Razor Bumps

I suffer from occasional razor bumps/ pimples on my scalp. One website recommended using a mild facial cleaner one or twice a week on the scalp. Would you recommend this course of action if this is folliculitis?

Would also like to thank you for recommending Propecia back in February (Is It Ever Too Late to Start Propecia and Minoxidil?). Have been taking Propecia since then and am really pleased with the results seen in such a short time. Crown is
really beginning to fill in progresively!

From your description this sounds like it may be a form of mild folliculitis, but I can not tell without properly examining these lesions. I would recommend you be examined by your physician.

From the folliculitis article at eMedicine — “For recurrent uncomplicated superficial folliculitis, use of antibacterial soaps and good hand washing technique may be all that is needed. For refractory or deep lesions that have a suspected infectious etiology, empiric treatment with topical and/or oral antibiotics that cover gram-positive organisms may be of benefit.”

For the above reason you need to have your physician make sure you do not need more aggressive treatment.