I dealt with a terrible fungal acne breakout on my forehead from December - March. Which has been mostly cleared up (occasional bump here and there specially given it’s a hot humid summer in NYC)

About a month ago, the back of my head started to itch. I noticed a few bumps and went back to the derm - she told me it was Seb Derm. Gave me a steroid (only used it twice) and told me to keep washing my hair with ketoconazole 2-3 times a week (usually after I work out at gym)

Fast forward to the past few days…things have only gotten worse. I am actually in so much discomfort and pain. I have so many bumps on the back of my head. I also started seeing a new barber over the past 2 months and now I am wondering if this is the cause of this issue….

My derm can see me again on Friday, but doing some research on Reddit - this feels more like folliculitis than dermatitis. Some of the whiteheads are at the hair follicle.

I saw lots of people recommending BP and I had some from my previous fungal acne incident. Gave it a go tonight - left it on for 5 mins then showered and rinsed it off.

Fingers crossed I feel some relief. I am so frustrated about these nonstop issues that randomly popped up over the last 6 months.

I will also cut out dairy, coffee, sweets, and gluten.