Recommendations for a great doctor in Houston?

[razzer]

sawbaldmetto, how do you feel about this info - http://www.heralopecia.com/interact/...-about-Candida

[sawbaldmetto]

sawbaldmetto, how do you feel about this info - http://www.heralopecia.com/interact/...-about-Candida

I don't follow the Candida theory it tends to be drawn from unscientific thinking/understanding of diseases/disorders. I only believe in 'alternative' medicine if it has gone through the trials/proof of peer reviewed studies..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candida_%28fungus%29#Alternative_therapies

[razzer]

Scalp biopsy Monday hopefully. And hopefully I have a better idea of what I'm dealing with. I'm more frustrated with not knowing for certain than I am with potentially going bald. It just seems too strange that so many people are complaining about this drug inducing hair loss.

http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Acne/Doryx-and-hair-loss/show/644575

Yet no answers anywhere as to how to combat it, if it's permanent or if it stops.

[razzer]

Saw a derm, she recommended I not get the biopsy and instead wait a few months. She diagnosed me with TE.

The first derm said MPB.

So who knows.

I did take a set of pictures I've been taking from before any hair loss to last week and she said the hair already looks improved.

I'm pretty sure the pill caused the hair loss so TE makes sense and I'll cross my fingers.

She did say something interesting... to try Rogaine, let the Rogaine hair grow, then stop using it. If the hairs remain then it definitely is/was TE. But, typical TE recovery time is about the same amount of time it takes Rogaine to work. So it's almost pointless to even use it.

I guess I'll have to wait and see. I wish I had an exact answer, I'd rest easier knowing I just need to wait or if I need to start Propecia asap.

[sawbaldmetto]

That's interesting because I'm in the same boat... sorta.
I went to an endocrinologist and he looked at me, my hair, my medical history, and my "before" pictures and diagnosed me with having TE. I'm still not sure and some mornings still make me cringe, although my hair is thicker and fuller. Arguably, the waiting is the hardest part.

Saw a derm, she recommended I not get the biopsy and instead wait a few months. She diagnosed me with TE.

The first derm said MPB.

So who knows.

I did take a set of pictures I've been taking from before any hair loss to last week and she said the hair already looks improved.

I'm pretty sure the pill caused the hair loss so TE makes sense and I'll cross my fingers.

She did say something interesting... to try Rogaine, let the Rogaine hair grow, then stop using it. If the hairs remain then it definitely is/was TE. But, typical TE recovery time is about the same amount of time it takes Rogaine to work. So it's almost pointless to even use it.

I guess I'll have to wait and see. I wish I had an exact answer, I'd rest easier knowing I just need to wait or if I need to start Propecia asap.

[razzer]

Yup, I took pictures to the 2nd derm, not the first. It's as if those pictures made her confident in diagnosing TE.

Pic 1 was from 3 months before the trigger - just happened to have a nice shot of the top of my head on my cell. The rest of the pics were from 2 months later (45 days on the possible trigger pill) - I suppose the hair loss was so dramatic and diffuse that it signaled TE.

My scalp still itches a bit though... which worries me. I don't think that's TE. Oh well, I'm a lot calmer now than I was a few weeks ago. Hopefully I recover or at least stop shedding. I already think it's slowed down but who knows man.

[sawbaldmetto]

Yup, I took pictures to the 2nd derm, not the first. It's as if those pictures made her confident in diagnosing TE.

Pic 1 was from 3 months before the trigger - just happened to have a nice shot of the top of my head on my cell. The rest of the pics were from 2 months later (45 days on the possible trigger pill) - I suppose the hair loss was so dramatic and diffuse that it signaled TE.

My scalp still itches a bit though... which worries me. I don't think that's TE. Oh well, I'm a lot calmer now than I was a few weeks ago. Hopefully I recover or at least stop shedding. I already think it's slowed down but who knows man.

my scalp stopped itching a while ago, and I still notice that I have more hair loss from the places which aren't supposed to have any...like behind my ear (behind and above my ear I should say) and a bunch of the "safe" zones. I also wonder why my hair in other areas (...) is really sparse whereas before it was much thicker, this includes armpit hair. My eyebrows and eyelashes are coming back in however.