Hair itchiness and white things stuck to hair

[justagirl109]

I've had this problem with my hair for almost a year now. My head is ALWAYS SO itchy and it drives me nuts. NOTHING works- i use a LOT of hair products but I dont think it's all from that. Not only do I have a scalp itchiness problem but I also have these with things stuck to my hair. It's so weird, I panicked for like a week thinking it was head lice so I went out and boucht one of those Nit combs and used it on my hair. ALL those white oval shaped things came out, but no lice??? I'm so confused. After about three days after I combed, the white things came back. I don't understand- I fit was head lice both my son AND my husband AND everyone at my work would hair it (due to hairbrushes and headsets). I just dont get it, Ive looked up every scalp thing on the internet and NOTHING sounds like this white stuff on my hair but head lice- but I've checked so many times. PLEAASSSSE HELP!!!


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[ItchiNikkiDC]

I suffer from this too. It's becoming more of an emotional/mental issue now. I think I'm crazy as does my family. I can't work. People around me make me start itching again. I can't tell if I exposed something to them and they re-exposed me...There's a guy I'm seeing but I can't get close to him. My nose immediately starts tickling and crawling in my nostrils after kissing. I can't sleep in the same bed with him. When I don't see him, I'm much better. It's driving me crazy. We have these drain flies or fungus gnats where I stay. I had them at the basement I used to rent. Maybe myiasis? I wish I knew. I'll know if the bugs are coming from me when I move again, for sure. I've lost a lot of weight without trying. Loss of appetite. Sometimes nausea after eating...depressed to say the least. I feel crawling but nothing is there. Black roots on plucked facial hairs. Demodex? Doctors are no help. They say I'm fine. Use Eucerin for eczema! There are times when I coat my body in vaseline cocoa butter oil gel and the crawling will cease for a few days but I almost immediately develop sinus congestion and a cough. It's like whatever is external went internal. Ears too. I had to cut my dreadlocks because I thought it was lice like most people did. Black and white specks were falling from me, popping off and landing on my cell phone screen and tablet. Cutting my hair reduced this. Now I only see black specks in my sheets. what is it???!!!!!

[Kellieunion1]

I have this problem as well along with many other physical problems my doctors are trying to figure out. We are the expert when it comes to our bodies, I believe I have an autoimmune disease, the docs have yet to come to this conclusion as they are working their way down the chain of likely causes.  But thank goodness for google! right?...After setting in the tub for a few minutes I can scratch off layers of this waxy substance from almost every part of my body.  I do have irregular batches of skin in some places but my skin has changed a lot over the last 10 years & not just natural aging. Some little pumps are painful to touch.  I believe it's collagen.. over production of it, & I'm also very itchy at times.  I just had sinus surgery and felt better for a few days now the headaches are back, high BP ect.  I feel horrible!

[echelle509]

I have this problem, my dad told me that when he was my age he had the same issue and that he used the core of walnuts to get rid of it. I still haven't tried it out yet cause wallnut season is over so Im gonna have to wait till next spring.

[justwannahelp]

People, that waxy clearish thing attached to your hair with the little black dot is NORMAL!  Everyone has them in all locations!!!!  Eyebrows, scalp, lashes, legs, pubics, etc.  This is how hair stays in place.  It's "glue" in a way.  Stop worrying about it.  You are NORMAL.  There is nothing wrong with you.  I am a pediatrician, if that makes you feel any better.  

Go on with your lives.  You DON'T have bugs ;)

[Sam011993]

I agree with the waxy stuff being normal. However, the itchy scalp, hair loss, and hair full of lint is not. My scalp actually feels like its touched nettle. When the itch is worse, my hair falls out in clumps. The lint is not mild, as when I wake up in the morning; my hair is full of white lint of various sizes. The more lint, the itchier the scalp. I'm dealing with other health issues, but this is a separate situation that is torturous.

[haydenjames]

Well said. Obviously if they experience this they wouldnt be suggesting its normal- My pop is mostly bold and if this is normal then he specifically recalls no irritation and didnt notice the hairloss over time- This condition once hairloss is seen- will take the entire scalp of hair leaving nothing behind accept red blotched skin in its place- Is there any answers to this condition? Please help me

[specialmom]

Thanks for posting. There are different things that cause scalp issues like this.  Fungus which requires a different treatment, regular dandruff is another cause. That requires a different treatment.  And psoriasis is another which requires a different route. A dermatologist is very good and telling you which way to go.  

It's not that normal.  LOL  My 13 year old son was at the doctor for this and while it's not dangerous or anything, his issue is caused by fungus.  We are now using an OTC shampoo for it recommended by the doctor called Nizoral.  When checking out shampoos, I noticed Nioxin which is for thinning hair caused by scalp conditions.  And I've had myself psoriasis in which the dermatologist recommended a tar shampoo called T Gel.  (nothing like smelling like an old tire . . .sigh).  Itching of the scalp WILL damage the hair follicle and cause permanent hair loss over time.  Good to figure out what the reason is for the condition you have and treat it with the appropriate method.  good luck

[specialmom]

Oh, and dandruff is thrown in there and basic scalp dryness with flaking is more the middle category that Nioxin is used for.  My son's issue is more of a waxy feeling as described.  

[sfguybryan]

justwannahelp, what you said about the clear white bulb being normal is true, however, much more beyond that is the other problems that are surfacing... Have you read any of them?  The white stick-like things crawling around the scalp... this is not dandruff.  I have suffered this for a few years now along with other strange anomalies that the medical professionals has chosen to treat mostly as "delusional parasitosis", when this is clearly not the case nor a solution.  I have an oily scalp that itches like crazy some days.  I took a nit comb, ran it over my scalp and looked at it under my jeweler's loupe I purchased to see what was crawling on me.  What I found almost paralyzed me!  There appeared to be a lot of white lint with the naked eye, but upon closer inspection was clearly not lint, nor was it dandruff.  It looks like very fine cotton candy ("fine" as in thin and delicate in nature, and not the "quality" fine) and so white in color as if it has been bleached, or without any pigmentation at all .  Between the teeth of this nit comb I was using, there was an accumulation of what looked like claws, legs, body parts of some kind of spider-like creature living on my scalp.  I naturally have black hair, so to find hair follicles on the rest of my body with white hairs protruding is. without question, not mine.  Some of my own black hair has now turned white as one would expect to see in aging.   But,  some of these blond hairs number in four and five protruding from one follicle.  I can distinguish which hairs are my own white hair and this other thing that is white and growing on my body.  My normal hair only has one per follicle and it is of a different texture.  I shampoo my hair on a daily basis, so when I run the nit comb through my hair before each shower, this strange conglomeration of spider-like body parts is always there.  I have managed to see a few of these things with everything (arms, legs, antenna ) attached, and it is quite scary looking.  It looks like an albino spider of some sorts, and causes my hair to be much more tangled, I've found.  When I use a regular comb just to arrange it after showering, it is very tangled at the base, where these spider-like creatures are living.  I've also found that once a month for about a week, my scalp is so tender to touch and almost feels inflamed.  I can also feel ridges all over my scalp that aren't normally there, but dissipate after about a week.  So, although I can appreciate your comment as it is very true, these other problems that people are voicing having are far from just the basic follicular  experience.  I dedicated myself to the medical profession for over 25 years and can honestly say, I have never seen anything like what I am reading about and experiencing myself in my entire nursing career.  So, I am reading that some sympathetic doctors here in the U.S. and other countries as well, are now taking this serious enough to begin research to come to the bottom of what has surfaced.   I have my own theories about it, but won't elaborate in this comment section, or you'd be reading for the next week.   So, please take patients more serious when you hear of such skin irritations, before you dismiss them with answers that aren't the solution.  I know there are actual cases of "delusional parasitosis" out there, but I, along with hundreds of thousands of other people experiencing these same symptoms, beg to differ.  It's belittling when this comes from someone whom they felt they could trust, who now thinks that these symptoms are only in their patients' head and not true.  THEY ARE TRUE!, and we need intelligent doctors like yourself to champion for us, by doing the research and studies and experiments and whatever else it takes to find out what these infestations are, and finding the solution to eradicate them.  Too many people have been ostracized and humiliated by the two words; "delusional parasitosis".  So, I beg you, please... if you have one humane bone in your body and a conscience in your head, if all you do in your contribution is to stop using "delusional parasitosis" when you are presented with these symptoms, (unless you know without a shadow of a doubt, and you've done all the work and research to know this is a true diagnosis),  then, we the sufferers thank you.   And, please encourage your colleagues to do the same.  There is nothing more frustrating than being misdiagnosed or brushed aside because symptoms don't match any other already discovered diagnoses in history.  This could be, as it may be found by the few doctors undertaking this huge problem, something entirely new and unseen in the medical world.  Thank you for reading my comment to yours.    

[Needhelpnow77]

Well said sir.  I too, have worked in the medical field for several years and am experiencing the same things that you described.  I am curious if you have gotten any answers or resolution in regards to this issue?

[Mwhitney]

I have had little white, hard bumps on my scalp for over a year. I have high blood pressure also and my hair has been falling out for a year. I don't have much hair left now and I'm going to buy a wig. My doctor has changed my blood pressure medication a couple of times but it hasn't helped. I would like to find out why this is happening to me. Could it be stress or an allergy?  I also read that people with diabetes can get this. I am taking biotine, silica, B vitamins, probiotics. Nothing has helped. I am 41 and scared I could have something wrong with me. The doctors pretty much push me out the door. Sometimes my pressure falls so low I pass out. I am fed up with all of it and am just going to buy a wig. Doctors now a days don't seem to care if none of the things they try work.y hair has always been my pride and joy and now I cry every time I brush my hair, I get handfuls:(. If anyone has an idea could you help me?

[haydenjames]

Completely understand and in this position myself- Did you find a way to fix this? I have 6moths left i think before a wig is needed and worried/ cry daily -sorry

[Thankful1992]

Wow for 20 years I have had this same exact thing/feeling.  I have been paralized in fear thinking I had head lice.  I asked my mom when I was in 8th grade finally and showed her several hairs I had pulled out that had the large/long white wetish thing with the black bulb on the end that I thought was full of blood.  She dismissed it and I always for 20 years until this day thought it was lice.  I now know it is not.  I have seen a video on popthatpimple.com of a beard hair being plucked.  My hairs, head, eyebrows, leg and pubic all have the same thing on the ends when I pluck them out.  the end is very sticky almost like suction cups so I figured it was some kind of parasite or lice.  I am so glad that I am not the only person.  I'm not sure if it is just normal hair follicles or if there is really something there.  I have the same feelings you all describe.  If somone gets a diganosis I would love to hear it.  I don't know who to see, a dr a dermatologist or what?  I tend to think it is just our normal follicles because I looked at photos tonight of follicle plugs and it is exactly what the ends of my hairs look like.  I'm thinking we might all have trichotilomania.  Perhaps it is the compuslive disorder.  But how does that explain the itching and the feeling of relief/release when you pull it out?  

But seriously... I am so thankful for finding this and finding you all.  I have depression and anxiety that has been magnified by this fear that I had a mite or parasite or lice for 20 years.  I have a bald spot becuase I tend to pull in one location.  I'm also sad because I thought when I finally sought treatment, then the lice I thought I was living with would go away and I would no longer pull out my hair.  If it turns out I don't have anything how am I going to stop and make these itchy,need to pull feelings go away?  UGH!