About two months ago I had a bump on the back of my scalp.
I also had a lymph node enlarged at the back of my neck.
My primary care doctor shrugged it off and said it was probably a hair follicle infection and to give it a couple months.
We are a couple months in and now I have a nickel sized bald patch and the area is red.
My derm prescribed a steroid to see if it helps with the inflammation but they seemed perplex too. The tested the skin for a fungus and wasn't fungus related.
Any suggestions on what this could be?
Hair follicle infection?
Alopecia Areata?
Inflammation?
Something else?
I am meeting with a new derm next week. The pic is before the hair loss from September.
I also had a lymph node enlarged at the back of my neck.
My primary care doctor shrugged it off and said it was probably a hair follicle infection and to give it a couple months.
We are a couple months in and now I have a nickel sized bald patch and the area is red.
My derm prescribed a steroid to see if it helps with the inflammation but they seemed perplex too. The tested the skin for a fungus and wasn't fungus related.
Any suggestions on what this could be?
Hair follicle infection?
Alopecia Areata?
Inflammation?
Something else?
I am meeting with a new derm next week. The pic is before the hair loss from September.
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