Foliculite da barba : impacto do processo de barbear sobre o controle e prevenção das manifestações clínicas.

Abstract

The folliculitis is a skin condition that affects the hair follicle, called the sycosis or folliculitis barbae when it reaches the hair of the beard region. This manifestation mainly affects young adults male and develops an on-site multifactorial inflammatory process, either by bacterial infection or favored by poor hygiene and incorrect shaving. The clinical diagnosis is carried out by evaluating the characteristics of lesions and derivatives of gravity treatments involve the use of antibiotics for local or systemic use specific to causative bacterium, anti-inflammatory, aesthetic protocols use of cosmetic adjuvants, besides avoiding factors predisposing, as the incorrect hair removal. This study aimed to evaluate the habits shaving adopted by male volunteers with folliculitis barbae, performing the intervention divided the volunteers into two groups where the test group and receive guidance on the correct razor used a gel containing 3% oil melaleuca after shaving and the control group received only the guidelines for correcting habits. The evaluation was conducted by counting and classification of the severity of injuries before and after 30 days. Eight volunteers selected the University of Santa Cruz do Sul - UNISC, RS, met the criteria for inclusion in the study approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the institution under protocol number 128227/2015. Both groups were instructed to perform the shaving procedure after bath using cream / shaving foam, following the direction of hair growth and a new blade every week, exclusive and personal use. The count of lesions showed that the test group had a significant reduction (p <0.05) in the severity of injuries when compared to the control group, showing effectiveness in adopting correct habits associated with the use of after shave gel with proven antiinflammatory.