rapidfrontal
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On Sept 2, 2004 my entire life unravelled like never before due to an incident that brought about debilitating stress and depression, which continues even now nearly unabated. Three months later, in December 2004, maybe earlier, I noticed a lot of shedding. I freaked out and called my Dermatologist who is also my Father and he has told me that it is Telogen Effluvium. He has since told me numerous times and continues to maintain that he is positive that I am undergoing Telogen Effluvium. He claims to have seen 1000 cases of Telogen Effluvium and has never been wrong. I am not so sure though. I know everybody who reads this is going to agree with him, but I have my reasons for thinking otherwise. First, my temporal recession and frontal hairline recession is unbelievable rapid. It literally changes noticeably by the week. I have even noticed changes in the front from day to day sometimes. Secondly, I am now at least 3 months into the shedding and it continues with no sign of letting up. I lose about 200 hairs a day and my hair is unbelievably thin compared with what it used to be. There is not a single person, and I mean no one, in my entire family on either side as far back as anybody can remember with baldness, except my brother who went rapidly bald in his mid 20's. I am 34 and don't think I'll have much left in a year. I hear about these people who have been going bald for 10+ years and it amazes me because mine is so much more rapid. Sorry to be so wordy, just wanted to let people know about possible misdiagnosis of hair loss. Sorry, Dad, but the average Dermatologist doesn't know sh*t about hairloss and this includes you. The only Derms that should be consulted are those on the cutting edge of hairloss.