Severe scalp pain

[Tyke1980]

I am begging for help.  I am a 30 year old female who has been having severe scalp pain for the past 9 months.  It feels like someone is pulling out my hair or acid was poured on it.  A few days ago, I went to get my hair cut to lessen the weight on my head and the barber caught her comb in a snarl and pulled a section of my hair very hard.  It feels like I was cut with a razor right where she pulled.  I can feel EXACTLY where she pulled out the few hairs.  It is severe and I don't know what is wrong.  This was 5 days ago and it hurts very bad.

I have seen several doctors for the scalp pain and they are still not sure what caused this or how to treat it.  The pain is enough to make me physically ill and not want to eat.  It brings me to tears every day.  Could she have damaged the nerves or follicles?  She said she didn't pull out any hair, but I think she did.  I have never felt this much pain before.  Please help me!  I am terrified and in SO much pain.

[mohammad_azizmemar]

hello guys,  all i can say is that i've got same problem in my scalp and i read a lot in net and library, but i found that it,s strongly depend on our stress and i saw that there is a cure and its work, its call Verbascum use it and trust me its so so good for scalp pain, but main reason is stress and just stress, i lost my control whenever my stress came and i really dont know how can i reduce it but i used Verbascum and its very calm my skin and of course scalp, try to go club and training its very helpful ( i hope ) because i started to do train to distract my self from bad things that happened in my life,
best regard just stay away of stress i know is not easy but do best

[Tyke1980]

Thank you for sharing.   I still have the pain almost daily but I think over time I learned to not let it ruin my days.   It comes and goes but is the worst in the sun, heat, wind, etc...    I still have not found any doctor that knows what to do and to be honest, after 3 years of medical visits to every doctor/specialist and so many medical bills, I gave up.   I got sick of going to see a doctor and them telling me they didn't know or that it was all in my head.   I think the only solution is to find out if something makes it hurt more and try to avoid those triggers.   I don't have any pain except for the burning scalp.   I don't know what caused the pain or how to help it.  I just hope that we can eventually find something or SOMEONE that knows about this so they can help us!!!   Take care and don't give up!

[johnboy27]

Hi tyke1980,
I have been reading all of your posts my symptoms are th same as yours. I am a 32yr old male. For the part 4 weeks non stop my  scalp has been burning and tingling all over it has not stopped. This really gets me down i had to go to the hospitat the other day with the pain. I woke up one day and it has not stopped. I am waiting back from my gp for results from the x raw. The back of my neck is in so much pain i know this s linked to the scalp pain it is my nerves i can feel it. The doctor gave me amiphitalind i stopped this i did not like the side effects. I am taking cascaiscin cream this has numbed the nerves and has helped i really hope this goes away

[Tyke1980]

Thank you for sharing your experience.   It seems like we all have different ideas for what may be causing or caused or scalp pain and other skin issues on the scalp.   I still don't know what caused mine or why it started my hair loss as well.   The pain and hair loss seem to be related.   I have not yet found any relief but have learned to live with it and find what triggers it like the sun.   It's so difficult to live with this condition and so very disabling.   I have been to many doctors but all local.   I wish there was a well known doctor that we could all consult with in some way.   I don't have the money to do any more research with doctors and it seemed to be a waste of money anyways.   I hope everyone continues to share their experience and what has helped them!  

[MumOfTwoMore]

If you've got Folliculitis Decalvans, then that's what I had.  The ONLY thing which cured it after trying several different products prescribed by my doctor, was Sebco.  

If whatever your doctor is prescribing hasn't worked within a week, please keep going back and try something else, (the Sebco worked for me) as it's a horrible condition.

Do wear a hat when you're out in the sun, as the skin will be very sensitive.

Good luck.

[esco78]

Two months ago, I was working around concrete dust which got all over my skin and scalp.  I took a shower right afterwards and after getting out of the shower, I broke out with small bumps all over my scalp.  The bumps were not pimples but small red bumps, like ant bites.  The next morning, my skin got oily.  Remind you, I have never had oily, acne or itchy scalp before and I am 40.  I went to a derm two days later, he cultured the bumps and they came back Staph positive and I was diagnosed with Folliculitis to the scalp and SD.  Presumably,  all it took was one interaction with a chemical in the cement dust and my skin is now going through this.  I was prescribed antibiotics which I will start tmrw, however, my scalp and eyebrows are itching and burn like crazy.  On top of it, my facial hair and scalp hair is falling out like crazy. My scalp feels like little ants are biting my scalp and when I go out in the sun, I get the burning sensation with it.  Looking at all the posts here, this scalp burning condition seems to be chronic and complicated.  Also, it looks like people have been going from doctor to doctor with no relief or cure.   I think it would be a good idea for everyone to post the name(s) of doctors that have helped them.  This would help weed out the best doctors for this condition.