hair loss

[the1jd]

A few years ago my cat use to lick the back of my head and groom my hair in a way and a few days aftet that i had got a right worm where he was licking and a few months after the hair under my cat's belly was also getting bald and he was sick then it was wet alot, now my cat died and my hair right now as big bald 2 sliver doller coins on the side, front, back and in my beard chin, chest and also i get inflamnation coming out some time like a pimple and I went to the doctor they give me steriods injections and they have never worked I was thinkng if it was stress  now am thinking if it's an infection I have  some kind or fungus within my hair line. I am highly looking for a true answer to resolved my problem.


This discussion is related to Bald Spots in Beard.

[BhumikaMD]

Hi,

Try to rule out other causes of hair loss. A number of things can cause excessive hair loss. For example, about 3 or 4 months after an illness or a major surgery, you may suddenly lose a large amount of hair. This hair loss is related to the stress of the illness and is temporary.

Hormonal problems may cause hair loss. If your thyroid gland is overactive or underactive, your hair may fall out. This hair loss usually can be helped by treatment thyroid disease. Hair loss may occur if male or female hormones, known as androgens and estrogens, are out of balance. Correcting the hormone imbalance may stop your hair loss.

Many women notice hair loss about 3 months after they've had a baby. This loss is also related to hormones. During pregnancy, high levels of certain hormones cause the body to keep hair that would normally fall out. When the hormones return to pre-pregnancy levels, that hair falls out and the normal cycle of growth and loss starts again.

Some medicines can cause hair loss. This type of hair loss improves when you stop taking the medicine. Medicines that can cause hair loss include blood thinners (also called anticoagulants), medicines used for gout, medicines used in chemotherapy to treat cancer, vitamin A (if too much is taken), birth control pills and antidepressants.

Certain infections can cause hair loss. Fungal infections of the scalp can cause hair loss in children. The infection is easily treated with antifungal medicines.

Finally, hair loss may occur as part of an underlying disease, such as lupus or diabetes. Since hair loss may be an early sign of a disease, it is important to find the cause so that it can be treated.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hair-loss/DS00278

It would be advisable to consult a skin specialist for this and then decide the cause and further plan of management.

Let us know if you need any other information.

Regards.

[the1jd]

thank you for responding to me i had my blood work done all came back ok and now culture test on my scalp to see if it is a Fungal infections. and i willl let u know how it all went again thank u for responding back to me.

[the1jd]

this is a follow up from my last posting, I went to my dermalogist and he gave me a cream DRITHO-SCALP (anthralin 0.5%  and on the box it read's An aid in the topical treatment of psoriasis of the scalp i have been using it 6 days and i don't feel the tingels like he said would happen and i was leaveing it on as he recommended i am wondering if it is working or not and i told him that when i was travling to miami and the caribbean that my hair was growing back. but when i return back to new york i was itcing all over and then the hair loss was happening again not only my head arms legs eyebrows as well and my chin hair is gold.. am greatly looking forward in finding a good conclusion to my problem caz right now am looking like a puzzle that's missing its pieces.

[the1jd]

this is a follow up from my last posting, I went to my dermalogist and he gave me a cream DRITHO-SCALP (anthralin 0.5%  and on the box it read's An aid in the topical treatment of psoriasis of the scalp i have been using it 6 days and i don't feel the tingels like he said would happen and i was leaveing it on as he recommended i am wondering if it is working or not and i told him that when i was travling to miami and the caribbean that my hair was growing back. but when i return back to new york i was itcing all over and then the hair loss was happening again not only my head arms legs eyebrows as well and my chin hair is gold.. am greatly looking forward in finding a good conclusion to my problem caz right now am looking like a puzzle that's missing its pieces.
And my scalp is turning the color like a red brown looking

[BhumikaMD]

Hi,

This could be seborrhoeic dermatitis. It is a skin disorder affecting the scalp, face, and trunk causing scaly, flaky, itchy, red skin. It particularly affects the sebum-gland rich areas of skin.

Side effects to inflammation may include temporary hair loss. If severe outbreaks are untreated for extended intervals, permanent hair loss may result, because of damage to hair follicles.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seborrhoeic_dermatitis

Soaps and detergents such as sodium laureate sulfate may precipitate a flare-up, as they strip moisture from the top layers of the skin, and the drying property of these can cause flare-ups and may worsen the condition. Accordingly a suitable alternative should be used instead.

Among dermatologist recommended treatments are shampoos containing coal tar, ciclopiroxolamine, ketoconazole, selenium sulfide, or zinc pyrithione. For severe disease, keratolytics such as salicylic acid or coal tar preparations may be used to remove dense scale. Topical terbinafine solution (1%) has also been shown to be effective in the treatment of scalp seborrhoea,as may lotions containing alpha hydroxy acids or corticosteroids (such as fluocinolone acetonide). Pimecrolimus topical lotion is also sometimes prescribed.

It would be advisable to consult a skin specialist for your symptoms and a proper clinical examination if your symptoms persist.

Let us know if you need any other information and post us on how you are doing.

Regards.