Follicular contact dermatitis revisited: A review emphasizing neomycin-associated follicular contact dermatitis

Figure 2 Closer view of neomycin-associated follicular contact dermatitis on the right mid abdomen (A) and right lower abdomen (B). The woman noted, one month postoperatively, that there was still some drainage from her surgical wounds. She was instructed to daily clean the sites and apply an antibiotic ointment that contained neomycin sulfate, polymyxin B zinc, and bacitracin zinc (Neosporin ointment). She began to develop small individual lesions at the sites of antibiotic ointment application after 6 wk of daily topical treatment; however, she continued to treat the incision sites for another 4 wk as the individual lesions enlarged and some become confluent-before seeking medical attention.