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Q: hair loss and pitting nails

asked by: flowerxyz on April 29th, 2009

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hello there. i am 23 years old woman who is currently having pitting nails. i went to my dermatologist like 2 weeks ago but she said it was not a sign of psoriasis by looking at my nails. she said it may be due to my habit of biting my nails.

but somehow, i also noticed that my toes are also pitted. it cant be due to my biting as i dont bite my toes.

i also loss hair and i don't know whether it is because of i used to straightened and curled my hairs. so basically, my hair is damaged. but i loss it quite a lot and it is making me worried.

and i have a weight problem...and irregular period.

is there any disease related to this other than psoriasis?

thanks!

Replies(2)

x3isla

replied on April 30th, 2009

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hair loss

hi sorry i don't really know how to help but im also suffering hair loss and im 14 years old and vegetarian and also use alot of heat styling. Heat styling shd only cause broken demaged hair, not hair loss in my opinion, how much are you looosing and how?

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flowerxyz

replied on April 30th, 2009

New User

my hair is damaged when i curled my hair in the salon. i'm not sure whether it is normal the quantity of the hair that i'm losing. when i am in the shower, i can lose quite a lot of hair when i'm trying to massage it while putting my conditioner. it freaks me out...though my friends said that it is normal for a long hair like mine. my hair is nearly reach my waistline.

and i also have pitting nails...though my doctor said that it was not psoriasis..as i dont have any sign of psoriasis and she said that the way the pitted nails look are different than psoriasis.

now. i am not sure what are the causes for my pitting nails and hair loss..

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