HAIR LOSS
HI... I AM A 26 YR OLD FEMALE...SOMEONE NOTICED A BALD SPOT ON MY HEAD YESTERDAY. I THOUGHT THEY WERE KIDDING UNTIL I SAW OTHER'S REACT & RECOIL WHEN I ASKED THEM TO LOOK. I SAW IT & IT'S ROUND AND ABOUT 2 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER. I AM SUPER SELF CONCIOUS, AND AS MY EXTRA INCOME FROM MY NORMAL JOB IS FROM MODELING, YOU CAN SEE THAT I AM CONCERNED, AND EXTREMELY SCARED IN GENERAL.
I DID SOME ONLINE RESEARCH & HAVE COME UP W/ SEVERAL FINDINGS ABOUT FEMALES WHO GO OFF THE PILL, ORTHOTRICYCLIN IN PARTICULAR, WHO EXPERIENCE THIS CONDITION. THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME, AS I HAVE NO STRESS, EATING IS EH, OK, NOT THE BEST, BUT I HAD CRASH DIETED WAY WORSE IN THE PAST & NOTHING HAPPENED, NO BALDING HISTORY IN THE FAMILY.
BUT I DID RECENTLY GO OFF THE PILL & THE SPOT APPEARED AROUND ONE WEEK AGO (SOMONE MENTIONED SEEING IT).
BEFORE I GO TO THE WRONG TYPE OF DR, & GET A RUN AROUND, TESTS ETC...ESPECIALLY AS I HAVE NO INSURANCE & MINIMUM $ FOR DOCTORS... PERHAPS SOMEONE CAN GIVE ME ADVICE ON HOW TO ACT ON THIS ASAP...
I MADE AN APPT W/ A DERMATOLIGIST, BUT I DON'T THINK HE MAY BE THE BEST PERSON. I LIVE IN NYC & WAS WONDERING IF ANYONE CAN RECCOMEND A DR WHO SPECIALIZES OR KNOW WHAT HE/SHE IS TALKING ABOUT?
ALSO, -IF- THIS IS A CONDITION FROM GOING OFF THE PILL... IF I WENT BACK ON, WOULD IT STOP... OR WOULD IT WORSEN?
SHOULD I SUGGEST TO THE DR CORTIZONE SHOTS ALREADY? DO THE SHOTS THEMSELVES WORSEN THE HAIR LOSS TEMPORARILY, OR WAS CAROL'S HAIR LOSS SIMULTANEOUSLY OCCURING DURING SHOT TREATMENT W/ NOTHING TO DO FROM THE SHOTS?
SOMONE PLEASE HELP ADVISE ME, AS I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE TO START... THANK YOU!
I READ CAROL'S STORY... MY SPOT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE HER BEGINNING STAGES. HOW SHE'S MAKING OUT IS INSPIRING.
