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Hi all, im 21 and seem to only have hairloss on my left temple and my right temple is totally normal, i notice since nearly 1.5 years now but it seems i had this hairloss since 2.5 years ago. i went to my derm 3 times and another skin specialist and they all say its telogen effluvium and i show no signs of balding despite having miniturisied hair only on the left temple and some hair is already gone but its been staying rougly the same now for more then a year or longer i only started taking pictures a year ago.
Despite my dermatologist been very qualified i still doubt him due to my mental health issues such as Anxiety, Panic attack, OCD, BDD and depression, my derm thinks the cause of my hairloss is telogen due to the constant stress and depression i suffer during the past few years it got so bad thet i was admitted to mental hospital 3 times, had constant anxiety and panic everyday to the point i went to ER and Ambulance like 15 times and couldn't even leave my house at all so i was housebound.
Now im doing slightly better but i still have mostly all my mental health issues and my medication is slowly wearing off and my BDD is absolutely killing me all i think about is about my hairloss to the point i don't know how much longer i can stand and im having urges to got dermatologist again just to give me so relief but its just feeding my BDD. What makes it even worse is i have an identical twin brother who has absolutely no hairloss on his temple.
My dermatologist says the only way it can regrow is if i fix my mental health im not shedding much anymore maybe 50-150 hair every 3 days when i shampoo but im not sure if it wil ever grow back or if its even telogen effluviun my mind is pretty sure its male pattern baldness please help me if you think im right or wrong. Thanks alot.
Despite my dermatologist been very qualified i still doubt him due to my mental health issues such as Anxiety, Panic attack, OCD, BDD and depression, my derm thinks the cause of my hairloss is telogen due to the constant stress and depression i suffer during the past few years it got so bad thet i was admitted to mental hospital 3 times, had constant anxiety and panic everyday to the point i went to ER and Ambulance like 15 times and couldn't even leave my house at all so i was housebound.
Now im doing slightly better but i still have mostly all my mental health issues and my medication is slowly wearing off and my BDD is absolutely killing me all i think about is about my hairloss to the point i don't know how much longer i can stand and im having urges to got dermatologist again just to give me so relief but its just feeding my BDD. What makes it even worse is i have an identical twin brother who has absolutely no hairloss on his temple.
My dermatologist says the only way it can regrow is if i fix my mental health im not shedding much anymore maybe 50-150 hair every 3 days when i shampoo but im not sure if it wil ever grow back or if its even telogen effluviun my mind is pretty sure its male pattern baldness please help me if you think im right or wrong. Thanks alot.
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