March 28 2006, 9:34 am PT | Posted in: Diseases + Hair Loss Causes
what is inflammatory disease on scalp ?? Is it different from male pattern baldness? I get lots of itching on my scalp…and directly entering norwood class 6… but my doc saw my hair under some glass which looks like a huge magnifying glass and said its male pattern baldness…
Inflammatory scalp disease is when there’s an inflammatory process occuring in your scalp causing hair loss. There will be macrocyte and other white blood cells releasing histamine and other chemicals to cause the inflammatory process. The diseases which can cause skin inflammation are psoriasis, alopecia areata, eczema, a variety of autoimmune problems, or infections. This is different for male pattern baldness (MPB), because MPB is caused by DHT attacking the follicles through growth interference and not by an inflammatory process. Some forms of inflammation do not cause hair loss, so you will need a doctor to help confirm your diagnosis, which sounds like what your doctor was trying to do for you.
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Hello my name s robert. I have a red scares spreading on my scalp and it is causeing me to lose hair. My wife also suffers from this probeblem but here hair seems to be growing back. we Have been to two dermatolists but know one seems to know what this is. first I get a red rash looking scar then it drys and my scalp flakes and I can see hair loss. please help me to understand this problem.
I have suffered from chronic hair loss for the last 5 years now. I have been to many doctors but no one seems to know what is going on. plus there is a constant itch. I believe that is started from a med that i took 5 years ago for about 8 weeks, but no one can understand that the symptoms still occur. the med that I took was ritalin and hair loss is a side effect but this is 5 years later and the hair loss is still there. And the scalp itches constantly. can someone shed some light on this? feeling hopeless
Hi Janet, are you still looking for help? I have done alot of research and there is alot of stuff you can do, especailly natural oils , etc… E-mail me if you may want some suggestions still. peace, megan