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The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Rudolph, I believe the reason why you recovered was because you experienced TE rather than some other auto immune diasease back then.   Anyway, people like you and Andy that recovered should com...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hi phan23, this is the reason why I refuse to try biotin when I first noticed hair loss. Anyway, I highly doubt that biotin will help people like us, not even a single percentage.

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Go do a bloodtest and I can assure you that it will come back negative with your biotin level "normal". Accutane hair loss has nothing to do with biotin deficiency most of the time.

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hey Paks91, I'm glad you're feeling good again and, your success story proves that there are hopes for all of us here. My treatments are minoxidil and topical steriod (recommended by lamarr and the ha...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Treatments are avalible. But all are lousy treatments because they provide temporary relief only, and once you stop using those products then the hair will start to fall out again.

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

My eyebrows filled up rapidly but somehow there is no regrow on my scalp which is rather weird.   Anyway, I agree with lamarr regarding rapid weight lost make one feel worse because I lost 8kg f...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Yeah, it would be great if hair shedding come to a halt, so we could focus totally on hair regrowth. But the truth is, it is alway the opposite that happen.

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

I suppose you should know what is normal. For example, I now shed about 20 to 40 strands every single day which is "Normal" to most people but not normal to me since I hardly even shed a single strand...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hi Jessie, The 6 mths time frame was meant for Telogen Effluvium. But since you're suffering from inflammation as well then it is very difficult to tell when your hair loss problem is going to subs...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hey Jessie,   It is very difficult to tell when hair loss will stop and regrow. All I can say is if you're experience only hair loss then you should be fine within 6 mths, but if you experience s...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hi thili55,   I think you should be ok if you did not experience scalp pain and itchiness. I lost most of my hairs when scalp itchiness flare-up and this may indicate that I'm suffering from auto...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Update, 3 months post Roaccutane.     I did not feel like updating this month because this was the worse month that I have experience, by far. However, I will update for the sake of future a...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Update, 2 months post Roaccutane So it is 26 April, the end of 2 months of hair shedding. I am beginning to believe that my problem is actually telogen effluvium along with diffuse alopecia areata ...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

As usual, still shed about 20 to 25 strands per day and I am still wondering if I am suffering from alopecia areata seen I did not lost hair from other part of my body except my scalp.   Acne ar...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

I'm hugely frustrated by the fact that it seems that there are not even a single case of successful story so far (without help from any topical and oral drugs). Moreover, to make matter worst, almost ...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hey jnt867,   Thanks for the information. I find that derms tend to go for the easy way out by diagnosing patients with accutane hairloss as mph and presribe propecia and minoxidil to curb the pr...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hey bro lamarr, I have bought a bottle of grape seed 6000 supplement which contain Vitis vinifera (grape seed) dry equiv. 6000mg Vitis vinifera seed ext. Dry conc. Standardised. 50mg Prov....

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

This is a good article for those who may be suffering from telogen effluvium.  

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17 years ago
asian skin and FRAXEL

Fraxel usually provide 40 percent result on acne scars at most, and it take quite a number of treatments to get some results.

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Daniel,   How many strand you shed per day in total? And how long has it been?

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Yeah, most were crappier hairs and miniturized hairs. I was really worry when I first noticed that the new hairs were not as thick as it suppose to be, and I shed hair which were mostly short thin hai...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hey daniel,   The problem for me is not only shedding but regrow. I notice that there were some regrow but it was still not good enough. I can't imagine if i shed 25 strands per day x 1 year wit...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Yeah, that's exactly what I thought. Wait it out for 3 mths before I visit a derm. Anyway, while I was bathing just now, I notice that my right side burn area was receding abit. Hai... a new problem t...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Hey daniel and ithappen, what I meant was I am post accutane for 1 and a half month and hair still shedding without any sight of stopping.   Daniel, I was on 20 mg for 137 days so that's about 4 ...

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17 years ago
The answers I got from my doctor about hair loss

Fast approaching one and a half mth and hair still shedding. Worst of all, hair regrow were at a slow pace.

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17 years ago