Figures & data
Figure 1 Penetration of sharptipped hairs into the skin (A) and multiple extrafollicular penetration with papules (B).
Figure 2 Extra-follicular and transfollicular penetration.
Figure 3 Transfollicular penetration.
Figure 4 Trapped hair separating from the papule.
Figure 5 Multiple sharp, beveled hair tips after a dry shave.
Figure 6 Papules and pustules on the anterior neck, chin, and cheeks (A); PFB affecting mainly the anterior neck region (B); keloids resulting from lesions from PFB (C).
Figure 7 Use of depilatories produced two crooked blunt tips unlikely to cause penetration in a patient with existing papules.
Figure 8 Treatment algorithm for PFB. Reprinted from Coley MK, Kelly Alexis AF. Pseudofolliculitis barbae and acne keloidalis nuchae. In Alexis AF, Barbosa VH, editors. Skin of Color: a practical guide to dermatologic diagnosis and treatment, 1st edition. New York: Springer; 2013:127 with permission from Springer Nature.Citation40
