itching

[henrietta]

help guys, does anyone know of anything to stop itching other than, diprobase and medicated shampoo.?
my hair fell out and there are just 1 or 2 patches that have not really grown back and they are as itchiy as ****, help me.
ps: i have also already tryed cocis. and does any body know how to stimulate hair growth? share any secrets :whisper:

[Lily]

Hi Henrietta,

I havent had a great lot of hair loss so not sure of anything that may help with regrowth. Do you have discoid lupus? If there is scarring there then those two spots may have trouble regrowing, but I'm only surmising that, hopefully someone else will come along with suggestions and you could do a search on this forum. Many people have had this same problem, its been discussed a lot.

As far as itching scalp goes, and sores etc. I find relief from Tea Tree Oil Shampoo available at my pharmacy. I dont use it all the time but it does help clear that up quite quickly for me. I used to use some of the Ego products too and found them helpful they have a good balance of pH which is often disrupted by some harsher shampoos and conditioners, leading to dry and itching scalp. I think the secret with some of this is not using harsh shampoos, soaps etc. I've certainly seen improvement from 1. my meds (Plaquenil helped a lot in that department) and 2. using gentle soap and shampoo alternatives.

Good luck and let us know how you get along.

love
Lily

[alobreto]

Hi, Henrietta! ;)
I don't have profound hair loss, but do have thinning. I've found that cool packs (crushed ice in a plastic bag inside a pillow case) helps itching when nothing else is working for me. It seems to reduce the inflammation and soothe and settle things down.

When itching is really bad, I use the cool packs for 20 minutes 3 or 4 times a day. It doesn't stop the itching entirely, but it helps so much that I no longer feel like I'll be hanging from the chandelier by my finger and toenails due to the anxiety of not getting any relief. B)

When you itch, it's just impossible to even think or sleep or want to do anything unrelated to getting rid of the itching!

I hope you begin to feel better soon!
Angela :flowers:

[jamiecox76]

My advice, high frequency treatment at your cheapest salon, it is like a glass rake that they comb your hair with that has electrical currents running through it, I live in utah, and it's about 30-40 dollars, so i don't know how much it varies.

jamiecox76@hotmail.com :sigh:

[Autumn]

Hi there!

I feel like the rescue wagon today! I just posted on another thread in this section about Nioxin products, originally invented for chemo patient hair loss. I can't say enough good things about the stuff, and it works incredibly. Just check on my post on the other thread about hair loss and you can read about Nioxin.

About itching, the only thing I have had any help with is oral cortisone. And over decades, the doctors tried a lot of other stuff. But after an acute lupus flare, I used to break out in these lessions all over my scalp and scratch my scalp till I had scabs all over. It was almost an allergic reaction or some strange skin disorder that doctors couldn't pin down. Nothing they did could help it, and it would last for six to nine months.

This past year, I began taking oral cortisone ascetate daily. And when I go into acute flare ups now, I'll notice maybe one or two lessions that start to pop up, but go away almost immediately, and I don't have to suffer anymore. They don't even get to the point that they break out and scab over like measles. And in reading up on all the rare skin conditions that they could be, it turns out that oral steroids are the only real cure that is known. Wish I'd know that 30 years ago ! ! ! I'd always be struggling for six to nine months with scabs all over my scalp and feel so ashamed when I went to get my hair cut. I felt so ashamed.

So that has been my solution. I hope that you can have some success as well. It is so wonderful to be able to look in the mirror in the morning, see a full head of hair, and be able to brush my hair without feeling any pain. No lessions to run into any more. Between the Nioxin shampoo and conditioner and oral steroids, I'm home free. During an acute flare up, my scalp may itch a bit for a few nights, but nothing I can't get over without just brushing my thick hair with a plastic bristle brush a few times. It's HEAVENLY ! ! !

Wishing you luck!