Does This Look Like Normal male pattern baldness Or Something Else, Possibly Autoimmune?

[Ziggyz123]

The area of hairloss happened rapidly 2 years ago and i had burning theonbing pains there that still come and go. would like some opinions since i havent responded to finasteride dutasteride seti etc... starting to think its different in nature

 

[hairblues]

The area of hairless happened rapidly 2 years ago and i had burning theonbing pains there that still come and go. would like some opinions since i havent responded to finasteride dutasteride seti etc... starting to think its different in nature

You are in NJ go to a good DR

DR Mckay Wigans in NYC Columbia University is an alopecia expert..cant do better than her. She is a dermatologist and also a researcher...Get an exam and probably a biopsy.

Is it just that one area or all over like that?

 

[Ziggyz123]

You are in NJ go to a good DR

DR Mckay Wigans in NYC Columbia University is an alopecia expert..cant do better than her. She is a dermatologist and also a researcher...Get an exam and probably a biopsy.

Is it just that one area or all over like that?

Its just this one area that is wrecked. ill look into her. is she a trichologist? also, was it expensive just to see her for a visit?

 

[hairblues]

Its just this one area that is wrecked. ill look into her. is she a trichologist? also, was it expensive just to see her for a visit?

She is a dermatologist who specializes in Alopecia specifically Areata--she is in on the research for the Jaks inhibitors with Christiano if you are up on alopecia this will ring a bell.
Mckay Wiggans is the chief medical advisor for the Alopecia Areata Association.
You can also go to that website to find dermatologist list to see if you find someone good.
I don't know if you have areata--i just think the dermatologists on those lists are well informed about all alopecia.

McCay Wiggans is covered by most insurance..If you don't have insurance i think its like $450 for an initial visit--If you have less than good insurance you can try to get into the clinic I think there they take every insurance. Probably less expensive.
She is Columbia Presbyterian Hospital the Harry (or Harvy) Pavilon building..its part of the hospital which is a premiere teaching hospital so lots of research there which is a good thing.

IF you don't have insurance try and find a dermatologist that will work with patients who are self paying to get a lower office visit/exam BUT you will still have to pay for a biopsy if you need one. Thats labs.
You would probably have to find a private dermatologist to do this with not part of a large practice or hospital.

I don't want to scare you but what you describe and how it is isolated 'could' be a type of scaring alopecia so its really important you see a qualified Dermatologist.

 

[hairblues]

Is the skin irritated?

It can also be isolated area of Areata but that usually looks like a patch.

You can check out on Facebook a private page (so friends won't see you joined) a page "alopecia areata" they have a lot of different types of alopecia there and give advice.

But your best bet is see a Dermatologist.

If its areata--this is not scarring and the follicle still alive just 'sleeping'

 

[WMQ]

Is the thinning happening on the two sides behind your temples with the mid scalp mostly intact? It's almost like a reversed Norwood pattern around the mid scalp.
Because I have exactly the same pattern, plus a hairline ten times worse than you and a thin crown.

 

[CopeForLife]

Is the thinning happening on the two sides behind your temples with the mid scalp mostly intact? It's almost like a reversed Norwood pattern around the mid scalp.
Because I have exactly the same pattern, plus a hairline ten times worse than you and a thin crown.

enjoy your retrograde alopecia

I have it from birth, my sides thin as f***, it looks like stretches on the sides

besides this I got a regular Androgenetic Alopecia crown/temples and DUPA on the whole crown

 

[hairblues]

enjoy your retrograde alopecia

I have it from birth, my sides thin as f***, it looks like stretches on the sides

besides this I got a regular Androgenetic Alopecia crown/temples and DUPA on the whole crown

what is retrograde alopecia? never heard of this

 

[WMQ]

enjoy your retrograde alopecia

I have it from birth, my sides thin as f***, it looks like stretches on the sides

besides this I got a regular Androgenetic Alopecia crown/temples and DUPA on the whole crown

Isn't retrograde alopecia happening on your nape and back?
Not that I don't have thinning there though

 

[CopeForLife]

what is retrograde alopecia? never heard of this

this motherfucker overall on the sides (usually the entire donor area)

 

[hairblues]

this motherfucker overall on the sides (usually the entire donor area)

ah okay i would have thought that was DUPA.
that term is new to me.

f*****g evil hair loss.

 

[shookwun]

ah okay i would have thought that was DUPA.
that term is new to me.

f*****g evil hair loss.

That's retrograde alopecia.

Sides, and back tend to thin, and diffuse.

 

[hairblues]

That's retrograde alopecia.

Sides, and back tend to thin, and diffuse.

ah okay retrograde meaning its working back to front instead of front to back.

This kid only seems to have one spot though in pic

 

[Ziggyz123]

Yeah he has the flash on, but it does seem to be more thin there. Do you get itching behind your ears? Could be loss due to either seb derm or mild psoriasis since that is the spot it mostly effects.