Alcohol for Folliculitis RB (Somewhere in Europe) on 01/08/2026
Using alcohol, I've successfully healed my Folliculitis.
I self-diagnosed, and my diagnosis was correct, but literally I needed to view hundreds of pictures that were uploaded to the Net by dermatologists, because always, always, my case looked a little bit different from those images.
I avoided using rubbing alcohol. What I used was the ethyl alcohol of some 120-proof apple vodka.
Instead of the ridiculous dermatologist appointments and their antibiotics and other poisonous drugs, I used some apple vodka, which was a non-poisonous, simple, cheap, and easy solution for me. Twice a day I used a cotton ball to sweep it over my skin.
One of the lessons I learned was that you need to take care of your wounds, especially when they're located on your lower legs. Because wound healing occurs at different rates, depending on its location on your body. Wounds on the face tend to heal faster, because of the abundant blood supply. But wounds below the knee take longer, because of a slower circulation.
The second lesson I learned was that saunas can easily shorten your life, if the sauna appears to be clean-clean, but actually not very clean. While sweating is beneficial, saunas also raise questions about the potential spread of germs. Those warm, humid spaces do harbour bacteria, especially when there is very little or no cleaning or ventilation.
