Dissecting cellulitis of the scalp successfully treated with topical resorcinol 15%.

Dissecting cellulitis (DC), also called folliculitis abscedens or perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens, is an inflammatory, chronic, and recurrent disease of the hair follicle. Afro-Caribbean race patients exhibit a higher incidence of this disease.[1] DC clinically begins with papulopustular lesions which evolve to a noncicatricial alopecia, and later, multifocal nodules and abscesses, with or without fistula. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of DC treated with topical resorcinol 15%, and this treatment could be considered an effective, safe and economic therapeutic approach for the treatment of DC. [Extracted from the article]