Hello, I hope someone can help. Male, White, 21 years old. About a year or so ago i had a small bout with razor burn on the right side of my neck where i shave. Well this eventually persisted and over the course of the past 12 months has turned into a full-blown bout with folliculitis. I talked to my doctor, she told me to clean the area with antibacterial soap and prescribed me Keflex and to shave with a clean razor. I also applied bacitracin to the affected area daily.

Well after 14 days on Keflex and using the soap with basically no results, the folliculitis seems to be spreading. It is now moving over to the other side of my neck and infecting otherwise healthy hair follicules. I don't know what else to do, laser hair removal really won't help as the infection seems to be spreading to other hair follicules on my body.

It would get so bad that these ingrown hairs would create red, pus-filled bumps in which they would alter my appearance so bad i would manually pluck out the ingrown hair which SEEMED to help that specific follicule. Well, I continued doing this as needed while on the Keflex, using the soap, etc. Was this a bad idea plucking the hairs out? Was that basically contradicting the antibiotics and cleansing?

As a last resort, what I am doing is discontinuing ALL shaving on my face, no plucking, and starting on another 7 days of Keflex and as always clean with antibacterial soap and apply antibiotic ointment.

What else can i do if this doesn't clear the problem? Laser hair removal isnt an option as the infection is spreading over my neck and face.