I’ve had ugly folliculitis on my buttocks for 3 years. Had no idea how it started, but I guess I’ve had candida overgrowth for the same time. I’ve had all kinds of candida symptoms the last year. I started the candida diet two months ago. At the same time, I started to apply apple cider vinegar (organic, with mother) on my buttocks morning and evening. At other times a day I applied virgin coconut oil. In the beginning I didn’t feel any difference, sometimes it got better, but then it just returned. But I kept applying the stuff. Now, two months later, even though I stopped the diet aft ...
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wheat and dairy were triggers of my Folliculitis Decalvans I just wanted to add weight to this by relaying a very similar experience.To cut a long story short I - after suffering from this affliction for many years... think around 15 years- embarked on an elimination diet and found that wheat and dairy were the key triggers (tomatoes were an issue for a long time as well as some spices, but that seems to have eased off now). Once I eliminated these and exercises regularly I was virtually symptom free. I do still apply elocon lotion on a weekly basis as an adjunct for preventative measur ...
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Folliculitis Decalvans Homoeopathic Cure A case of Folliculitis Decalvans cured by Drug Transmission of Mezerium 0/3 in short time on therapeutic mode. [Video Embedded Here]   [End]
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I suffered from folliculitis decalvans for 12 years. In those 12 years, I went to visit some of the top dermatologists around the US. None had any good answers, and the recommendation was always to take more/stronger antibiotics. In year 12, after becoming immune to my 4th antibiotic, I realized this had to stop. I went to a holistic healer who practices Chinese medicine as well as acupuncture. In addition to the Chinese herbs she gave me, she suggested I cut out sugar, coffee, milk, and gluten/wheat. This is tough to do, but since I was out of options, I followed this religiously for 6 ...
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Hi Guys, I suffered from FD (folliculitis decalvans) for at least 6 years, probably longer before it was properly diagnosed. I know this has been stated for sometime now, but PLEASE research alternatives to antibiotics. I’m confident that most (if not all) cases can be directly attributed to strains of yeast cultivating deep within the cavities of the intestines and stomach. I made major diet changes, started incorporating fermented foods, and have been on a regimen of high doses of vitamin C, turmeric, probiotics, zinc, magnesium, caprylic acid, molybdenum, and now horopito. So ...
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Hello Everybody! I just wanted everyone to know that after 18 acupuncture sessions my folliculitis is all gone. My condition progressively worsened starting 6-7 years ago and my hair would fall off with the crust but I believe it grew back. I was willing to try anything because my condition got so bad that literally 30% of my scalp hair follicles had pustules. I’d wake up with a pillow covered in yellow puss. My head would be so bad I had to try sleeping on my face because it hurt too much to sleep on my back and sides. Now that you know what I went through lets move towards o ...
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I am happy to write that after almost 4 years with folliculitis I am 95% cured. My journey begins with teh dreaded ACNE...teen acne to be specific. Around the age of 14-15 I started developing major acne, cysts and what I like to call undergrounds because they were pimples so deeply rooted underneath my skin. I of course thought that this was the end of the world and started lathering on makeup, creams, potions and lotions....all of which only made it worse. It also didnt help that I was eating mini pizza bites, goldfish, potato chips, chocolate ect ect (teenage diet) I also ate healthy ...
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Hi, Does your son still has folliculitis? I had it for 4 years, that was after I had 4 rounds of anti-biotics. 2 in Holland (I’m Dutch) and 2 in Canada in 2008. So I got severe scalp acne and later also on my back and bad in my face. The only thing that helped me is putting PROBIOTICS on my skin. Crush a caplet or open a capsule, make a paste with a few drops of water. Put it on the affected skin. Let it sit for 1/2 to 1 hour and rinse it off. Don’t use antibacterial soaps or acne cleansers. My skin cleared up in 2 days. You have to apply it every day. The probiotic/good bacteria ...
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I suffered from scalp/neck folliculitis for years before I finally found a cure. I saw many doctors (all useless!) until I found Dr Jacob Teitalbaum’s website re: candida yeast. All of my doctors told me it was staph bacteria, even though all of my cultures and biopsy confirmed NO bacteria present. They also didn;t find any fungus, but that’s because fungus is very hard to detect using cultures, especially candida. (Most doctors will not tell you this). So, if your problem is definitely not bacterial (easily confimed by swab culture and biopsy) then there’s a good chance it’s yeast-candida ...
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I’ve been moving so I haven’t checked this site in a while. Sorry I’m late getting tot his. I’m personally under the assumption that the weird-folliculitis, for me, is mites, in my case anyway. I’m not sure what sort, because I haven’t actually been ”officially” diagnosed (I’m just not in the mood to go to doctors anymore for this, since I’ve had NO success that way thus far), but it seems to fit the description of mite symptoms as well as reacting like mites. (I’m not sure how we got them, but my whole family got hit with a weird red ”dot” sore around the same time...and someo ...
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BORAX! Yes, the laundry detergent Borax! This guy used this on his dog (mange is from mites, which is very similar [if not the same] to the problems mites cause in humans). Guess what I’m buying at the grocery store today? :) This is actually something affordable that I can do to my whole family--me, a lot, and them a couple times just for safety’s sake, since I’ve been battling this since March on myself. I also found a picture of a lady who caught mange (she worked at an animal shelter) and her skin looked EXACTLY like mine...large zit-like things, bright red, painful and sl ...
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i am living proof! i have many scars all over at varying depths and they are ALL healing just from doing cleansing and flushing. in fact they are healing before my eyes! i have some raised keloid scars that are shrinking day by day and just a few days ago, one has started to smooth down to the level of my normal skin. i just looked at it the other day and noticed a section in the middle that was TOTALLY FLAT - and now the rest is following! i was under the impression that keloid scars never heal - this is not true!!! on top of this, my deep scars are becoming filled. one scar that i ...
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I have suffered from chronic folliculitis (candida?) for over 30 years and have been to dozens of specialists, been on antibiotics long term, tried many shampoos, etc. I don’t want to give anyone false hope but I think I have found an effective and cheap treatment, I don’t think its a permanent cure but does work for control. Accidentally, I found using virgin organic coconut oil applied to my scalp cleared up the postules quite quickly. Hope this can help others.   [End]
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after reading this I looked into the diet you suggested and it is call anti candida diet, anyway I tried it, and 3 days in, my head and face cleared up, and 1 week into it, I was sleeping through the night and I had more energy. it absolutely has to do with diet.   [End]
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Hi Follyness, Thanks for the reply. My suspicions regarding the true nature of this condition are slowly being reaffirmed with each passing day. Last Thursday I went to the dermatologist and she told me I have no active trace of the disease. Funny how all of those years of antibiotics never warranted a response from any of my dermatologists in the past like this. My honest opinion stands: this is an immune system problem of some sort, compounded by various allergies and a weakened bodily state. Now, what the catalyst behind this is, for me, is still in question. It could be diet rela ...
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My folliculitis (of the scalp) persisted for the best part of 10 years. That might seem like a remarkably long time, and believe me it was, but that is how long it took me to finally stumble upon the only treatment strategy that ultimately worked for me and cured me of this aggravating condition for good. Basically it was just so resistant to treatment that no treatment strategy I had tried before then worked to permanent. It also hinted to me as to why after all the many years I had it (over ten years in all) snd all the doctors I saw, and all the various types of anti biotics and medica ...
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Hello tylerg, at first you have to excuse my horrible english! My husband is also suffering from folliculitis decalvans. For years we tried everthing with only small results. He was in pain and the whole scalp was covered with infections. To years ago we startet to go our own way and try different things. For almost a year he has only from time to time one ore to places, where there is a small infection and he has almost no pain at all. He is using a simple AloaVera shampoo (we tried severals, they all work) and he is using each day ”DEXEM HEAD” its made by ”BECUR”. When there is a ...
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The past few years I would get outbreaks of foliculitis on my neck behind my ears, and on my scalp. The outbreaks would occur during stressful times. I finally went to the dermatologist. I was prescribed antibiotics and steroid cream. While this treatment was helpful for the short term, the outbreaks would come back after I was off the antibiotics for a few weeks, and the steroid cream only helped so much. I researched foliculitis online and found a good website from the mayo clinic. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/folliculitis/DS00512 I took their advice in washing the affecte ...
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Hello everybody! Once I said to myself if I ever find a cure for that disease, I’d tell everyone. I’m 26 years old and from Germany. ”Ostensibly” I’m suffering from that illness since Oct 2011. To make it short: I haven’t found a complete cure yet, but an improvement of my condition by 95 to 99 percent!!! My personal story: In Oct 11 I went to a private clinic in Cologne with a fire-red scalp and many pimples and spots on it. They suggested a shampoo called ”Terzolin” and a solution with erythromycin in it. According to a script of the laboratory, my pimples were sterile. Therefore ...
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Hello, in response to the lady that is having the crawling plus more symptoms on the scalp. I hope this is going to you since I have used this site. I went six Dr’s concerning the same issues that u r experiencing. The 1st through 4th Dr.just threw it off to age for the hair loss & suggested things that never worked. I then started researching & it all led up to Demodex Mites which we all have but I learned that I have an over abundance of them because my immune system is compromised because I have a lung disease. So I went to the 5th Dr. & took all of my research to show her that I do ...
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Hello, just wanted to share what has worked for me in hopes it might help some of you guys as well, it’s a terrible affliction and no one deserves to suffer with it... My folliculitis started about 2+ years ago, it started as small bumps and eventually spread to large cystic sores all over the back of my head, crown of my head, hairline and was moving onto the sides. They would burst and ooze puss, it was so painful I couldn’t even lay my head on my pillow at night. I tried the dermatologist and various anti fungal shampoos and the standard rounds of antibiotics which, like everyone else, ...
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I diagnosed myself with scalp folliculitis about a month ago.  No, I'm not a doctor, but this condition is not rocket science.  This diagnosis came after 3-4 months of constant itching and scratching little infected bumps on the very back of my scalp (about even with mid-ear, but in the back).  I cannot see them, but I can feel them and the irritation and urge to scratch is insane! About a week ago, I read about turmeric for the first time.  About that time, I put a dab of my steroid anti-itch ointment on the area about three times. Four days ago, on ...
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Here is how I cured my folliculitis : 1: If the problem persists after the first round of Bactrim and cleansing with Antiseptic soap or bleach water baths, like me you have a lazy immune system. 2. Stimulating the immune system is the only way to win this battle. I take Z-BEC vitamins (one daily), ferrous sulphate (65 mg 3 times a week), Vitamin D3 (2000mg 2 times daily), olive leaf extract ( 1000mg 2 times daily), and the most important for me is KELP TABLETS ( iodine )( at least one daily ). Iodine from the Kelp stimulates the Thyroid hormones but I have to be careful not to ta ...
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I’m a long time scalp folliculitis sufferer who did a full head shave about 6 years ago, stayed shaved for 18 months or so (infection free), and then managed to grow my hair back again (all be it clippered at the sides). From last November to recently, gradually the spots started to reappear, and I couldn’t zap them with essential oils, as I had in the past. To cut a long story short.... 1. Shaved my head again 4 weeks ago. Big decision after thinking I had beat this thing 6 years ago. 2. Although my condition has improved 95%, I couldn’t shake the last few spots/infection, and g ...
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Put your shaving religiously worries behind you, I have the cure. I myself have been suffering with it for 5 years, shaving and every other treatment all had the same effect, it would the suppress the infection temporarily. Eventually I came across a different thread suggesting cupping, so me being me I was open to anything after already spending a fortune on other solutions. So I had it performed on me. Cupping is an ancient procedure which essentially removes blood clots. In my case I had huge blood clots in my scalp. Naturally impatience played a huge part in disappointment in the first ...
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