My Hair Loss and My Fungus

Dear Dr.

I’ve written to you before about different scientists in the world trying to find the gene which causes hair loss, and my own story about me facing hair loss when my dad first was facing hair loss in the age of 35. I’ve been so satisfied with your answers! Really!

I always try to keep up with the new questions to you. I saw the post about Nizoral shampoo and I would to add a comment.

In the past year and a half, I’ve been experiencing hair loss in such degree that I was very concerned. It came in strong. In the same period and still, when I was taking a bath my skin was so sensitive that when I robbed my palms against my chest, shoulders neck and face it was as if my skin came off in little white rolls. I really can’t and couldn’t understand this. I was wondering if my hair loss and my sensitive skin had something to do with each other. I talked with my doctor, and after convincing him I started taking propecia. It seems to help. I don’t know yet. I’ve only been taking propecia for two months.

I was still cornered about my skin, so I was sent to a specialist. She looked at me for 5 sec. and said I was suffering from some kind of fungus. I can’t remember the name. She prescribed 2 % Nizoral crème and shampoo. I’ve only been washing my hair with this for one week and it is as if my hair has gotten its life back. Without knowing, that some people claimed that Nizoral can help with hair loss, I was wondering why my hair suddenly felt so different. Maybe there is something about it. Even though my personal opinion about my skin “falling” off is that this isn’t fungus, I still think that I was suffering from some kind of fungus because of dandruff in my hair and some dandruff looking white flakes in my ear, and my not noticeable skin redness on my chest and face. I’m still trying to find out why my skin is “falling” off.

Best regards.

There is an association between dandruff (from seborrhea) and a fungus. Some people with dandruff seem to have a fungus called tinea versicolor (otherwise known as pityriasis versicolor), a condition which causes patches to develop on parts of the body, like the scalp, and many professionals believe that there is an association between the fungus and the dandruff. Nizoral (ketoconazole) is a good shampoo used to treat a scalp fungus. Keep in mind that Nizoral does not cure genetic hair loss, but people with genetic hair loss often have dandruff.

Skin is composed of a compressed layer of cells which are dead. Some people pay hundreds of dollars to go to beauty spas to have their facial dead skin rubbed off (exfoliation).