Scratching or pulling out hair

You might have pulled out your hair from the heavy scratching. If it was the first time in that area, it will grow back, just give it abut six months. If you constantly do it in that area, you can develop traction alopecia which would then be permanent hair loss.

I remember a former patient of mine who was mugged about one year after a very successful hair transplant. The mugger grabbed him by his transplanted hair, robbed him, beat him up holding on to his hair and when he was finished, they pulled out his hair. He came directly to my office, all bloody with a broken nose and broken ribs, crying about his precious lost hair. I told him not to worry about his hair and sent him to an emergency room. He came back to see me eight months later and all of the hair that was pulled out, was back as good as it was prior to his mugging.

The message here is “one episode of pulling out hair is never permanent!”

Dandruff scratching hair loss? from tressless