Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis: 9 things to know

I- What is Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis?

 Pores cover all over the skin's surface, including hair follicles and natural oils to help the skin balance nutrients and moisture.  At the same time, this part also helps regulate body temperature, excretion of substances from the inside of the body to the outside.

Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis is an inflammation of the pores that causes itchy, lumpy, and red swelling of the skin.  The disease occurs mainly due to bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. In addition, improper shaving, wearing tight clothing, skin excreted a lot of sweat ... is also the cause of this condition.

 This pathology can occur at any sex or age.  Depending on the person, the symptoms of the disease will be different.  Depending on the severity of the damage or the cause of the disease, Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis is classified into two categories:

- Shallow Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis: This condition involves part of the follicle, caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus, the fungus Pityrosporum or the wrong use of a razor ...

-  Deep Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis: A serious disease, involving the entire follicle, occurs due to gram-negative bacteria, inflammation in the beard (men) or eosinophilic Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis ...

This pathology rarely poses a danger to the health of the patient.  However, the appearance of red, pus-filled, itchy, and painful spots on the skin surface makes it easy to feel uncomfortable and at the same time cause serious loss of aesthetics.  Since then, the disease causes psychological fear, loss of confidence when communicating with other people.

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II- The most common cause of Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis

This pathology is caused by many different factors. The most common causes of Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis are bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.  As follows:

- Golden Staphylococcus: This bacteria often causes Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis of the pores in skin areas such as nape, sideburns, beard, armpits, pubic hair, or seborrheic folliculitis.

- Microporum Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis (mycelium): Usually causes damage to the scalp, manifested as a round, white scaly skin patch.  Therefore, it can cause hair loss, scalp scarring or increase the risk of baldness.

-  Due to Malassezia: This fungus often thrives in hot and humid weather, causing Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis in the skin of the face, neck, back, arms.

- Due to the gram-negative bacteria: This is often caused by the patient taking antibiotics for a long time, causing a rash on the face of the face.  Even if severe, it can form Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis abscesses in the cheeks, chin.

- Due to the herpes virus: This virus often causes Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis of the pores in the mustache, which is characteristic that small blisters grow concentrated, after a few days crusting and peeling off.

- Molluscum contagiosum Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis (Molluscum contagiosum virus): The disease occurs because this virus can go away on its own after a few months.  This virus easily causes disease in the mustache, chin and beard areas.  The molluscum contagiosum virus does not exist on the skin but is usually spread from others.

- Folliculitis caused by Demodex: This is a parasite that can multiply and thrive on the skin when the body is not clean.

- Eosinophilia: This factor is common in people with weakened immune systems

Exposure to chemicals, polluted and smoky environments: This causes the skin to become blocked and damaged, and at the same time create favorable conditions for pathogenic bacteria to live on the skin.

- Due to Pseudomonas bacteria: Common in hot baths with chlorine or an unbalanced pH.

III- Factors that increase your risk of Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis

 In addition to the above causes of the disease, this dermatological pathology is more likely to occur if it meets the following favorable conditions:

-  Acne-prone skin

- Wear tight, tight, material that doesn't absorb sweat

- The air has high humidity and hot weather

-  The skin is sweaty, oily skin

- Use cosmetics, shower gels that contain ingredients that easily cause skin irritation

- Improper waxing, hair removal, and shaving

- Use topical and oral corticosteroids for a long time, creating favorable conditions for the growth of pathogenic bacteria.

-  Skin hygiene is not clean

- Take a hot bath 

- People with diabetes, obesity, kidney failure, weakened immune system, iron deficiency anemia ... also often suffer from folliculitis than healthy people.
 Symptoms of folliculitis are easy to recognize

 Depending on the type of disease, the cause of the disease, the symptoms of Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis will be different.

IV-  Common and recognizable symptoms of this Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis include

-  Red rash, small acne in hair follicles

-  Bright red circles around inflamed hair follicles

-  After a few days, the acne will be pus and easy to break, then dry again, scaly.

-  Skin feels itchy, uncomfortable.

 On some areas of the skin, pimples can grow in thick clumps, causing itching, red inflammation, painful swelling and possible scarring.

V- Common positions of Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis and image recognition

The inflammation of the pores can occur anywhere on the body.  The most common however are the following areas of the skin:

- Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis of the face

 This pathology causes the skin of the face to become rough, blackheads, red acne, whiteheads, itchy skin, ingrown hairs and twisted hair follicles.  Without proper care and treatment, the disease can develop gradually and worsen, causing swelling, pain, infection and an abscess formation.  At this time, the disease is easy to leave scars on skin.

- Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis in the hands

 In the hand skin, pores appear pus cysts, causing itchy skin, burning pain, red swelling.  Even if the disease is not corrected in time, it can cause nail pimples and blackheads that are difficult to cure.

- Foot Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis

 This is the phenomenon of pores on the skin of the feet appear tiny, red or brown nodules.  This causes the skin to become rough, itchy, and unsightly rough.  At the same time, the disease can progress to more severe, leading to pimples, pustules.

- Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis in the back

 The back skin is also prone to Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis.  Because skin care on the back is not as convenient as other areas of the body, the disease easily worsens, forming red, itchy pustules.  Even the formation of nailheads and beard acne causes swelling, pain, and scar.  The most serious is the infection that can spread to the lymph nodes and blood is very dangerous.

- Axillary Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis

 When the patient has a habit of shaving, pulling, waxing the armpit properly, or the sweat glands are too active, it will easily form Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis.  The manifestation of the disease is red papules, acne cysts with white or yellow pus.  When these pimples rupture, the inflammation of the pores can spread to other areas of the skin, both causing loss of aesthetics and itching and burning pain for the patient.

- Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis in the buttocks

 When the buttock pores become infected, it will easily lead to the formation of red pimples, pimples, nail pimples or pustules.  This phenomenon causes painful swelling, discomfort and makes the patient feel uncomfortable when sitting.

 If not handled properly, the pimples can rupture causing the disease to spread to nearby skin areas.

- Inflammation of Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis of the genital area

 This is when the pubic hair of the male or female genitals is itchy, red bumps.  This pimple can rupture, causing a painful discharge, and an inflammation of the skin.

VI- Is Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis contagious?  What is the path of transmission?

 Usually Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis is not spread from person to person.  However, if you have some favorable conditions, you can still get Pityrosporum Folliculitis / Malassezia Folliculitis from others.

 Specifically, some of the infectious ways of the disease are as follows: