But of course, you prolly already knew that, huh? But it’s true, I got it from my doctor. Today I went to see a dermatologist. This was actually my second trip to the dermatologist. My first visit was with one back in the winter. I don’t remember what she said I just know
- she didn’t spend a lot of time with me
- her diagnosis was not consistent with what my hairdresser had been telling me and what frankly what I thought
- the medication she prescribed was too expensive
I decided to give it another go and this time went to see the dermatologist that I take my son to. I should have done this months ago. Hindsight, and all, right? Anyway, I’m at the derm today and I instantly knew I had made the right decision. So I told her about my history: hair loss, blood tests, previous doctor’s visits, thyroid concerns. Etc. First, she looked at the back of my head (always helpful), then she marked a few spots on my head, then I got two injections of an anesthesia (this was kind of a weird pin pricky feeling that is counter intuitive because needles don’t belong in the back of your head), then I got a couple of steroid injections which didn’t hardly hurt because of the numbing, and then finally, the biopsy. Along with the biopsy, I got a couple of pretty stitches! And I am exempt from housework for a week. Ok, she said dinner, but whatever.
I found an article with a slightly humorous title: Is Your Hair Taking a Break? Dermatologists Can Help Women Get to the Root of Hair Loss. This article is part of the American Academy of Dermatology website and is found here: http://www.aad.org/media/background/news/Releases/Is_Your_Hair_Taking_a_Break_Dermatologists_Can_Hel/. The article is just a brief discussion of what we know already: hair loss affects men and women differently. It is socially acceptable for a man to be bald, but can be devastating for a woman. The article also discusses the different forms of hair loss (alopecia) which I am not going to bore myself with. Again. Interestingly enough, on my all time all time fave website, Mayoclinic.com they say that stress can also cause the kind of psoriasis I’m dealing with and that I need to avoid stress to help it go away. Yeah. Avoid stress, how am I supposed to do that?
I hafta go back in a week to see what the results say, although I’ve been playing this game long enough I know what they will say: nothing’s wrong. You’re starting to look like a hypochondriac.
Feh.
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