WhatHappenedtoMe
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ok here is my story...i'll try and keep it short...any ANY feedback I can recevie from members of this forum would be GREATLY appreciated
let me preface my story by saying nothing has been exaggerated. it does me no good to over amplify my conditions anyway if I am looking for honest advice and counsel.
Last October (2006), I noticed many hairs falling out when i was showering. This literally started happending overnight. One night fine, next massive shedding. The term I used to describe it to my derm was "hair mittens". The first derm said it was Telogen Effluvium, and gave me some Nizoral for mild dandruff, and told me to wait it out for 6 months.
Fast forward to Feb 07, still exreme hair shedding, but now it is persistent over the course fo the entire day. My average hair loss wouild number 500 per day, I know b/c I would take count 3x day. Once in the AM when I combed my hair (50-100), 1x at end of work day on desk (200-300), and 1x on shower drain (50-100). Plus, now my dandruff had become very severe seborrheic dermatitis covering my entire scalp. I went back to the same derm, who said the same thing, that it was Telogen Effluvium and gave me more medicated shampoos.
After a few more weeks of zero improvement, I went to a second derm, who said the same thing. Telogen Effluvium w/seb. derm and to wait it out b/c sometimes it takes up to 12months to recover.
In July, I went back having now been plagued with this problem for 10 months with little improvement. He took a biopsy this time and bloodwork to relieve my stress, and it was confirmed P Ozale was present on my scalp and a very severe case of seb. derm was the result. He stopped short of saying this was the cause of my hairloss. Keep in mind my hair has become very thin all over with my temples and crown suffering the worst.
At this time, I decided to go to a third derm for another opinion. This derm. said I was suffering from male pattern baldness and told me to go on Rogaine ASAP. he sucked though, was right out of med school, and did not even take a look at my folder and priors. I did not put much value into his diagnosis but...I did go back to the second derm. and had him prescribe me Propecia, which I've been on since beg. August.
Also, around the same time as starting Propecia, I found an article on the benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar for SD and started applying it every night. WOW, this stuff really works. Almost immediately my scalp started peeling off the seb. derm layers that the shampoos had been unable to break through. It soudns really disgusting, and it is. For the last few weeks I have had to go everywhere with a hat on b/c I am shedding huge pieces of scalp. The pieces are so thick that is looks as though the hairs would not be able to break through it. Is this possible? Could this have been causing my hair loss?
However, somewhat tempering my enthusiasm is the fact that I am still losing many many hairs every day. With my scalp almost back to normal, should this still be the case?
Has anyone gone through something similar to this? If so, can you provide any insight?
Please help, I just want my hair to return to normal. If not grow back, maybe just thicken up? Is there any hope or have I done irreversible damage?
:cry:
let me preface my story by saying nothing has been exaggerated. it does me no good to over amplify my conditions anyway if I am looking for honest advice and counsel.
Last October (2006), I noticed many hairs falling out when i was showering. This literally started happending overnight. One night fine, next massive shedding. The term I used to describe it to my derm was "hair mittens". The first derm said it was Telogen Effluvium, and gave me some Nizoral for mild dandruff, and told me to wait it out for 6 months.
Fast forward to Feb 07, still exreme hair shedding, but now it is persistent over the course fo the entire day. My average hair loss wouild number 500 per day, I know b/c I would take count 3x day. Once in the AM when I combed my hair (50-100), 1x at end of work day on desk (200-300), and 1x on shower drain (50-100). Plus, now my dandruff had become very severe seborrheic dermatitis covering my entire scalp. I went back to the same derm, who said the same thing, that it was Telogen Effluvium and gave me more medicated shampoos.
After a few more weeks of zero improvement, I went to a second derm, who said the same thing. Telogen Effluvium w/seb. derm and to wait it out b/c sometimes it takes up to 12months to recover.
In July, I went back having now been plagued with this problem for 10 months with little improvement. He took a biopsy this time and bloodwork to relieve my stress, and it was confirmed P Ozale was present on my scalp and a very severe case of seb. derm was the result. He stopped short of saying this was the cause of my hairloss. Keep in mind my hair has become very thin all over with my temples and crown suffering the worst.
At this time, I decided to go to a third derm for another opinion. This derm. said I was suffering from male pattern baldness and told me to go on Rogaine ASAP. he sucked though, was right out of med school, and did not even take a look at my folder and priors. I did not put much value into his diagnosis but...I did go back to the second derm. and had him prescribe me Propecia, which I've been on since beg. August.
Also, around the same time as starting Propecia, I found an article on the benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar for SD and started applying it every night. WOW, this stuff really works. Almost immediately my scalp started peeling off the seb. derm layers that the shampoos had been unable to break through. It soudns really disgusting, and it is. For the last few weeks I have had to go everywhere with a hat on b/c I am shedding huge pieces of scalp. The pieces are so thick that is looks as though the hairs would not be able to break through it. Is this possible? Could this have been causing my hair loss?
However, somewhat tempering my enthusiasm is the fact that I am still losing many many hairs every day. With my scalp almost back to normal, should this still be the case?
Has anyone gone through something similar to this? If so, can you provide any insight?
Please help, I just want my hair to return to normal. If not grow back, maybe just thicken up? Is there any hope or have I done irreversible damage?
:cry:
