current dilemma: should I try Rogaine tomorrow again? or should I not…sigh…

Love to hear more comments!!

I noted that the dialog goes back to 2009. A few have noted their ethnicity. Now while I am not intending on causing any issues with with race or ethnicity, in the township/city of which I reside, I have notice the great difference in balding of African-American women, while other races seem barely affected. And it seems the problem among African-American women is becoming of epidemic nature. Today I counted more balding black women than black women with normal hair, including senior women who have pressed, utilized the same products and worn their hair the same for over a quarter or half century, who never experienced hair loss at the magnitude their are now.

I don’t know how many people are aware of the use of Microorganisms to “frack” petroleum products presently, or of the effect of the biproducts being recirculated into the environment. The more difficult residual oil extracted contains more Microorganisms, and is sold to farmers, manufacturers at a discounted rate. Many products, such as lotions, hair pomades, conditioners, cosmetics utilized by blacks many contain the Microorganisms, as a result of “fracking”. Also the water, and meats contain chemicals and hormones, of complex status. “Fracking” manufacturers are not required by the US to disclose the poison being reintroduced to the public. This makes me wonder if the great epidemic of women, and black women in particular losing our hair is associated with the man-made poisons. I’d be interested to learn of the response if someone asked their well informed dermatologist if their hair lose might be associated with Microorganisms, which easily change to adapt to different environments.

I’m going to try to find a dermatologist using the CARF, but if anyone know of a knowledgeable one in the central region of Kansas, please ad it to this site. I will watch for it. I have used women’s minoxidil (Rogaine) 2%, and am considering visiual. I have a relative whose had luck with it. My newest physician is so very absent or of pretense, she says Head and Shoulders should be adequate. She insulted my intelligence. I only just heard of the Ketoconazole shampoo within this last month.

I was diagnosed with LPP in Jan 2015 and it has been a very difficult time since. Derm put me on Plaquenil and topical steroids. I have started a ant-inflammatory diet and saw some positive results but hair loss continues.
Does anyone have experience with Plaquenil?? I am thinking bits time to get off it.
I would appreciate any feedback.
Thank you

So glad to have found this group… I was just diagnosed with LPP this week. I’m 36 and I’ve noticed that my hair seemed more thin than usual. A friend made a comment which prompted me to go to the dermatologist. I honestly wasn’t expecting my biopsy to show anything, and after reading up on LPP (what little information I could find) I’m feeling such a mix of emotions. I’ve always loved my hair and it’s been a real source of confidence for me. I would love to talk to other women with this disease and hear and recommendations. I haven’t had children yet but hope to soon, and it seems like a lot of the meds out there are pretty serious and maybe not the best option for me right now. I know that things could be so much worse, and I am thankful that this only affects my hair. It’s still overwhelming to see the pictures and hear some of the info out there.

Over the past few years I’ve really noticed a difference throughout the scalp, not just the crown anymore, which I kinda expected with starting peri-menopause. My scalp has always been itchy but is now a blotchy red. I know I’m sensitive to strong hair sprays so I’ve tried to reduce the need for this product and go to Dove hairspray and use sparingly. I also started using Selsun Blue anti itch, and it helped a little at first to soften the scalp and take away some itch, but I don’t think it’s meant to use all the time. It seems more itchy now than ever. I have other women in the family suffering the same condition of adrogenic alopecia and we try to compare notes, but none of us really want to talk about it. We’ve experienced the doctors that don’t provide much advice so I’m using the men’s Rogaine that one dermatologist recommended. I also read a Readers Digest article about What Dermatologists Don’t Tell You and it confirmed that women can in fact use the men’s Rogaine, just not the other products that are specific to men. Rogaine does work, particularly arount the perimeter of my hair line, but not so much on top that I can see. I’m glad to have read all your posts and am very interested in the LLP diagnosis. I hope to find some remedy that works so I can share successful results with my family.

For years I wouldn’t look at the back of my head cause I just didn’t want to know how bad it was getting, but my husband is now making comments about how I shouldn’t use the blowdryer etc. so I decided to look at the back of my head today both with hair wet, then blow dried. In order to look halfway normal, I have to carefully comb my hair straight so that the balding doesn’t look so obvious, but it’s definitely getting worse. I’m going to make another appointment with a local Dermatologist to see if they can help with the red itch and maybe even do an allergy test. Stay tuned…