How long would it take folliculitis to cause cellulitis?

Folliculitis is inflammation and infection of hair follicles, often caused by the staph aureus germ.

http://www.emedicine.com/derm/topic159.h...

Cellulitis is an acute infection of the dermis and subcutaneous tissues, also often caused by the staph aureus germ.

http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic88.h...

Folliculitis might never progress into cellulitis but then again it might, depending on immune status, hygeine and luck or lack there of. Bactroban ointment works wonders for folliculitis so if that is your problem, then get a prescription and start applying it twice daily to infected spots.
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/mupi.h...
The new generic mupirocin works great also.

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