QuoteReplyTopic: Hair growing in curly...could it be medical? Posted: October 02 2006 at 9:58pm
I think you’ve just found the answer! It could be the after-effects of medication, especially, cortisone. Generally, this will subside and go back to normal within a year or two in my experience.Steve http://www.verticalsinhair.com
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To address some of your questions, no, I have not had any chemical treatments done to my hair at all. When styling, the only thing damaging that I use is a hair dryer. I have naturally straight, medium-fine textured hair.
I do not have trichotillomania, although I do know exactly what you are talking about...one of my former students had it and literally picked EVERY HAIR off of her head. I also know someone who has it who systematically picks out all of her eyelashes. So yeah, I know what it is and I don't have it.
Absolutely the only change in my health has been the acne treatments that began in June of 2005 and lasted until about July of 2006, so they lasted a little over a year. During that time, I was on a non-stop regimen of antibiotics and every couple of months I would end up having some cystic acne on my chin injected with cortisone. I also received (and continue to receive) light treatments from the waist up once every couple of months. Just as a history of my acne, my face is clear now and when I was at my worst, I never had acne anywhere but my chin and it was cystic in nature, maybe one to three cysts at a time.
My brother and sister both have premature grays...(they are 24 and 26 years old!). I have no gray hairs and I turned 29 today.
I am just baffled at the curlies! It seems so sudden!
I have attended many science symposium seminars where one would meet scientists, chemists and doctors. In addition, I studied Trichoanalysis, where I can make my own microscopic observation. And since I specialize in all methods of permanent hair straightening, I wanted to learn and educate myself about the effects of major salon services. This information would enable me to see whether the hair is incompetent due to hereditary, systematic, medical or a combination of factors and therefore it will indicate to me whether it is safe for the client to receive a major salon service, such as perms and TR. However, I do not involve myself or go into details with the issues you’re having, but Shary asked me to reply to your post.
First, you did not mention anything about getting your hair chemically straightened, so I am assuming your situation is not the result of botched chemical hair straightening issue.
Second, I am not sure if you’re using hot irons, but if you do, keep in mind, if the heat is too high or is applied for too long at the root, you will permanently alter the hair—that means hair that’s coarse, weird and confused. If the heat is very high it will change the external hair fiber without a doubt.
To find the real culprit, you need to Pause and Rewind and then go back 9 months and perhaps a bit more than 9 months to find out as to why the texture of your hair had become thick and your red hair had grown very deep red color.
Certain systematic conditions and medication have known influence on the structural competency of the hair and may alter the hair’s cosmetic condition. In some cases, results can be attributed to specific causes.
So as I said earlier, think back and think of everything and perhaps the answer will pop up to you! For example, have you had cortisone shots or used cortisone crème medication on your scalp? Any type of radiation therapy, laser, Tanning salons, X-rays in hospitals and in Dental Clinics, Sun exposure? Do you epilate your hair? What about Trichotillomania, also known as hair pulling or the compulsion to pull out one’s own hair. It is found in very tense and nervous children and in some cases, will persist into adulthood. And remember, when hair turns grey its texture changes along with its color.
I am not saying that these are the main culprits, I am just saying, retrieve this information one by one and then visit your medical Doctor and discuss this with him/her. Your family physician may recommend you to see a Dermatologist. But Doctors and Dermatologists are not miracle workers. Perhaps if you give them a detailed history, they may be able to help you better, but you need to give them a lead of all the things that had happened and the things you did over the past year.
Keep in mind, Red hair is usually significantly thicker than the hair of people of European descent with other hair colors. People with red hair often have different colored hair at different times of their life. It seems that it is more likely to be red in childhood or in early adult life, than in later life.
I posted this in General and someone suggested that I repost here:
I have always had straight hair (I am 29). But for the past 9 months or so, I have noticed lots of thick, curly, darker hairs growing in. They are CURLY. Not just wavy... And by thick, I mean at least twice the thickness of the rest of my hair. I have red hair and these hairs are growing in a very deep color of red...like a RED red as oppposed to a copper red.
I was on antibiotics for over a year and that is the only thing that was different before my hair started growing in like that. Maybe I am just paranoid, but could that be why? Or is it just that I am getting older?
This has been sucking since the curly hairs are also only about 2-4 inches long when I notice them...the rest of my hair is down to my bra closure on my back. So it is obvious that these are new-ish hairs.
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