Treatment of Pseudofolliculitis Barbae

January 2009 in “ Elsevier eBooks ”

Douglas Shander, Gurpreet S. Ahluwalia

Pseudofolliculitis Barbae curly hair daily shaving glycolic acid topical eflornithine laser treatments ruby laser alexandrite laser Nd:YAG laser PFB shaving eflornithine laser

Studysummary This chapter reviews techniques for treating pseudofolliculitis barbae and suggests that combining daily shaving with topical treatments like glycolic acid may effectively manage this condition without new clinical results reported.

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