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Sometimes at night rarely in the day time i feel something moving on my scalp but i feel my head and there is nothing there!

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Dr. Jerome Litt answered

Specializes in Dermatology

SOMETHING ON SCALP: YOU SHOULD SEE A DERMATOLOGIST FOR THIS PROBLEM. DO IT SOON . . .

Answered 8/16/2015

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