I am a 19 year old female. I have a receding hairline. It's an issue. Is there any way to keep it from worsening?

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I barely have had any acne but a couple of months ago it started on my hairline, accompanying the hair loss that I have had for 2yrs. I have an intolerance to bread, when I eat it my facial glands puff up, also I lost weight, I have always been very thin but I gained purposely. I lost it because allergies had worsened. I am 5'7 and weigh about 105/8. I try to eat almost no carbs and eat as healthy as possible. When I eat processed/high in fat I tend to bloat/nausea. I REALLY appreciate help.

Jason Emer, MD · Answer

I suggest a formal evaluation by a skin doctor and possibly an endocrinologist.  This will determine if there are external or internal causes for your concerns. Best, Dr. Emer.

Jaime S. Schwartz, MD, FACS · Answer

I appreciate your question.

I would recommend seeing your primary care doctor for work up and evaluation.

The best way to assess and give
true advice would be an in-person exam.

Please see a board-certified
plastic surgeon that specializes in aesthetic and restorative plastic surgery.

Best of luck!

Dr. Schwartz

Jae Pak, MD · Answer

A doctor needs to examine you first.  A doctor may ask you questions pertinent to your hair loss taking a medical history.  A doctor may even order blood tests or make measurement such as a bulk test or miniaturization test looking at your hair under a microscope. Afterwards, the doctor may give you a diagnosis and explanation of your hair loss condition offering possible treatment plans.

Craig L. Ziering, DO · Answer

The best way to keep your hair
loss from worsening is to identify the true underlying cause and determine any
and all conditions and allergies. General illness and poor nutrition caused by sudden
changes in diet, crash dieting, bulimia, protein/calorie deficiency, essential
fatty acid or zinc deficiency, malabsorption, hypervitaminosis A, all can cause
thinning. Your hairline is likely to recede further if not addressed, once the
cause is treated you may be able to regrow the miniaturized (thinning) hair
using oral and topical therapies obtained through complimentary virtual or in-office consultation with a Ziering specialist.  These therapies can slow down or
stop the progression of loss and in some instances reverse the thinning hair.

Michael Meshkin, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

it is necessary to visit a hair restoration physician to find out the cause for you hair loss. Once the cause is diagnosed then the proper treatment options can be recommended.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

It would be wrong to guess as to the cause of your frontal hairline hair loss so I would suggest that you see a doctor first. A basic questions is 'Is the hair loss happening throughout the head?' so a doctor needs to do miniaturization studies of your hair to see if there is something going on to cause it.  If it is only a frontal recession, then maybe a hair transplant or a forehead lowering procedure would be appropriate. If it was more diffuse, then know this. Genetic hair loss runs in families on the woman's side
(mother, sister, grandmothers etc...), but most female hair loss occurs because
of some underlying cause such as birth control pills, some medications that are
used, and a variety of other diseases that shock the hair into miniaturization.
A typical knowledgeable doctor will examine you, determine the distribution of
your hair loss, see if it is uniform or patchy, take a careful history from you
and order a variety of blood tests to include the following. You must see a
good doctor for this assessment:

Sex Hormone tests

SHBG (Sex Hormone
Binding Globulin) used to test status of male hormones

Estradiol is a sex
hormone

FSH (Follicle
Stimulating Hormone) *not hair follicle but follicle in the ovary*

LH (Luteinizing
Hormone) is a sex hormone

Free Testosterone

Total Testosterone

ANA (Anti Nuclear
Antibody) used to test for Lupus or other autoimmune diseases

TSH (Thyroid
Stimulating Hormone) used to test for hyper or hypo-thyroid disease

Test Iron status

TIBC (Total Iron
Binding Capacity)

Ferritin

Iron

I am a 19 year old female. I have a receding hairline. It's an issue. Is there any way to keep it from worsening?

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