Hi all. I am just wondering if anyone thinks that vitamins and supplements are worth the money?



I take SO many pills and I am afraid I am just wasting my hard earned money.. I take the following:



Prenatal once a day

Biotin 15000 mcg a day

MSM 2500 a day

Fish oil (Omega 3) 2400 mg a day

Vitamin E

Vitamin D





I take the basic vitamin because of some low levels, but does anything REALLY help?



Thanks in advance! I would love… Continue

I posted a rather upsetting blog yesterday and I noticed today that it "mysteriously" disappeared. I don't know if someone asked that it be taken down since it was kind of a very telling blog or if the website somehow deleted it. I don't know but I want to apologize if it hurt anyone to hear how upset I am and how badly I am handling the scalp pain and not liking myself or how I look. Today was a bad day. I had to leave work and may take a few days off. I woke up this morning with a numb and… Continue

Hi everyone. Well it took me seeing 11 different medical professionals including 4 dermatologists, endocrinologist, internal medicine specialists, allergist and the dermatologist I saw today.



The only dermatologists that I had been able to get into see up until today were all male. I found the experience of seeing them intimidating and not very helpful because they couldn't understand the emotional stress I felt being a female. They all believed it was in my head and told me that I… Continue

Me again with another question! I was prescribed by my dermatologist the 2 above treatments for my itchy scalp and sensitivity. He always said my scalp looked healthy on previous visits and I called him today and told him my head was itching severely with tiny white balls of gunk... He prescribed me these two things without even looking at my scalp. He is about an hour drive away...



Have any of you ever used either of these? I am very nervous about using them. I know the steroid… Continue

I don't know what to do.. I have been suffering from this severe scalp pain and burning, itching, sensitivity, etc... for almost 7 months and am mentally and physically exhausted. Doctor after doctor and no diagnosis. I am sick of hearing that it is anxiety and worrying about my hair. The pain and hair loss go hand in hand so how can they not find something physically wrong? I am loosing my grip on reality and fear that my doctors are ready to send me to the psychiatric unit for therapy. Could… Continue

Hi.. I am seeing an Internal Medicine doctor on Thursday because the scalp pain is driving me to near suicide. I can't touch my hair or head and it is worse than the hair loss at times. Are there any questions that I should ask the doctor? Any specific tests? Thanks!

Hi everyone.. I was wondering if any of you either male or female have struggled with eating disorders and what your opinion about a correlation between all this is. My doctors said that even though I am way underweight, my labs are normal and the eating disorder didn't cause the severe scalp pain followed by hair loss. Today my scalp burned SO bad I called my dad in tears and made an appointment to see an Internal Medicine doctor on Thursday. I was wondering what opinions people had on this. I… Continue

Hi everyone... I have been taking a bunch of supplements since this hair loss and scalp pain started 6 months ago. I had more blood tests done last week and my Vitamin B12 was very high. This caused me to have hives, itchiness, redness, hot feeling, etc... I did more damage than good. My Vitamin D3 was low and my doc told me to take 4000 units a day to boost it back up. I know Vitamin D has a lot to do with your mood and depression but I also read today it can cause scalp pain and hair loss if… Continue

Hi y'all... I have had so many labs done and scalp checks and everything looks good and normal. I was wondering how you were diagnosed with alopecia, female pattern baldness, etc.. Does it show up on any tests? Should I be getting a certain test done for an actual diagnosis? So confused about what steps to take! Thanks for any advice! My scalp is itchy, burning and feels like hairs are being pulled. It's super sensitive and can hurt in the wind, sun, water, etc.. It can also be tender to the… Continue