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Is it just me, or does the hair on your head hurt at times? Or maybe if you skip a day shaving your legs does the stubble hurt? It's hard to explain but just an uncomfortable pain
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Members found relief in discovering they weren't alone in experiencing hair and scalp pain, with many describing tender scalps, stinging... Read more
It "feels" like it's the hair on your head hurting, but it's actually your scalp. The scalp has a lot of nerves and blood vessels in it. I have always been tenderheaded but it's past ridiculous now.
@A MyFibroTeam Member Yes. I've had this too. I hate taking a shower now because of the discomfort to my scalp and the amount of hair I lose. Hair loss is a symptom of Fibromyalgia. I can't tell you verbatim how the loss of hair is linked to FM, since it was what i read in an article a while bck, but in layman's terms: your hair grows, rests and falls out in cycles.The 4 cycles of hair growth are:
anagen = growth cycle
catagen= regressive cycle
telogen= resting cycle
exogen= shedding cycle
Each strand of hair on the human body is at its own stage of development in one of these 4 cycles. (If all of your hair was in the same cycle at the same time, you would be hairless in the shedding phase. ) Once the cycle is complete, it restarts and a new strand of hair begins to form. You have several nerves in your scalp and when you have a flare up, those nerves "can" go haywire too. The FM flare up can wreak havoc w/the cycles of hair growth and basically shock the system causing your hair to go into to the exogen stage.
I can't last a day without shaving. May be OCD?
It's a daily must.
@A MyFibroTeam Member the lithium made my hair super brittle, dry, fell out in clumps, and didn't grow back in like normal. I switched to a super nice shampoo/conditioner to help as much as I could, but it didn't get better until a couple months after I quit taking the lithium.
Hair pain & scalp itchiness can drive me nuts. It's not at all something you expect to deal with. The meds I'm on at a given time seem to be a big factor though. Lithium about killed my hair, eventually gave me psoriasis, but man it was great for my brain, bittersweet move to my new mood regulator. The pain from leg hair is easily the #1 reason I bother to shave lol
A few years ago my hair in the back started breaking off. Then it grew in curly. I actually like the curls but I want them everywhere! Lol
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