3. Don’t trust pretend experts.
Be careful who you listen to. Don’t get your advice from friends, family or pretend experts on social media. Although people may offer suggestions that worked with their hair loss, they don’t know the cause of yours.
“The time that you’re taking to try all of these things, the hair loss is progressing,” Lenzy says. “You know how they say the adage: time is money? Well, time is also hair. If you’re trying [a home remedy like] Jamaican castor oil and you have an inflammatory condition, it’ll still progressing.”
If you think you’re experiencing hair loss, get off of social media and get to a certified dermatologist that specializes in hair.
4. Damage is irreversible.
When your hair follicles are damaged and scarred, that hair loss cannot be healed.
“CCCA is a scarring condition,” Lenzy says. “What that means is that once those follicles become scarred, you can’t grow hair back in that spot. That’s why we want to pick it up early before it’s had a chance to continue.”
5. Early treatment is key.
Treating CCCA sooner than later prevents the condition’s detrimental effects and stops further hair loss.
“You can have an area the size of a dime that won’t grow back versus the size of a grapefruit, and it’s hard to cover,” Lenzy says. “Many women have hair loss and get styles to try to cover it up, not realizing that it could be making it worse.”
Black Women & CCC Alopecia: 5 Things You Must Know was originally published on blackdoctor.org
