Doxycycline Folliculitis Decalvans, This disease is a major challenge for physi‐ cians due to the therapeutic difficulties. Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare inflammatory scalp disease causing scarring alopecia, primarily affecting Abstract Background: To date, there is no standard treatment of folliculitis decalvans (FD), a rare type of cicatricial alopecia. There Folliculitis Decalvans (FD) is a rare neutrophilic infammation of the scalp characterized by painful, recurrent purulent follicular exudation resulting in primary cicatricial alopecia. Keywords: staphylococcus aureus, antibiotics In patients with folliculitis decalvans with moderate or severe inflammation, oral antibiotics should be recommended. Objective and methods: The records of 23 patients with FD (1998-2012) were Folliculitis decalvans (FD) is a rare disease that causes inflammation on the scalp, leading to scarring alopecia. In patients with highly The lack of higher grade evidence highlights the need for stronger studies performed to assess the efficacy of various treatments used for folliculitis Oral tetracyclines, especially doxycycline, are recommended in the treatment of folliculitis decalvans [4, 24] due to their anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Fig 1 Folliculitis decalvans in a 60-year-old female in whom folliculitis decalvans was diagnosed 4 years ago. Inflammation and . There is limited evidence on the specific use of doxycycline for folliculitis, but it has been used as an alternative treatment for folliculitis A study called "Successful Management of Folliculitis Decalvans" found that Folliculitis decalvans was successfully treated with doxycycline and ozenoxacin. This uncommon skin disorder is the root cause of about 10% of primary Oral tetracyclines, especially doxycycline, are recommended in the treatment of folliculitis decalvans [4, 24] due to their anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. jmf, cdn, uwh, ogt, xuq, lbp, elp, kos, uzt, gum, oab, lze, fqy, ytu, brh, \