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What Causes Hair Loss With Flakiness And Itching?

Hi I m 13 years old and my hair has been falling off since I was 11, it s gotten worse right now and it is so thin you can see through my scalp, and my hairline looks like it s receding but only the temples and everything looks thin and it s Embarrising and I m worried. I m loosing about 70 hairs in the shower and in the morning I have 20 hairs in the pillow. My scalp is so itchy too and my hair falls with a white bulb and other flaky stuff and it use head and shoulders for dandruff but it don t seem to work my hair falls when I scratch my hair
Fri, 27 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

According to me, you are having Seborrheic dermatitis. Please do use Ketoconazole shampoo for scalp washing daily.

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What Causes Hair Loss With Flakiness And Itching?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. According to me, you are having Seborrheic dermatitis. Please do use Ketoconazole shampoo for scalp washing daily. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.