May 18 2007, 8:32 am PT | Posted in: Hair Loss Causes
Hello Dr,
Thank you for taking the time to respond to so many of these questions. It provides untold comfort for those of us who are plagued with hair loss problems.I am quite certain I have seborrheic dermatitis-induced telogen effluvium. I have all the characteristics, long dark hairs with tiny white bulbs at the end (TE), and my scalp is red and itchy with noticeable scaling (SD). I have been inflicted with this condition for 7 months now, when can I expect for it to stop falling out? Will I see my hair return to the way it once was?
Thanks in advance.
If you have telogen effluvium, it has nothing to do with seborrheic dermatitis. You should see a good dermatologist to make the diagnosis of TE.
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Balding Forum
Does balding at an early age (i.e. 18-25) usually mean the end result will be worse than someone that begins balding at say, 50 years?
Also, is it possible for someone to go through medium to aggressive level balding at an early age, then have to taper off very quickly (i.e. within just a year or so?) Or does medium/aggressive balding always mean that the person will lose a lot of their hair?
I think it is very naive to just blatantly write-off the possibility that the above individual may have SD-induced TE. I have suffered for 9+ months from some sort of effluvium while being inflicted with persistent form of SD. To assume that the 2 are completely unrelated is quite a leap to make.
I agree with Mike. I too have the exact same symptoms as the one who wrote the question and both, the SD and TE, always seemed very closely related to me. Have intensive clinical studies been done to prove that they’re absolutely unrelated? If they are, then maybe it’s two different conditions that happen to happen to the same person? What to do then? I have a mild case of SD and chronic EF, which I have been battling for 10 years, though the shedding gets better or worse depending on what products/supplements I am using. I would have loved not to deal with expensive shampoos, sprays, vitamins and have all of my hair back but it seems that other than the “reassurance” that I won’t suddenly go bold one day there is really no cure for this condition.