Category: Hair Loss Causes

I am currently having a lump/hump(elevated)on my head it’s circle in shape and around that bump is a bald area but inside that circle shaped hump has hair. What should I do sir? Is this some kind of a disease? Should I do something or wait for it to go away. I had this for nearly a year now and I’m still 15 years old. This was small at first but then it became bigger. I fear this can do something bad to my health. Please reply. I really need help. I went to the doctor but the medicine and lotion i received isn’t working. I think she had a wrong diagnosis.

thanks!

I really couldn’t begin to guess at what the lump is without an examination. It could be a variety of things, but there’s nothing that stands out to me by your description. If you’re not satisfied with your doctor’s diagnosis you should get a 2nd opinion from another doctor. It never hurts to double check!

Hi. I am a male thirteen years of age. I developed a recent habit of plucking my hair from the top of my head scalp. I now regret it as it is very hard to cover up. Is there anyway that it will grow back again? Previously answered questions say that it will if the hair was healthy. I have no idea if my hair was healthy. At a closer look, the bald area only has a few hairs starting to grow back up; and this is after a month. The rest of the bald area remains…bald. Please help me.

What should I do? How can i encourage a speedy hair growth and when will it have grown until it is nt visible anymore? Thank you!

If you’ve only recently been pulling your hair out it will likely regrow, but repeating this over and over will result in permanent loss. You’ll just need to have patience to see regrowth.

At 13 years old, I would get your parents involved and see a psychologist or psychiatrist, as what you’re describing is an obsessive compulsive disorder called trichotillomania. You need to get this under control. I’ve written about this before here.

Dear Doctor:
I’m afraid to lose my hair because my father, uncles (both Mother side and Father side) are bald except one of them and also my cousins are same. Am I denounced to lose my hair? I’m 18 years old. I feel that I’m losing my hair but I don’t know whether it is normal I mean its only feeling or real. And I would like to mention that since I received an emotional shock about 2 weeks ago I feel that my hair falling speed is faster. is it temporary?

Thank you for your advice

If you’ve got a strong family history of hair loss, you’ve got a stronger chance of losing hair. I can’t say for sure what you’re experiencing right now, but emotional stress can cause an increase in shedding and the hair could regrow… but it could also be the start of your permanent genetic hair loss. Tough to say what it is, but you can either see a doctor or wait it out and hope for regrowth.

If you do have early genetic hair loss, starting treatment earlier will yield the best chance of keeping your existing hair. You can get a test to see if you’ve got the genes for balding, which may address part of your concern, but it won’t tell you if the loss you’re experiencing now will regrow (see HairDX for more).

Hello Doctor,

Could you please provide some insight on flaking in the scalp and MPB. I have been thinning since 2001 and have been on finasteride for the past year with favorable results. Off late, I noticed excessive flaking in the scalp along with hairfall (roughly 2-3 hairs each time I run my hand through the scalp. I am not sure what could be the cause. Do you think people with thinning hair have excessive flaking when compared to their hairy counterparts?

Thanks

Many times when a person has seborrhea (benign condition for flaking of the scalp) as the flakes fall off or are scrapped off by a person with genetic hair loss, the marginal hairs that are being lost will often fall out within the ‘flake’. That does not mean that flaking caused the hair loss.

So the answer is no, hair loss is not caused by flaking.

My uncle on my mother’s side is completley bald and they say that I have the same facial Features as him and the hair texture was exactly like mine, does that mean that I am going to be bald too at the age of 23 ?? I have very thick hair like him

The facial features and hair characteristics are not necessarily related. If you are having his balding pattern, you need to match your age of the start of your hair loss with his. If they match year for year, then you might take after him.

Usually, the very bald Norwood Class 7 pattern patients have considerable changes by the age of 23. You need to have your scalp and hair mapped out for miniaturization and from that, you might be able to project future hair loss, but at 23 years old, it is not a 100% rule.

Hello, my question is about hair loss and headphones. I am a gamer which means I spend sometimes up to 6 hours per day or more on my computer wearing headphones.

Do headphones cause hair loss/thinning? I wear them for long periods of time but luckily they are padded. I am very concerned about this. Thanks.

Properly fit headphones, like any hat that does not rub or pull on the hair, will not cause traction alopecia. You more than likely have nothing to be concerned about regarding your headphones causing hair loss.

Firstly, I would like to express my gratitude for this incredible site. It has really been incredibly helpful. I just have a couple questions I’ve had difficulty finding the answers to.

1) I’ve read that the appearance of chest hair is an indicator that DHT is working on your body. Would that mean that people who have MPB would begin experiencing hairloss around the same time that they notice chest hairs growing out?

2) Recently I’ve noticed that my own hairline has been receding in the corners quite a bit. I know this may just be the effects of a maturing hairline, but i fear that since it is occuring so early (I am a 17 year old caucasian male)my chances of eventually going completely bald are greatly increased. Is this typically the case?

You are correct in stating DHT is responsible for male chest hair growth, but it does not mean when you start seeing chest hair growth you will start seeing male pattern baldness. Things do not happen so synchronously. In fact, the appearance of chest and beard hair have independent cycles, just as the hair loss associated with genetic hair loss. So if you’re seeing your hairline start to recede just as your chest hair starts growing in, it is just a coincidence.

Male pattern balding can start at the onset of puberty, but you cannot say you have an increased chance of going bald just because you noticed some front corner hairs thinning. Best to see a doctor, and get your hair mapped out for miniaturization, which will show early signs of genetic balding if that is what you have.