Hey girls! well, I went to the derm for my nape as I said I would... and well.... it was an #EPICFAIL!!!! lol! my nape is now recovering and filling in very nicely! that, I'm happy about, however my nape is considerably shorter than the rest of my hair. I didn't want the doc to be thrown off by this so I went in armed with pics. I showed her pics of what my nape looked like when I initially noticed the missing hair. She viewed the pics and viewed my hair and listened to what I had to say; which was my hair had broken off very close to the scalp, there was no folicle attached to the hair that had fallen. She went on to say that looking at the pattern in which the hair had fallen and listening to what I'd told her she knew that the breakage was due to external sources and nothing internal.
Basically she told me that there can be certain spots that are more fragile than others and that you just have to be very careful when dealing with those areas.... well, DUH! I paid a $45 co-pay for her to tell me what I already knew! I know that my nape hair is kinky and much finer than the hair in other areas on my head. So basically over the years my breakage has been due to over relaxing or using too high of a heat setting when straightening.. well, I think as far as the heat goes I went to stylist who used a hot comb on my nape I knew this was a no-no and i figured it had caused issues with my hair but the fact that it had happened years ago as well when i was relaxed made me wonder if there could be more to it than that. I do know that I was addicted to relaxer and I was relaxing my hair every 4 to 5 weeks and getting "partials" which was way too much.. especially for my nape.
So needless to say I will be keeping my nape super moisturized and when I do straighted it I will use a super low heat setting for that area only (because I like relaxer straight hair when I straighten).
Ladies, I'm sorry this turned into a short essay, I hope this helps someone else out there or at least saves you money.. I have spent $80 in copays to find out what I already knew.
HHG!