Permanent hair loss

[Delilah01]

Hi! Im new here and i have a question.

My hair used to be super duper thick and i have thick coarse african hair so my sister used a relaxer on me like 6 years ago and my hair started falling out like a week after i used the relaxer (on the box it said it can cause permanent hair loss) but i assumed it meant in terms of bald patches because that happens to some women. My hair shrunk in size after using it due the chemicals but it didnt fall out immediately. My hair is still thickish but falls out every time i touch it loads come out when i brush and its so elastic and weak. I can feel my scalp and even though i have thick hair its thinned out soooo much.

I told my doctor this like 2 years ago and said its fine but said im pulling my hair back a lot so that can cause receding. I didnt mention the relaxer because i thought he wouldnt understand african hair routines.

I really didnt want to relax my hair but my mum made my sister do it because my mum doesnt like my afro hair but she has softer features (im somali but my mum has looks pretty much arab, light skin long soft hair pointy nose but my dad had the opposite) but i have more african features from my dad.

But i dont know if im going to go completely bald from this because it looks like that. Plus you cant reverse permanent hair loss

 

[Cuchculan]

Nothing saying you will lose all your hair. Ever think that maybe, just maybe, the stress of seeing some hair fall out, is causing even more hair loss? Just don't ever use that gadget again. Maybe see if there are any products out there to thicken your hair. Or even treat the scalp in such cases of hair loss. You might find something you can try out. If you are ever talking to your doctor again mention what you used on your head. He might know more than you expect. Even from reading up on hair relaxers, they can cause infection in the scalp, which can cause loss of hair. If your doctor knew this much he could give you something if it was an infection. It is all got to do with the caustic ingredients. I would suggest you visit the doctor again and this time be more honest with him. So you may be treated the correct way.

 

[Delilah01]

Thanks for the reply, i only started getting stressed like 2/3 years ago so idk about stress. I will for sure let my doctor know about it and see what they say. If i had a scalp infection he would have seen it so yh.