Removing hairs by painting on melted wax, letting it harden around the hairs and then stripping it off -often practised by women on their legs, arms or bikini areas -may cause folliculitis, an infection of the hair follicles.
However, this is an infection by staphylococcus bacteria, not by P. acnes. It has nothing to do with acne. It is cured by a course of an appropriate antibiotic.
It is true that certain types of folliculitis form small red pustules, sometimes with tiny heads of pus. Thus, they look very much like acne. Moreover, since these pimples obviously appear in the same place as acne -that is, at the mouth of the follicular tube - they can sometimes be misdiagnosed as acne. However, this is a simple case of mistaken identity. Waxing does not cause acne.
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