What is alopecia folliculitis?

There are a number of annoying hair diseasesbut this one probably takes the prize. It can affect all areas of the body where hair grows and often goes down the chest, legs and arms.

Folliculitis decalvans, sometimes referred to as capilliti, or alopecia follicularis, is a rare and chronic disease that develops at a slow pace and can take many years to develop and there’s never any telling when it will stop.

Folliculitis means inflammation of the hair follicle and it usually appears as small pustules with a strand of hair in the middle.

The hair falls off in patches but often in round formations and because the hair follicles are destroyed, the hair cannot grow back.