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JOHN S. STRAUSS, M.D.; ALBERT M. KLIGMAN, M.D., Ph.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1956;74(5):533-542.

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It is remarkable that since Dubreuilh's¹ original report there has been so little investigative study of this exceedingly common disorder; not even a name has been agreed upon. Among the terms used by previous writers are pili incarnati,² folliculitis barbae traumatica,³ and chronic scarring pseudofolliculitis of the Negro beard,⁴ but in common dermatological parlance it is probably oftenest referred to as chronic sycosis barbae, a designation which is both inaccurate and misleading. "Pseudofolliculitis of the beard" seems an apt name and will be used henceforth in this paper.

The disease is usually considered to be peculiar to the Negro, and in fact in its severe forms it is essentially restricted to this race (Fig. 1A). It is rare in Caucasians and usually far less severe, sometimes with only a few scattered lesions. The characteristic lesions are erythematous firm papules and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Philadelphia

From the Department of Dermatology (Donald M. Pillsbury, M.D., Director), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Public Health Service Research Fellow, National Institutes of Health (Dr. Strauss).

Footnotes
Recorded for publication April 3, 1956.

Awarded Fourth Prize, Annual Essay Contest, American Dermatological Association, Inc., 1955.

This work was supported by the Medical Research and Development Board, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of the Army, Contract DA-49-007-MD-154.

Acknowledgement is made of the cooperation of all of the personnel of the Philadelphia County Prison, Holmesburg, who have made this problem possible, and especially to Norman Dolbow.

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