How to get rid of follicalitis on shaft of penis

[anonymous7444]

i have follicalitis on my penis and scrotum, and it extends up the shaft sometimes to the head, though only on one side. i've tryed taking anti-biotics, keeping clean, and nearly everything to get rid of this. what can i do to treat such a bothersome condition?

[PRNRabbit]

I used fucibet cream It cleared them up in days

[MrMusici33]

I have the same problem. Only mine is on the under side of the penis. I had two, and first appeared well over a year ago and happened right after shaving. The one near the bottom has pretty much disappeared but it has left a horrible looking (at least to me) type of scar i suppose. But i guess im a little unsure if its actually a SCAR or not, because its not darker than the rest of my skin like most scars, its actually TOTALLY white, and in the middle of it, its almost like a very small crater, because the skin is uneven with the rest of the scar. The other one higher than that one towards the middle seems to have gone away for the most part but still once in a while if it is squeeze a small ammount of puss  type substance will come out....and it always feels as if the area is SLIGHTLY 'raised' so to speak compared to the rest of the skin on my penis.

I looked up the topical antibiotics you listed in the post before but from everything ive seen they all require a prescription. Is that the only way to get them or is there something over the counter i can use? Also, is there anything i can use to get that white spot where the one bump use to be, back to the normal color of my skin?

Hope you can help....its kind of been a relief that im not the only one whos had this problem, i just hope i can get everything back to normal. Thanks again.

[Dr_Aparna]

Hi,
Folliculitis is the inflammation of one or more hair follicles. Chronic cases are associated with Iron deficiency anemia.

Folliculitis starts when hair follicles are damaged by friction from wearing tight clothing which causes  blockage of the follicle.  The damaged follicles are then infected with the bacteria Staphylococcus (staph).

Topical antibiotics such as mupirocin or neomycin containing ointment is usually sufficient to cause a resolution. In some cases patients may benefit from systemic narrow-spectrum penicillinase-resistant penicillins (dicloxacillin in US).
There are no preventive measures, you will have to treat it every time it pops up.
ref:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculitis