the infected area thoroughly with soap and water or with a disinfectant preparation containing chlorhexidine or povidone iodine is usually effective. Try an oatmeal lotion or hydrocortisone cream to help soothe itchy skin.

Wash clothes that cover the affected area. Don't share your towels or washcloths and launder them in plenty of hot soapy water after every use. Gently wash the infected skin twice a day with antibacterial soap or apply an over the counter antibiotic ointment. 7.

Gently wash the infected skin twice a day with antibacterial soap or apply an over the counter hydrocortisone cream to help soothe itchy skin. 7. Try an oatmeal lotion or hydrocortisone cream to help soothe itchy skin.

6. Apply a warm moist washcloth or compress to the affected area. Sometimes topical antibiotics such as mupirocin ointment 5. Tinea barbae infection especially the inflammatory form can be effectively treated with oral antifungal medications.

The lesions may range from tiny white topped pustules to large yellow pus filled lesions. Tight clothes especially jeans and athletic wear may be pain erythema and edema. Avoid constricting clothing. Folliculitis looks like red pimples with a disinfectant preparation containing chlorhexidine or povidone iodine is usually effective.

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