Folliculitis

Has anyone ever had this? I’ve looked it up and it’s for sure what I have. Anyways, I had what started out to be a pimple in my scalp lol, or more of an infected hair. Well now it’s kinda a decent size and it’s sore, it’s scabbed over and you can see that it’s infected. And I have a swollen lymph node because of it. I’ve been putting antibiotic cream on it as of today. It’s only been 2 days, so I’m waiting to see if it will go away with what I’m doing before I go have it checked, just looking for advice from anyone who has experienced this..