Hair Above Where I Use My Cell Phone is Thinning
Doc,
I have an area above my right ear where the hair is about 75% thinner — the hair itself, not the coverage, though that’s thinner too. There is also a substantial amount of grey hair here, but not the thick scraggly kind, these are also finer than the rest of my hair. Of note — I don’t have any grey hairs anywhere else but this area. No one in my family appears to have a similar condition. The only thing I can attribute it to is cell phone usage. I only hold the phone to my right ear, and while I don’t spend all day on the phone, I do take 20-30 calls/day. I’m interested in your comments.
Thanks
If (keyword is: “IF”) cell phone use is causing your hair loss, maybe you are pressing it too tight to your ear and rubbing up on the side of your head where you have hair loss. This would be considered traction alopecia.
I highly doubt it has to do with radiation from cell phone use. It may not be cell phone related at all and what you’re seeing is coincidental. Without an examination and a more careful history your guess is as good as mine.
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