folliculitis

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Hello all,

I have an interested possible patient with folliculitis. I won't know

all the details until she has had a consultation, but the problem

started three years ago, and has been treated with almost continual

antibiotics ever since. Unsurprisingly, she now has digestive

problems, and the abx, although they are controlling the problem, have

not cleared it. She has, at the moment, one small patch of scalp that

is very red and there is already scarring and loss of follicles with

the concomittant baldness. Her dermatologist and trichologist have

both said there is no cure and she will never be rid of it, and so she

feels very doomed. I am sure herbs will be able to help her, but am

also a bit nervous as I am newly qualified and have no experience of

this. She is keen to ditch the abx but I am nervous of Staph A

infections, I think because our tutor admitted that he couldn't cure

his own impetigo with herbs and went on to abx as the progression of

staph A can go full thickness and lead to cellulitis, erysipelas and

scepticaemia. All hints and tips gratefully accepted.

Thanks,

bel