Hair Loss - Hairdresser/ Doctor?

figrolls

Hi all, just wondering if anybody has had a similar expereince and what they did.

For the last two months i've noticed my hair falling out quite a bit, but more so in the last two or three weeks along with an itchy/ irritated scalp. (i've kinda noticed some slight spot like pimples, but its really difficult to look at your own head!)

My doctor ran bloods for thyroid and iron problems, but all came back fine, so I got the all incompassing diagnosis of stress! (Thanks for taking 120 off me too tell me that!)

But its only since then that i've noticed the scalp being quite itchy, not scrathing like made itchy, just iritating.
What im really wondering is, should I go back to my doctor or go to my hairdresser and ask her to have a look and see if the scalp is the cause or the affect here?

Thanks for any help ye can give!

princess-lala

Go to your doctor and ask him/her to recommend a trichologist - they deal with hair loss and scalp problems.

If your doctor doesnt know one then your hairdresser might, not all salons have one as back up but I know alot of places know of one.

Fago!

Could be alopicia. My mam had it and said it was due to stress.

princess-lala

Fago! wrote: »

Could be alopicia. My mam had it and said it was due to stress.

I have alopecia but a doctor or trichologist has to diagnose it

Fago!

princess-lala wrote: »

I have alopecia but a doctor or trichologist has to diagnose it

You do? Didn't seem like it when we were out.

Anyways on topic, OP hopefully it'll be nothing serious. Best o luck.

yourdeadwright

As said above sounds like alopicia, my girlfriend go it last christmas, and it is due to stress, She tried every kind of therapye to help but it just kept getitng worse anyway, eventually she decided she should get a hair pice, it cost a couple of grand but it looked so real ud never know,Anyway the confidence she got back from wearing it seem to have a huge affect as in only 3 short months after getting it her hair had grown back, she is fine now,
I think what im trying to say short is try your best to stay positive,

Fago!

That's good advice. That's how my mam got her haor back.

yourdeadwright

Just happy to help. As a chap i dont think it would affect me that much, but seeing first hand what it can do to an outing young girl, really knock me for 6,
It my not even be the OP's problem, but if it is just try stay positive

squalshy

I have had problems when stressed with hair loss for the last 4/5 years and I always find when it first happens I totally stress out and the patch gets bigger and bigger!
The most important thing is to learn to live with it as it seems the less conscious you are of it every minute to the day (which isn't very easy as you think the whole world is starting at it!) the easier it is to manage it and from my personal experiece, the more I've kinda of forgotten the patches, the faster they start to grow back.

I have had one particular patch for about 15 months which at one point was so large that covering it was very difficult but as I started to almost ignore it, it has started to get smaller to the point where its easier covered.

She Devil

You know most good hairdressers could probably advice you correctly as they deal with so many clients every day with every kind of complaint! And its their job to make you feel happy about your hair.
It will come back, sometimes its just certain times of the year makes more hair fall out.
My brother suffers from it, it comes out in huge patches, he is so self conscious about it. Feel so sorry for him.
Hope you get the help you need anyway.

princess-lala

She Devil wrote: »

You know most good hairdressers could probably advice you correctly as they deal with so many clients every day with every kind of complaint! And its their job to make you feel happy about your hair.
It will come back, sometimes its just certain times of the year makes more hair fall out.
My brother suffers from it, it comes out in huge patches, he is so self conscious about it. Feel so sorry for him.
Hope you get the help you need anyway.

No two peoples hair loss will ever be the same thats why I suggested a trichologist, they will tell you exactly where its coming from and why!

Hairdressers arent usually thought about hair loss unless they go to do a special course in it!

figrolls

Thanks for all you replies!

Cant say my hair is falling out in particular patches, seems to be just generally all over but saying that I dont really know, its impossible to look at your own head..

Really hope it doesnt come to that stage, but will definately say it to the doctor when I get a chance to go, kinda feel like there must be something that can be done.
Its just since i've noticed the itching and spots on my scalp I feel like there might just be something else at play here, but thats probably just clutching at straws!

Thanks princess lala,now that I know the name of the type of spcialist I'd like to be referred to I feel abit more confident going into the doctor and asking for something to be done!

princess-lala

figrolls wrote: »

Cant say my hair is falling out in particular patches, seems to be just generally all over but saying that I dont really know, its impossible to look at your own head..

Try a product called Head High - Ive heard loads about it and have recommended it to loads of clients Get the pink box

Elbi

go to the lifes2good site they have something called Viviscal, I swear by it, im 26 and for the last few years my hair has been getting thinner and thinner after taking these for just a few weeks i notice the difference,

jackieha

Hi Figrolls....just wondered if you ever got an answer to your hair loss, or if you tried any of the products recommended on this thread. My hair has become very thin (started in Jan of this year, my hairdresser noticed it first)....I've had bloods done and nothing showed up (though I am in a very very early stages of the menopause :eek:). Personally I do think it's down to stress :cool: I have started taking Head High, wondering if anyone has tried it and what they thought, or got any other ideas. Apart from copping myself on

princess-lala

Stress can cause hair loss as can menopause!

Try the Head High for a while and see how you get on!

jackieha

princess-lala wrote: »

Stress can cause hair loss as can menopause!

Try the Head High for a while and see how you get on!

Yeah I'm gonna give a bash, the stronger tablets are to be taken for one month then there's a maintenance course.... Everyone is telling me not to think about it as this makes it worse....but mention elephant and what do you think of, elephant :eek:

anewme

I went to my Doctor three years ago and said my hair was falling out and she said there was nothing wrong and "even if there is there is nothing you can do" and I left feeling like a fool. Since then, I have been too embarrassed to go to a hair dresser and just constantly obsess about my hair. I have no patches, it has just got really thin. I did some research on the internet and women can get AGA just like a man.

I am at my wits end with this, it seems to consume me and I am very down over it.

jackieha

anewme wrote: »

I went to my Doctor three years ago and said my hair was falling out and she said there was nothing wrong and "even if there is there is nothing you can do" and I left feeling like a fool. Since then, I have been too embarrassed to go to a hair dresser and just constantly obsess about my hair. I have no patches, it has just got really thin. I did some research on the internet and women can get AGA just like a man.

I am at my wits end with this, it seems to consume me and I am very down over it.

Hi Anewme, firstly I would try a different doctor, my own doctor was very supportive and the first thing he did was take bloods which showed I was in early menopause, but Thryoid problems can also cause hair loss so he wanted to rule it out. Get a second opinion as soon as possible :-) Secondly, there is something you can do, after asking around and consulting my doctor again, I've started on a course of Nourkrin (available from Boots @ 40e for a months supply but available on the 2 for 3 offer) you take it for 3 months then go onto the maintenance programme, it has a great success rate. But your first stop should be your doctor (IMO a different doctor !) . Please post and let us know how you get on :-)