Losing your hair can be difficult enough to cope with, but struggling to find the right medical help for your condition can make you feel even worse. If your doctor isn\u2019t supportive or helpful enough, you need to find a new one to ensure that your condition is being treated correctly.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what to look for in a doctor, dermatologist or female hair loss specialist (trichologist)\u2026<\/p>\n
Your doctor should<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u2022 Explain things clearly without being patronising On the other hand, your doctor should not<\/strong>:<\/p>\n \u2022 Make inappropriate or insensitive comments Losing your hair can be difficult enough to cope with, but struggling to find the right medical help for your condition can make …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=989"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1548,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/989\/revisions\/1548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lucindaellery-hairloss.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Give you all the information you need, including contact details for support groups and hair loss charities
\n\u2022 Understand that you may be scared, frustrated and panicky
\n\u2022 Reassure you that other women are going through the same thing as you
\n\u2022 Listen to you, take your concerns seriously and try to answer all of your questions<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Treat your concerns and worries lightly, or refuse to believe you
\n\u2022 Tell you how you feel, rather than listening
\n\u2022 Be callous about the emotional effect of female hair loss
\n\u2022 Show impatience with you
\n\u2022 Cut short your appointments or miss out any vital steps in the diagnosis process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"