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    • What Is an Infected Ingrown Hair?

      What Is an Infected Ingrown Hair?

      Health via Yahoo News· 9 months ago

      An ingrown hair, also known as folliculitis, occurs when a hair that has been shaved, waxed, plucked, or otherwise removed, grows back into the skin...

    • What Is a Boil (Furuncle)?

      What Is a Boil (Furuncle)?

      Health via Yahoo News· 9 months ago

      A boil, or furuncle, is a pus-filled skin bump typically caused by an infected hair follicle. Most of the time, the infection is caused by Staphylococcus...

    • 7 Reasons Your Scalp Hurts

      7 Reasons Your Scalp Hurts

      Health via Yahoo News· 4 months ago

      AndreyPopov / Getty Images Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Pain or soreness on the scalp can be triggered by a number of different factors,...

    • Antibiotics May Be Used to Treat Boils

      Antibiotics May Be Used to Treat Boils

      Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 3 weeks ago

      Medically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmDMedically reviewed by Alex Yampolsky, PharmD Boils, also known as furuncles, are hard, painful, pus-filled...

    • Pilonidal Sinus

      Pilonidal Sinus

      Health via Yahoo News· 2 weeks ago

      Medically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MDMedically reviewed by Brendan Camp, MD Pilonidal sinus—also called a pilonidal cyst—is a skin infection that occurs...

    • 7 Common Scalp Issues — And How to Treat Them

      7 Common Scalp Issues — And How to Treat Them

      Good Housekeeping via Yahoo News· 2 years ago

      So many of us spend countless hours of our life worrying over the state of our hair. Is it too dry, too curly, too straight, too frizzy, too oily? Is it...