Hey everyone:
About a year ago I started noticing excessive itchiness on my scalp and increased shedding in the shower, on my pillow, etc. I went to a dermatologist in November 2014 and was diagnosed with seborrheic dermatitis and was prescribed a clobetasol propionate shampoo - a lot of the itching stopped, and the shedding went down for about six months. Cue summer and I start noticing a lot more hairfall, often getting 5 or so hairs in my hand just running it along my scalp (which had begun to itch again, though not quite as badly as before). I've always had a pretty high hairline, but at this point I began to wonder if male pattern baldness was on the table. There's no history of early onset baldness on either side of my family, but my grandfather on my dad's side started going bald in his 40's and my dad who is 60 now is probably a Norwood 2/2.5.
I saw another dermatologist on August 17th who repeated the same diagnosis, and started me on a ketoconazole shampoo which in conjunction with head and shoulders has made the itching/redness go down considerably. Call me paranoid, but I'm pretty sure the derms have it wrong here. The top of my scalp is much less dense than it was and it looks as though I'm developing a bald spot on the vertex of my scalp - I've enclosed plenty of pictures so you can see what I'm talking about (not sure if there's a limit to how many I'm allowed to post, but I can remove some if necessary). Anyway, I'd appreciate any and all input/advice you could give! Thanks
Pics from today (dry):
Pics from about when I last went to the derm (wet/dry):
I can also attach pics from 6 months ago, 2 years ago etc. if that would help but I figure I should hold off for now.
About a year ago I started noticing excessive itchiness on my scalp and increased shedding in the shower, on my pillow, etc. I went to a dermatologist in November 2014 and was diagnosed with seborrheic dermatitis and was prescribed a clobetasol propionate shampoo - a lot of the itching stopped, and the shedding went down for about six months. Cue summer and I start noticing a lot more hairfall, often getting 5 or so hairs in my hand just running it along my scalp (which had begun to itch again, though not quite as badly as before). I've always had a pretty high hairline, but at this point I began to wonder if male pattern baldness was on the table. There's no history of early onset baldness on either side of my family, but my grandfather on my dad's side started going bald in his 40's and my dad who is 60 now is probably a Norwood 2/2.5.
I saw another dermatologist on August 17th who repeated the same diagnosis, and started me on a ketoconazole shampoo which in conjunction with head and shoulders has made the itching/redness go down considerably. Call me paranoid, but I'm pretty sure the derms have it wrong here. The top of my scalp is much less dense than it was and it looks as though I'm developing a bald spot on the vertex of my scalp - I've enclosed plenty of pictures so you can see what I'm talking about (not sure if there's a limit to how many I'm allowed to post, but I can remove some if necessary). Anyway, I'd appreciate any and all input/advice you could give! Thanks
Pics from today (dry):
Pics from about when I last went to the derm (wet/dry):
I can also attach pics from 6 months ago, 2 years ago etc. if that would help but I figure I should hold off for now.