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Severe hair fall and oily scalp for 2years. started suddenly. blood tests for free testesterone,hiv n crp are normal. white sticky residue in hair. ?

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Get seen: By a competent dermatologist. I'm sorry this wasn't addressed long ago. You've probably either got bad seborrhea or one of the special fungi that infect hair. It's not male hormones and ordering C-reactive protein is not informative. Best wishes.

Dr Dohan agreed

Answered 7/4/2015

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