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Bad Head Shave :(

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  • 05-04-2020 3:01pm
    #1
    Cork29
    Registered Users Posts: 173 ✭✭


    New to head shaving.....

    Anyone else has this issue? Possible to fix?


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    #2
    Passenger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Passenger


    Looks like the skin on the back if your head is potmarked. Not much shaving can do for it unless you just let the hair there grow to a stubble and leave it like that.


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    Stigura
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    Quick once over with a blow torch will sort it :)


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    TheBoyConor
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    Your scalp is scarred. Possiblly from dermatitis or psoriasis or particularly severe dandruff inflammation. Did you ever have those sorts of issues?

    There isn't any fix for this I'm afraid. It is just the way it is. Probably better just leave your hair grow.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    TheBoyConor wrote: »
    Your scalp is scarred. Possiblly from dermatitis or psoriasis or particularly severe dandruff inflammation. Did you ever have those sorts of issues?

    There isn't any fix for this I'm afraid. It is just the way it is. Probably better just leave your hair grow.
    None of the above.

    There *is* treatment. I have seen a much worse case of the same on Embarrassing Bodies with a great outcome.

    You will need to see your GP for starters - difficult in the current situation. You could possibly get a diagnosis and prescription over the phone if you send the doctor a few pictures.

    Not your ornery onager



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    _Brian
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    To me that looks like a good head shave in a bad head.

    I don’t think your scalp is suitable for that tight shave.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    See my post above.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Cork29 wrote: »
    Any link to it?
    It is a few posts up in this thread. This is what I said:

    There *is* treatment. I have seen a much worse case of the same on Embarrassing Bodies with a great outcome.

    You will need to see your GP for starters - difficult in the current situation. You could possibly get a diagnosis and prescription over the phone if you send the doctor a few pictures.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Cork29 wrote: »
    I meant any link to the episode or what to search?
    No link to the episode, sorry.

    Your condition looks to me like localised acne, but IANAD. Do/did you have acne anywhere else on your body?

    Not your ornery onager



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    Homelander
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    Going from the lighting, there are a lot of pockmarks, he already said he had scabies so it could be scarring from that. The red marks may be fixable but no prescription can fix the physical scarring. Laser treatment could work quite well though.


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    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,035 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    I'm pretty sure scabies does not leave pock marks.

    The case I saw on Embarrassing Bodies (like the OP's pic but a fair bit more severe) did involve laser treatment, and the results were striking.

    Not your ornery onager



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    yabadabado
    Registered Users Posts: 16,523 ✭✭✭✭yabadabado


    Esel wrote: »
    I'm pretty sure scabies does not leave pock marks.

    The case I saw on Embarrassing Bodies (like the OP's pic but a fair bit more severe) did involve laser treatment, and the results were striking.

    I remember watching that episode,the poor fella was in a very bad way and the condition did look a lot more painful than OP's pictures.

    iirc he got a prescription for the inflammation and then laser treatment over the course of a few months cleared up a lot of the scars/marking.


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