The online source of “exclamation point” hair shaft from Am Fam Physician. 2009 Aug 15;80(4):356-362 is describing Alopecia Areata which is a disease process where your body’s immune system “attacks” your own hair causing hair loss. Male Pattern Balding is a genetically inherited condition where men lose hair in a typical “pattern”. Seborrheic dermatitis is […]
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Seborrheic dermatitis is an inflammatory skin condition. Many patients have successfully had a hair transplant and SMP with seborrheic dermatitis. With respect to your specific condition and your expectation, I cannot comment since I do not know you nor have I examined you. Everyone is different and you won’t know the answer to your question […]
We have seen this condition cover the entire scalp, but it the massive flaking only appears above the skin and the skin cycles more frequently producing massive flaking. As hair loss in most men is genetic and occur from genes in the hair follicles which are below (deep) in the scalp, what you see above […]
Seborrheic dermatitis is a skin condition that cause flaky skin/ scalp. It has nothing to do with genetic hair loss. Propecia is a drug for the treatment of androgenic alopecia. It has nothing to do with a skin condition such as seborrheic dermatitis. Many patients with seborrheic dermatitis take Propecia without issues.
Residue could remain with the use of creams like hydrocortisone or Nizoral (ketoconazole), but I would imagine that most people massage them into the scalp until they disappear. Some shampoos work better than others at removing these residues and grease from the scalp. If you wash your hair before you put on the creams and […]
If you pick at your scalp and repeat the process in the same area, you may lose hair permanently (see Trichotillomania Learning Center). So while I don’t know if you caused permanent loss, it’s doubtful at this point. Losing 100 hairs a day is normal, and since you didn’t comb or wash your hair for […]
The only connection between seborrheic dermatitis and hair loss is the way you apply the treatment. If you are not gentle, you can pull out hair. Desonide is a prescription topical medication, so you should be asking your prescribing doctor what he/she suggests.
If you weren’t happy with your dermatologist’s review of your eyebrow (you said he didn’t even look at it before prescribing medication), you should consider seeing another dermatologist that will examine the hair loss. As for me, I honestly do not know. It is strange that you are losing eyebrow hair on only one side. […]
Many patients who suffer from eyebrow hair loss find hair transplantation may be a good option. Generally, I would wait at least one year to see if your eyebrows would naturally regrow before considering a transplant. You should also realize that when you transplant scalp hair to the eyebrow, the hairs will continue to grow […]
When you lose hair at the hairline, the hairs rarely grow back (even if you take Propecia). Propecia mainly slows down the shedding process. Seborrheic dermatitis is a skin condition, not a hair condition, so it shouldn’t cause hair loss. However, it might accelerate underlying MPB or you could be seeing loss if you are […]
If you do not scratch your scalp, severe seborrheic dermatitis will not cause hair loss. If you scratch it, then all bets are off, as traction alopecia can result.
You will not go bald from seborrheic dermatitis (dandruff), but if it is severe enough you could have hair loss if you pick at the flakes. The hair loss you see could be genetic hair loss, and your doctor should be able to tell you that. Perhaps if you are not happy with your current […]
Flaking of the skin from seborrheic dermatitis itself does not cause hair loss, but if the scalp is picked and the flakes are pulled off, then hair loss can be a result of that process (meaning the hair will come off with the plaque). If a person picks on it regularly, that person can develop […]
“Seborrheic dermatitis is a common, inflammatory skin condition that causes flaky, white to yellowish scales to form on oily areas such as the scalp or inside the ear. It can occur with or without reddened skin.” (Source: Google Health) Seborrheic dermatitis CAN cause hair loss when the scalp is scratched, but it is not the […]
There are good reviews of this problem at Google Health and Wikipedia. Best to get educated and then visit a dermatologist to make what you read there personal.
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