seems a bit odd

[jayden kauffman]

Good evening, I've been losing my hair for the past 2 years and started from a thick full head of hair to very little bits of strands. I started to realize I was losing my hair around my sophomore year, it was nothing drastic just a dime thinning spot on my cowlick and progressed in time. Now it's literally my whole head of hair that's thinning and have been told on other forums it's not male pattern baldness? Im 17 now and have little to nothing on my head. About a year ago I went to see a dermatologist in my small town he was about 70+ and had no idea what he was talking about. He just looked at the back of my head for 3 seconds and said it was male pattern baldness. No blood tests or nothing. So I just bought some dermmatch and tried masking my hair loss. Another odd thing is my left crown is receeding and is almost bald whilst my right isn't? I also get burning sensations on my cowlick and my left crown. (Sorry if I am not very descriptive) my lower back of my head the hair is so brittle and weak. Any thoughts? Im also experiencing irritation on the scalp. Ps. I apologize for my previous thread a while back, I was a bit... well, retarded.

 

[bornwithacurse224]

My scalp is also irritated and stings around the follicles sometimes. Do you live in a colder climate? I noticed I have more of a burning sensation in the winter months when it's cold

 

[jayden kauffman]

Yeah, very rainy and cold.

 

[bornwithacurse224]

Yeah, very rainy and cold.

well from what i looked into, the pain associated with hair loss is usually caused from depression, anxiety, or any other psychological factors. I believe that dry skin/dandruff can contribute to it, since I barely had it in the summer and was outside constantly, but when winter came it got worse. I even got nizoral 2% from my derm and it won't go away. Lack of vitamin D and humidity can be a big factor.

 

[TD500]

Ya doesn't look like male pattern baldness to me, thats pretty aggressive man especially at 17. I looked back at your other pictures it looks like it kicked into overdrive. Your derm is a complete moron. I suggest going to your GP first and getting re-evulated with blood tests and all that. Then go see ANOTHER derm.

doubleposted

 

[jayden kauffman]

The thing is my mom has her mind set on what that dermatologist said and won't listen to a word I said. And she also has no idea my hair is this bad because I've been using dermmatch these past few months.

 

[TD500]

Ask your father then because whatever is going on with your hair doesn't look like male pattern baldness to me. Check out alopecia areata/totalis/universili, you said it started as a dime and grew. Not really familar with how those progress though. Hopefully you find answers.

 

[jayden kauffman]

I broke it to her, she just tried saying it was because I add a good amount of protein in my diet or some bull****.
I will try to convince her to take me to my family doctor and not my uneducated derma. Thanks!

 

[bornwithacurse224]

why don't you just buy some min

 

[jayden kauffman]

I believe deep down inside it's not male pattern baldness related and I am sure it will do more harm then good. I hopped on minoxidil and finasteride and nizoral for a few months and it didn't seem right, I also couldn't afford the $50 prescription monthly so I hopped off.

 

[Notcoolanymore]

Like others have said, you need to get a proper diagnosis and soon. Your hair is very bad for your age. If your mom doesn't realize how bad it is then show her without the dermatch so be believes you. Do what ever it takes to get yourself to a doctor.

 

[EricGerard]

That doesn't look like male pattern baldness at all. It looks like you have fairly equal thinning all over your head and quite aggressive for your age.

You need a blood test. Go see a GP and possibly a dermo.

 

[bornwithacurse224]

Do you have a thyroid disorder and/or a lot of stress, anxiety, or depression? I notice some shed around the same spots around my ears and stuff and it itches there a little too. Your **** looks aggressive as **** make sure you do what you can and just take it easy and get enough sleep and stay hydrated and try to keep the blood pumping.

 

[jayden kauffman]

I believe my thyroid levels are fine. My doctors have been telling me these past years I could be depressed. I sleep about 8 hours a night and drink a gallon of water a day. Thanks for the advice

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Bump

 

[jayden kauffman]

Question, what is a GP?

 

[TD500]

general physcian or your primary doctor.

 

[maxou]

Could be DUPA

Are there any baldies in your family?

 

[GoldenMane]

Messed up. If it is male pattern baldness then it's crazy early and crazy aggressive. It probably isn't though, whatever you have is beyond the diagnosis capabilities of your average incompetent GP.

 

[LosingHairIsNotFair]

That's DEFINITELY areata. OP, do you see any long white hairs in the areas of loss? A lot of times in areata the hairs will grow back white.
Like so:
http://www.danderm-pdv.is.kkh.dk/atlas/pics/4/4-37.jpg

Edit: Well not definitely areata, but I'm pretty sure it's not male pattern baldness. It's probably either diffuse alopecia areata (that is a thing) or very bad telogen effluvium.

 

[TD500]

Hopefully this kid has gotten to see at least his GP or another derm.