Burning Scalp After Using Hair Relaxer — What Can a Dermatologist Do?

Hi,
one week after relaxing my hair my scalp is still itching and burning. It seems as if the burning spot is getting bigger. Even my forehead, neck and shoulder is now burning. And it seems to react to heat. I have read some of your comments and you keep advising to go to a dermatologist. But do you also know what the dermatologist can perscribe to stop this chemical process? Here the Dutch doctors have never heard of Hair relaxers, so they do not reconise this problem and don’t even see it as a problem. They advise to use a body lotion to cool the itching/burning spot.

Can you please help me?

A good doctor should be able to make a diagnosis on the degree of balding. For chemical burns, hair loss can be permanent so I would imagine you would want to know. Maybe topical steroids can help reduce the degree of burn, but I don’t have experience with them in this situation. I’m not a dermatologist, so all the possible methods of treatment aren’t known to me.