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Multiple Ingrown Hairs In One Spot. Awful Odour. No Help From Bactraban. Suggestions?

My husband has what seeme to be multiple in grown hairs in one spot. Not like typically barely under skin ingrown hairs. It actually looked like a pimple that popped. That s when we found multiple hairs in it. It has an awful foul odor to it been this way for months. Clean it several times a day with antibacterial soap and even use bactraban the smell is getting worse now
Mon, 4 Mar 2013
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hello
welcome to healthcaremagic forum
so it does not look like simple ingrown hair
it may be sinus or folliculitis .
better to consult dermatologist
oral antibiotic will work and if it fail or lesion reoccur then laser treatment is laso good option
do not prick ,pooped or pinch it
alone soap and bactraban is not enough in his case
i hope i answered your question
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Multiple Ingrown Hairs In One Spot. Awful Odour. No Help From Bactraban. Suggestions?

hello welcome to healthcaremagic forum so it does not look like simple ingrown hair it may be sinus or folliculitis . better to consult dermatologist oral antibiotic will work and if it fail or lesion reoccur then laser treatment is laso good option do not prick ,pooped or pinch it alone soap and bactraban is not enough in his case i hope i answered your question