Help!! hair problem

Nov 17, 2015

Mohini D.

Hi all, hope you all fine...
I am new in beautylish.
Actually, I am going through a very tough problem related to my hair. My scalp having some patches which have no hair and also am suffering from hairfall. Actually I was going through the same problem in past also.and I concerned with my doctor and she says"its a fungal infection " but again same problem happens so I am lil worried what's exactly the problem is..and one more thing I used castor oil before this problem happens both time. So I thought this problem happens due to castor oil. is it true??
if someone can help me out the I'll really thankful to her.
thanks

Nov 17, 2015

Ruhi D.

Hi mohini I understand the problem you are facing but Hon I'm using castor and coconut oil on my hair regularly and I'm so happy to use it my hair and scalp is clean and healthy I don't have any issues with this oil that I'm using... if you can tell what castor oil you are using?

Nov 17, 2015

Victoria A.

I had a similar thought as Hailey... If your doctor said it's fungal, it seems to me as though using heavy oils like castor would trap or prevent a fungal infection from properly healing? Did your doctor ever prescribe an anti fungal for you, topical or oral?
Did she take a sample to look at or did she just assume it was fungal? If no actual tests were done, and your doctor simply looked at your scalp and came to that conclusion you may be suffering from another disorder. Is your scalp flaking at all? Or just the hair loss?

Also, have you considered that it may be Alopecia?

Nov 18, 2015

Mohini D.

Nothing like flaking...only hairfall
my doctor prescribe me minoxil 5% @victoria

Nov 18, 2015

Mohini D.

Thanks @hailey and @ruhi.

Nov 18, 2015

Victoria A.

Hmmm... I'm thinking it could be alopecia or maybe it's stress related? If you haven't been back to your doctor for this, I would make another appointment. How long have you been using the minoxil? Any results or changes since you started using it?

Nov 18, 2015

Victoria A.

Also, try to hang in there... I know how stressful/worrying this kind of problem with hair can be... When I was 18 I started losing extreme amounts of hair, over a period of about 2 months. Went to doctor, they did blood work, found nothing to indicate why I was losing so much... I then quit my job of 5 years because I couldn't take my boss anymore (she was really mean and a b!tch to me for all those years, and I didn't stand up for myself because I was only 14 when I started working there and didn't know any better.) As soon as I quit it stopped falling out. I realized I had been so stressed that my body's response was making my hair fall out. The texture of my hair even seemed to change... It was never the same since and I am 26 now. 😑

Good luck!

Nov 19, 2015

Mohini D.

Thanks victoria...its means a lot. may its all bcoz of stress becoz since couple of months I am very stressed.but now am not taking stress anymore.
thank you so much for suggestion.
@victoria