I had Kenalog 40 injected into my scalp. Now I am with hair loss. Will my hair grow back? (Photo)

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I had Kenalog 40 (1cc) injected into my scalp (along the hairline) for traction alopecia. I had 2 treatments 6 weeks apart. 3 weeks after the 2nd treatment I noticed hair loss, skin atrophy and prominent blood vessels. 2 weeks later I had normal saline (3ml) injected to correct the skin atrophy. Will my hair ever grow back?

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

so sorry to hear this you need PRP.acell, LED therapy, and at home topical restorsea, oral vitamins, and anteagemd growth factors. we are in NY every 2 months.

You need a formal evaluation to see what type of hair loss you may have. when you have hairless its best to do a full hormonal workup for internal optimization plus scalp biopsies or scrapings to rule out any stress related, inflammatory, autoimmune or infectious causes of hair loss. In general most people with early hair loss have telogen (stress related) and/or androgenetic (normal aging) and both can be treated with in office treatments like steroid injections, PRP/acell, Exosomes and at home treatments like oral medications, oral vitamins like Viviscal, topical exfoliating sprays like Restorsea, and weekly growth factors like anteagemd.  See an expert for an evaluation. If hair loss is significant it may requires hair transplant (follicular unit translation).

Glenn Charles, DO · Answer

It is hard to say whether or not your hair will grow back. How long was the hair loss from the traction there for before your Kenalog treatments?

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

Hair loss can occur with very high concentrations of triamcinolone. It's hard to say if there will be an improvement but certainly it's possible.

Traction alopecia, however, does not always grow back so you'll want to review with your dermatologist whether your traction alopecia has associated scarring and whether there is evidence of lymphocytic scarring alopecia in other areas of the scalp.

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