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I've already posted here but my hair situation at those times was better than it currently is. For some background info, there are some details about my relatives:
- father full head of hair; don't know about his father, never met him, never seen pictures of him either;
- maternal grandfather; kid you not, dude died at the age of 78 with basically an afro. nw0, and washed his damn hair with a soap bar.
- maternal uncle; has a big forehead but it's not receding.
- paternal uncle; same as my father, full head of hair
- maternal grandmother; doesn't have hair loss
- mother; doesn't have hair loss
My hair loss paranoia started in 2018 (was 18 at the time), paying attention to my right temple. I tried to use coconut oil, thinking it would regrow the small patch. I applied all over the scalp, not only on the temple. Result: had some kind of fungal infection and lost tons of hair. Turns out the damn thing's been like that since I was a child. My hairline naturally sucks, but I'm not receding. I don't have a big forehead either, just an ugly hairline, what made me rock a long hair for nearly 6 years. The following year I went to the derm and the motherfuc*** said my sebaceous glands were exploding, and recommended me finasteride and minoxidil. He didn't look my scalp with that sort of camera, just put a harsh light on it. And my hair back then wasn't even bad. I didn't take the medication. Found out later the guy does the same to various patients, forcing them to buy the medication at his own drugstore.
Anyway, what I lost I regrew considerably, but my scalp has never been the same. Itchy all the time and now I have to wash it every other day, otherwise I'll get bumps/pimples or acne. It all went downhill last year, when for some unknown reason my shedding became terrible. 140-200 hairs per wash, and as I said I wash every other day. I never touch my hair the day in between, but the strands I lose I sum them to what I lose in the shower + combing, which gets me those numbers. Went to a dermatologist in September and she used the camera. She said I had telogen effluvium and prescribed me some vitamins and ketoconazole. I only started using the latter late in december because I was too busy, and I'm just a college student, don't have much money. While the vitamins made the regrowth thicker, the ketoconazole fucked my hair. Made my itch worse, and look, I only used it once a week. With the same amount of shedding I decided to cut my hair last month. I used ketoconazole once again lately and it seems that I didn't learn the lesson. Itchy, shedding etc etc. I washed it yesterday with a mild shampoo after one day without washing it and got around 50 hairs. Half were from the top, probably. Today I decided to wash again and almost 40 hairs, and it's not even 24h since the last wash. Pathetic.
I don't even feel confident anymore, it looks so thin and wispy. I have had variation on thickness strands, some are thin, some are thic, some are medium, but I don't shed small strands. And when I say my scalp, it's all over, not only on top. I don't know if it means I'm miniaturizing but the real thing is, sh*t is really hard to swallow. No one bald, why me?! It's been like months since I was ''diagnosed'' with Telogen Effluvium and it still hasn't stopped. What the actual f***. Unfortunately at the moment I can not afford another derm, I live in a shithole country where everything is f*****g expensive. Maybe 2 months from now I can, but at this pace I'll have lost a considerably amount. I attached some pictures for you guys to see. I used to have more hair, it was kinda wavy/curly, but it looks awful now.
Any ideas on what to do? I'm lost. Seriously
- father full head of hair; don't know about his father, never met him, never seen pictures of him either;
- maternal grandfather; kid you not, dude died at the age of 78 with basically an afro. nw0, and washed his damn hair with a soap bar.
- maternal uncle; has a big forehead but it's not receding.
- paternal uncle; same as my father, full head of hair
- maternal grandmother; doesn't have hair loss
- mother; doesn't have hair loss
My hair loss paranoia started in 2018 (was 18 at the time), paying attention to my right temple. I tried to use coconut oil, thinking it would regrow the small patch. I applied all over the scalp, not only on the temple. Result: had some kind of fungal infection and lost tons of hair. Turns out the damn thing's been like that since I was a child. My hairline naturally sucks, but I'm not receding. I don't have a big forehead either, just an ugly hairline, what made me rock a long hair for nearly 6 years. The following year I went to the derm and the motherfuc*** said my sebaceous glands were exploding, and recommended me finasteride and minoxidil. He didn't look my scalp with that sort of camera, just put a harsh light on it. And my hair back then wasn't even bad. I didn't take the medication. Found out later the guy does the same to various patients, forcing them to buy the medication at his own drugstore.
Anyway, what I lost I regrew considerably, but my scalp has never been the same. Itchy all the time and now I have to wash it every other day, otherwise I'll get bumps/pimples or acne. It all went downhill last year, when for some unknown reason my shedding became terrible. 140-200 hairs per wash, and as I said I wash every other day. I never touch my hair the day in between, but the strands I lose I sum them to what I lose in the shower + combing, which gets me those numbers. Went to a dermatologist in September and she used the camera. She said I had telogen effluvium and prescribed me some vitamins and ketoconazole. I only started using the latter late in december because I was too busy, and I'm just a college student, don't have much money. While the vitamins made the regrowth thicker, the ketoconazole fucked my hair. Made my itch worse, and look, I only used it once a week. With the same amount of shedding I decided to cut my hair last month. I used ketoconazole once again lately and it seems that I didn't learn the lesson. Itchy, shedding etc etc. I washed it yesterday with a mild shampoo after one day without washing it and got around 50 hairs. Half were from the top, probably. Today I decided to wash again and almost 40 hairs, and it's not even 24h since the last wash. Pathetic.
I don't even feel confident anymore, it looks so thin and wispy. I have had variation on thickness strands, some are thin, some are thic, some are medium, but I don't shed small strands. And when I say my scalp, it's all over, not only on top. I don't know if it means I'm miniaturizing but the real thing is, sh*t is really hard to swallow. No one bald, why me?! It's been like months since I was ''diagnosed'' with Telogen Effluvium and it still hasn't stopped. What the actual f***. Unfortunately at the moment I can not afford another derm, I live in a shithole country where everything is f*****g expensive. Maybe 2 months from now I can, but at this pace I'll have lost a considerably amount. I attached some pictures for you guys to see. I used to have more hair, it was kinda wavy/curly, but it looks awful now.
Any ideas on what to do? I'm lost. Seriously
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