I am desperate for information. I have been to dermatologists and M.D.’s and am not sure what to believe any more. The dermatologist told me my hair loss was due to an autoimmune disease and gave me steroid shots in the head and did a biopsy and said the hair follicles where still alive. Went to M.D and had blood test told it was not audio immune. Been told many times it was thyroid then had blood test done and they came back fine. There is nobody else in family with this problem. Please help am desperate. Had mono 1 and a half years ago. Can this cause hair loss? what can I do? I am a female and this is very embarrassing.

I can not be your doctor over the internet, but the questions you asked are ones that you need to know the answers to. You were told you have auto-immune disease, then had none. Then it was thyroid disease, then not. You need to get a full examination to find out the cause of your hair loss. Any illness (even mono) can trigger hair loss in those people who have the hair loss genetics (women included). Are you one of those women?

You need to bond with a good doctor. Like a good marriage, the partnership between patient and doctor is a partnership where the doctor works for the patient on the presented problem in the patient’s time frame. If you do not have the right partner (doctor), get rid of him/her and find one who respects you as an individual with needs and gives you the service you are paying for.

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