brownish yellow oil chunks?! what are these?

[worthlessstrands]

I occasionally get a bunch of these on my scalp. They're pretty much like zits and I have them on my face as well as the side of my shoulders and upper arms. But the ones on scalp are always accompanied with a strand of hair when I take them out. I use Nizoral 2% every 2 days, and T-Gel extra strength on all the other days. Can someone tell me what these are? I just want to make sure that I do indeed have male pattern baldness and not something else that I would regret not treating. My hair is extremely thinned out in the diffuse pattern, and receded at the temples and front like a typical male pattern baldness.

ALSO, I've been on finasteride for 2 months, and been losing a lot of hair since I started (so much that my hair is noticably worse). Is there a way to know if this is a finasteride shed that would grow back or if I'm just losing it? Since I was already losing at a pretty fast pace before I started.

Additional Info: 19 and 8 months, been losing for the past 20 months, diffused all over in the first 15 months and then suddenly went from Norwood 1 to 3 in the next 5.

I'm gonna make an appointment with a dermatologist but I would appreciate some insight on this. I just want to make sure I have male pattern baldness and nothing else besides that speeding up the balding process.

 

[king-]

propecia?

 

[yello911]

I was a diffuse thinner. I lost a lot of hair and then over many years, grew quite a bit back with finasteride and minoxidil. When I started brushing more, it seemed to help as I would feel blood vessels pumping in my scalp after a good brush. Sure at first I would lose a few hairs but you must understand; if your hair falls out by simply brushing it, that hair was already out the door. Brushing helped reduce the inflammation a little, probably by spreading the oils from the scalp to your hair shaft. The past couple of years have been the best hair years since I was 19. In those two years, I have discovered Head & Shoulders Intensive Solutions which I use every morning. That worked pretty good and it greatly reduced the scalp zits and yellow crusty stuff coming off with a strand of hair. Then I decided to pour about 1ml of tea tree oil in the Head & Shoulders and also added a little bit to my minoxidil that I use at night. Wow! My scalp feels great, I rarely have a scalp zit, crusties and pluggies are gone, and my hair is at the point where I can use gel again (but I only use gel for nights out). Lastly, I have been taking fish oil capsules 2x a day. Fish oil is supposed to help fight inflammation. I'm not sure if it has done anything for hair growth, however, my joints feel great.

Anyway, I think diffuse thinning, at least in my case, has a lot to do with inflammation. If you can reduce that inflammation, I'm thinking you may see some positive changes to your hair and scalp.

 

[Petchsky]

Hey Yello, i remember your avatar from years ago when i used to lurk in the background, proper old skool!

How many drops do you add into your minoxidil? i'm thinking of doing this with Rosemary or Lavender...

 

[yello911]

Hi Petchsky,

I've been putting in about 10 drops per bottle. I'm not sure if either adding more or less would be better, however, that is about the max I can put in before my wife starts plugging her nose in bed :dunno: . It doesn't really stink, but it is potent smelling. It's not diluted tea tree oil either, it says 100% tea tree oil.

Please let me know what you think of rosemary or lavender. Who knows maybe one day I'll do a combo of three together!

 

[Petchsky]

Shall do, R+L are both known as anti androgens, so i'll drop 5 of each in my minoxidil. TTO is more a anti inflammatory.