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Hair Breaking After Chemical Straightening – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

I recently had chemical straightening and have now noticed that my hair is breaking of a lot. i am scared i am getting bald. i have had straightening done in the past but havent ever had this much hair fall. is there anything special i need to do. how do i stop hair from breaking off. Please let me know i am getting very stressed out

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If you’re seeing a lot of hear breakage from chemical damage, there is not much you can do since damage is already done. The good news is that your hair will grow out if it is not damaged at the root. The only thing you need to do now is be patient. Stress could lead to other problems, including additional hair loss. If you are worried, see a dermatologist or your primary care doctor.

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What’s With the Itchy Scalp I Feel As My Hair Falls Out? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hello, I am female and have been dealing with diffuse hair loss for over 10 years. My hair seems to get more fragile and difficult to deal with every year and medical science has been useless in helping me. The thing that is bothering me though is that as my hair gets thinner it becomes “prickly” causing an itchy/crawly feeling over my whole head that is seriously annoying me. I have tried tar based shampoos to stop the itchy/crawly feeling and it does give a temporary relief but it also increases the amount of hair I lose and gives it a horrible dried out texture. Is this a common theme with hair loss and how does one deal with it? I do not have any scalp conditions that I know of or any Psoriasis. Thank you.

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I really do not know what you have other than hair falling out and an itchy scalp. Perhaps you need to see a dermatologist for a good examination. We hear itchy dry scalp and hair loss as a common theme, but it is such a vague symptom it is often hard to pinpoint the exact cause. The two issues could be unrelated.

There is a theory that hair loss in women reflects an autoimmune problem. An itchy scalp can be caused by an autoimmune process.

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Minoxidil on Eyebrows? – Balding Blog

Hello Dr,
I used to have very thick eyebrows and due to over plucking for many years, one of them is incredibly sparse. I heard that using minoxidil daily will help to make them look fuller. My question is, are there any potential side effects? I have read online that using minoxidil can cause permanent hair on your forehead and face and other ghastly things, are these true? Also, if the treatment does work, will I have to continue using it forever? And is there a chance it will cause me to lose the hairs I currently have as well? Thank you for your time, it is greatly appreciated!

If you plucked your eyebrows and they are sparse, the hair missing from the overplucking probably will not return. Hair transplants work well to fill in the missing hair in the eyebrows.

Minoxidil will probably not help grow new hair at the eyebrows, but I suppose you can give it a shot. If it works, you will have to use it forever. Side effects would be the standard minoxidil risks found here.

There are other treatments available that may also be worth a shot, like a transparent gel with fibers to give the illusion of fullness, Latisse (the eyelash medication), and an eyebrow conditioner that may or may not do what it claims. Check out the write up at NY Times — After Overplucking, It’s Time to Call the Professionals.




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Hair Loss InformationCan Clobex and Luxiq Regrow My Hair Faster? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

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I recently had a huge knot in my hair instead of waiting for my stylist to look at it I slowly ended up having a huge bald spot the size of a grapefruit in the back. I have gone to a dermatologist to get some clobex shampoo and luxiq foam and I was wondering how much faster does this help your hair grow than if I used nothing at all.

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LuxiqClobex (clobetasol propionate) is used to treat psoriasis. Luxiq foam (betamethasone) is a corticosteroid and also used in the treatment of psoriasis. I don’t know why you’d be prescribed these with the goal of growing your hair faster.

I have no clue what is causing your hair loss (was it just ripped out??), but perhaps you should ask your dermatologist for a diagnosis of what you are attempting to treat. Find out the success rate of such treatments and get realistic expectations.

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Do Black Women Have Less Hair Loss Treatment Options? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

I interesting in learning what can be done for Black Women who are lossing their hair. And the physcians are saying it from the chemicals that we use. Ex. perms. they say the only treatment is rogaine and injections which will also cause complete baldness if we can no longer afford that treatment while they give the white women hormone replacement. Can you help and give better advise

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Black hair permChemicals (like relaxers) can cause damage, but many black women will also see traction alopecia, which is permanent hair loss caused by the pulling of tight braids, many times from when they were very young. For women, the only FDA approved hair loss treatment is Rogaine (minoxidil). Hormone replacement likely won’t regrow your hair and I’m not sure which injections your doctor is recommending.

This isn’t an issue of race so much as gender. For men, the great majority of cases of hair loss are from genetics and there’s an oral pill for that. For women, there’s a large list of possible causes of hair loss and no truly great solutions. So it’s not that black women have less options, but rather, all women have limited treatment options.

See this page for more — Female Genetic Hair Loss Is Different From Male Genetic Hair Loss.

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Female Mature Hairline? – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Is there such a thing a female mature hairline ? It seems quite common for a woman in her mid-twenties/thirties to have a larger forehead than she did in her teens, like Britney Spears or Cameron Diaz seem to have for instance. Or is this just the effect of using hair extensions, harsh treatments and the like over a long period of time ?

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Britney Spears shaved headI do not believe that there is a maturing hairline for women, but some form of reshaping of the hairline may be seen.

In women who have had considerable plastic surgery, the corners of the frontal hairline often thin so significantly that I perform fill-in procedures for that area. Another possibility is as you suggested — traction alopecia can develop from the tight pulling caused by hair extensions, wigs, weaves, and similar.

Finally, some women are also just born with a higher hairline, and it’s possible that wearing wigs or professionally styled hair made it hard to notice in these celebrities’ younger years.

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I Burned My Daughter’s Scalp and Years Later the Hair Grows Slowly – Balding Blog

I burned a very small area of my daughter’s scalp while straigtening her hair with a hot comb around 2 years ago. Ever since then this area of her hair grows very very slowly in comparison to the rest of her hair. Its only grown to around 1 to 4 inches while the rest of her hair is flourishing. Also, I use chamical straightners in her hair and this patch tends not to straighten at all. If there is a re-growth in this area when its being straightened, within days the regrowth breaks off and the hair is back down to 1 – 2 inches long.

Could you tell me please whether it is likely that this area is permanently damaged or what we can do to solve the problem.

Many thanks

It sounds like you accidentally created permanent damage to your daughter’s hair. Without an examination I couldn’t get into detail about regrowth possibilities… but generally speaking, if after multiple years the hair is still barely growing in the burned area, I would have to assume the damage is permanent.

If you haven’t taken your daughter to a dermatologist for an examination of her scalp, you should consider doing so.


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My Daughter Is Missing Half Her Hair After Radiation Treatment Years Ago – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hello Dr,

I have a 12 year old daughter who suffers from partial alopecia due to radiation cancer treatment to her brain at the age of 4. On the lower half of her head she has absolutely no hair, her hair follicles were burnt out by the treatment and on the upper half, her hair is very thin. Is there anything to re-activate the hair follicles? We are desperate for something mostly now that she is approaching her teens. Please let me know. your help is greatly appreciated

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There really is no perfect solution in a case like this. If the hair follicles that were damaged from the radiation treatment haven’t regrown by this point, they likely never will. Wigs are one option, hair transplantation may be an option as well, or even various surgical options that move sections of the scalp after stretching it (balloon expanders). I couldn’t say at this point though, as each and every individual is different.

You can come in and let us take a look at your daughter’s hair loss. As you indicated you are in Los Angeles, such a visit may have value. The consultation is free, so please call my office at 310-553-9113 if you’d like to set up an appointment.

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Hair Loss InformationMy Aunt Got a Chemical Burn a Year Ago and Still Has a Bald Spot – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Hi there it has been 1 year since my aunt has burnt my scalp with a relaxer it was red then healed but now there is a bald spot will my hair grow back and i am 14. what can i do to help it grow back? how fast will it grow? please help!

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Honestly, I do not know. Your aunt’s hair may never grow back if the damage is significant and the burn went down to the root of the hair. If it was to grow back, I’d expect it might have grown back by now (since it’s been a year) or at least some regrowth should’ve occurred.

She should have the burned area examined by a dermatologist.

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Hair Loss InformationPress Release – New Laser Cleared by FDA for Female Hair Loss – Hair Loss Information – Balding Blog

Snippet from the press release:

The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just cleared a new laser proven to regrow hair in women. The FDA ruling was based on a study performed by Dr. Grant Koher which showed that low level laser light, specifically with a precise wavelength, provides a medically significant treatment for women’s hair loss. Dr. Koher is the first physician to conduct a study resulting in 510k FDA clearance for a medical device for the treatment of female pattern baldness.

Dr. Koher conducted a three phased medical study to confirm that females with androgenetic alopecia, when exposed to scheduled applications of low level laser light, would have a reduction in hair loss and promotion in hair growth. This study was conducted over 18 months with 82 qualified participants. Each participant was scheduled to receive 52 treatments of 20 minute duration, over a period of 26 weeks. All study procedures included clinical protocol, clinical tracking, and clinical analysis approved by the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB).

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LaserRead the full PR — New Laser Cleared by Food and Drug Administration for the Treatment of Female Pattern Hair Loss

The study that is referenced was done by Dr. Koher in North Carolina, but I can’t find any information about it outside of this press release (not even on the doctor’s website). He apparently presented the study, “Effect of Laser Biostimulation In The Treatment of Female Pattern Hair Loss“, at last year’s ISHRS (International Society of Hair Restoration Surgery) meeting, but I can’t find any evidence that it was published anywhere.

Note that it is not FDA approved, but it is “cleared”. When the FDA clears something like this technology, it means that it is safe… not necessarily effective. For more information on 510(k) clearance, see here.