Hair grows out of pores, small openings in the skin that secrete sweat and sebum (oil). An ingrown hair cyst occurs when dirt or oil blocks off a pore, causing a hair to become trapped. This leads to ...

An infected ingrown hair can in rare cases become life-threatening. Learn how to make sure this never happens to you. An infected ingrown hair may have led to a rare bacterial infection that ...

Ingrown hairs in the pubic area can form cysts, or sacs of fluid beneath the skin. A person may notice a lump, possibly with a hair visible beneath it. Cysts often go away without treatment, but some ...

Joy Braziel was hospitalized with a flesh-eating infection in March. She had an ingrown pubic hair that resulted in Fournier's gangrene. She was hospitalized a second time for cellulitis, but she's on ...