Porsche19
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If one were to have traction alopecia, do they have scalp irritation at the site of it?
Tonight I discovered a very small area of my scalp on my hairline was irritated. I think that the hair on that spot is either gone or thin. It's hard to tell because it's my baby hair, which is already fine and not thick like the rest of my hair. It's not noticable at all, what alerted me was that it's sore in that spot.
It could be three things, either it's a eczema flare up, even though it doesn't really look or feel like one. There are no bumps or weeping like there usually is.
I burned my forehead with a pressing comb a few days ago, and this spot is about half of an inch from the burn... I could have burned it too... or the heat from the comb burned it a little.
Or it can be traction alopecia, I just started twisting my hair going backwards. I twist it firmly, but not tight.
Just in case I put some of my skin medicine on the spot and I did that twist xtra loose.
Any ideas about which one is more probable? I'm fine with this as long as it heals and it doesn't spread.
Tonight I discovered a very small area of my scalp on my hairline was irritated. I think that the hair on that spot is either gone or thin. It's hard to tell because it's my baby hair, which is already fine and not thick like the rest of my hair. It's not noticable at all, what alerted me was that it's sore in that spot.
It could be three things, either it's a eczema flare up, even though it doesn't really look or feel like one. There are no bumps or weeping like there usually is.
I burned my forehead with a pressing comb a few days ago, and this spot is about half of an inch from the burn... I could have burned it too... or the heat from the comb burned it a little.
Or it can be traction alopecia, I just started twisting my hair going backwards. I twist it firmly, but not tight.
Just in case I put some of my skin medicine on the spot and I did that twist xtra loose.
Any ideas about which one is more probable? I'm fine with this as long as it heals and it doesn't spread.