Are Dermatologists Really Worth It?

[Jazz1]

Did they say your not losing your hair too?

Yes and they were more interested in my hard earned money, MOST dermatologists, tricologists and doctors are tossers in my eyes, when it comes to MPB.

[OrdinaryUser]

What was the scalp condition that you self-diagnosed?

And I agree with this thread, Derms have been 100% useless over the years in providing ANY type of relevant feedback to hairloss or it's treatments, except for suggesting Rogaine or Propecia (which some won't do).

Minor scalp folliculitis with seborrheic dermatitis. I thought that most derms would be able to identifiy these rudimentary diseases quite easily, but the ones I have been to were mediocre, and didn't even do a thorough exam of my scalp that I explicitly said was burning and itching like hell.

[35YrsAfter]

Minor scalp folliculitis with seborrheic dermatitis. I thought that most derms would be able to identifiy these rudimentary diseases quite easily, but the ones I have been to were mediocre, and didn't even do a thorough exam of my scalp that I explicitly said was burning and itching like hell.

Like nearly everything else, doctors are a mixed bag. I went to a dermatologist years ago to check out a dime-sized dark mole on my temple area. Could have easily been mistaken for melanoma by anyone doing an internet self diagnosis. There is a subtle difference between the appearance of seborrheic keratosis and melanoma. Fortunately the doctor could tell, and he charged me $250 to slice it off and burn the area with an electrical cauterizing device. On the plus side I learned the difference between the appearance of melanoma and seborrheic keratosis. On the downside, the dermatologist treatment left a subtle white scar. Not that noticeable, but nonetheless a scar. Several years later I grew another SK. It was larger. I don't recommend anyone else try this, but I used a salicylic acid gel on it. Once it was level, I used a product designed for Actinic Keratosis for about 3 weeks. The large seborrheic keratosis growth completely disappeared and there is no scarring whatsoever.



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