Multiple follicular pink papules in the beard region. The lesions often resolve with hyperpigmentation.

Numerous scattered inflammatory papules where skin has been shaved. Leaving beard length long prevents the problem of pseudofolliculitis. The problem is often more severe on the neck.

Tiny hairs piercing the skin, each hair surrounded by an erythematous halo. This reaction is not infectious, rather a foreign body-type reaction to coarse or curved hair piercing the skin.