Help! My scalp is terrible

Well, if balding runs in the family (particularly your mother's side), then that may be what it is. Yes, even at your age.

Now let's operate under the assumption that it's not male pattern baldness. It could be a few things, including a scalp rash of some sort. Another possibility is your hair, which you already say is thin, may be thinning more. That can happen with diet or if you tease it and the like. You can definitely break hair and you can get split ends which will break with very little provocation.

Never hurts to talk to a doctor, just to make sure it's not a medical issue.

It happens to the best of us.

1) There are medical treatments for baldness. I have never even considered using them, but you should talk to the doctor.

2) In my opinion... the best thing to do is to own it. Don't part it. Don't cover it. For God's sake don't do a comb over.

Confidence is sexy. You are who you are. I have a short hair style (and bald on top), I tried the shaved head thing... which doesn't work for me. Just be who you are.. it isn't that unusual. People care much less than you think they do.

I get it that 17 is a little young, but in 5 years you will have lots of company.

FYI: That's not exactly what increase volume on hair products does when it's listed as a notable result on the product. Increase volume doesn't mean it will start growing new hair.


It just does it through a trick of an optical illusion of sorts.