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Years After a Chemical Burn, Hair Is Still Patchy and Skin is Sensitive

I experienced a chemical burn from a relaxer almost seven years ago and a section in the front of my head is still thin and patchy from the hair loss. It is also still pretty sensitive and itchy. I saw a dermatologist/trichologist and she recommended fluocinonide, which only irritated it further. She was not at all helpful, or professional, and she is supposedly one of the top in the industry. It really bothers me to look at it and I just wear weaves to hide it though it isn’t terribly noticeable. Is there anything that will regrow the hair? Should I try rogaine or hair transplant surgery? I really can’t afford to continue throwing good money after bad! Any advice is greatly appreciated.

You should not treat yourself. If you weren’t satisfied with your dermatologist, get a second opinion! I’m sorry I don’t have a clear cut answer for you, but this isn’t something I can make recommendations for over the web. A good dermatologist in your home town is the person to see.

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I Have Diffuse Thinning and Am Unhappy With Your Last Answer

Hey Doc, I have posted before and you replied, but I was very unhappy with your posted answer so I though I would rephrase my question. I am a 22 year old male who has thinning the kind you see in old women. Its pretty thin, and when i shower or go in the pool you can clearly see my scalp, its embarassing. Is DHT the chemical responsible for my balding. PLEASE dont tell me to see a doctor and leave it at that. I have Truly DIFFUSE UNPATTERNED alopecia. Hypothetically speaking, if you were my doctor, and you determined this what would you tell me to do short, SHORT of a hair transplant. Is Rogaine more effective than Propecia or Avodart for my kind of balding? Does Rogain work well in Women? Thanks for the help, your website kicks ass and has really helped me.

Male hair loss presenting as Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA) is different from male pattern hair loss. If you have a diffuse pattern hair loss, that would include in what we call the donor area, which is the area in the occipital and bitemporal areas (the fringe around your head and sides), then you need to be evaluated first with blood work to rule out hypothyroidism, anemia, hormone imbalance, autoimmune disease, etc. Possibly, a dermatologist can biopsy your head if you have inflammatory disease on your scalp which can cause diffuse pattern hair loss. The process we call DUPA, when there is no metabolic or autoimmune problem indentified, may respond to Propecia (about 50% of men will get a partial reversal in my experience).


2006-03-06 10:31:55I Have Diffuse Thinning and Am Unhappy With Your Last Answer

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I have lost hair in my neck (photo)

What is happening to me and why don’t I have hair there?

For those of you who don’t know what retrograde alopecia is, it is a loss of hair (or thinning of hair) at the nape of the neck or sometimes more rarely on the sides above the ears. I believe that this is genetic.

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Minoxidil 5% side effects, what to do

I started Minox around 2 weeks ago, putting up to 1ml of 5% generic liquid once per day on my scalp. Today, I experienced heart sides (chest pain, tightness in the chest, rapid heartbeat) for the first time after a few days of increased libido and headache.

An incident this afternoon, which I believe might have been a panic attack coupled with dizzyness, led me to look up ‘minoxidil panic attack’ on the internet.

The lower 2% minoxidil has less side effects when used topically, and works well with once a day applications. Yes, there are side effects for everything. You could get in a car accident, but will you stop driving if you have to drive?


2019-12-11 09:12:46Minoxidil 5% side effects, what to do

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I heard that hair loss is often caused by autoimmune diseases

I heard that hair falling is an autoimmune disease, with the body attacking its own hairs. Then, there is Wim Hof (google him), that has scientifically shown to control consciously so many processes in his body that were previously thought to be impossible.

Some forms of alopecia have an autoimmune cause. This is more common in women then men. 99% of men who are losing their hair find genetic causes inherited through various family lines.


2019-04-08 13:27:33I heard that hair loss is often caused by autoimmune diseases

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I Look Haggard After 8 Months of Minoxidil Use

I also have had the red eyes and face having a haggard appearance attributed to after 8 months of minoxidil use, please post this on the front page of the site so other guys dont go through this! besides propecia works better and rogaine is not effective anyways

I don’t know what you looked like before or after, so we’ll have to take your word for it that you look haggard now. I can’t say for sure if minoxidil did this to you — did you start drinking? Missing sleep? Stressed at work? Honestly, these are important questions (as are many other things that can be asked) to get to the root of the problem, but since you’ve clearly made up your mind on the cause, you should stop the minoxidil.


2008-10-19 10:22:00I Look Haggard After 8 Months of Minoxidil Use

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I notice hair loss where I picked at it

I’ve had a bad habit for awhile of scratching and picking at my scalp and have now started to notice hair loss. Can scratching/picking cause this? And if so, is it permanent?

Trichotelomania is a condition when people pick at their hair and then lose the hair. It is an obsessive disorder in some people. Yes, the hair loss can be permanent.


2020-12-06 10:26:00I notice hair loss where I picked at it

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I Saw Great Results From Propecia In the First Month, Then Stopped Taking It

hello, sorry for disturbing you. i have used propecia for hair thinning and hair loss. i have seen great results just in a month. hair loss totally stopped from the first week and hair became very thick just with in 30 days of use. but i stopped using the medicine. after some days again my hair started shedding and thinning.

after five months again i started taking the medicine. i have completed one month on the medicine but still my hair sheds a lot and hair appears very thin. it is not working as it worked before. what might be the problem? is my body showing tolerance towards the medicine? should i continue or discontinue the medicine? please tell me…..

I have a hard time believing the Propecia caused your hair to become very thick in just a month. Maybe it was a placebo effect. Propecia usually takes about 6+ months to start working to that degree. It works on the new hair that is growing out of the skin, which grows at about 1/2 inch per month. Regardless, why did you stop after a month and then decide 5 months later to restart? The medication has to be continued daily for it to be effective, but I can’t tell you whether you should take a prescription medication (I am not your prescribing doctor).

Please follow up with your doctor who prescribed you the medication and discuss these issues to determine your next course of action. You need a good solid diagnosis of your hair loss and measurement of a baseline (miniaturization study, photographs, bulk measurement, etc).


2012-06-07 09:57:20I Saw Great Results From Propecia In the First Month, Then Stopped Taking It

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I Stopped Propecia For 1 Year and Restarted It But I Am Still Losing Hair.

I have been taking Propecia for 2 years than stopped for roughly 1 year.

I recently started to taking the medicine again for the last four month, but it seems I am losing a lot of hair.

I am wondering if one experience initial shed again if one stops it for long time and take it again?

We occasionally hear about it with Rogain use but there is no “shedding period” with Propecia.

If you stop taking Propecia for several months (6+ months), you will experience “catch up” hair loss where you lose the hairs that benefited from Propecia. Catch up hair loss basically means you will catch up to where your hair loss would have been if you never took Propecia in the first place.

When you restart taking Propecia at this point, you will never regain the hairs you lost (the benefits it provided a year ago). You are basically starting from a new set point. It will also take about 6+ months for you to see some benefit or slowing of hair loss.