Hello all hope you had a good day. I am a girl who does college at the moment. I did sometime very stupid earlier this year . I used a hair straightening chemical on my head and I did wash it out , but apparently you were meant to neutralise it. I did not know this and my head was still slightly burning 4 days after. I told my mum and she told me I was meant to use neutralising shampoo. ( Idk how I didn't know this , I'm still quite dumb lol 😅) and it severely thinned out my hair but nothing too bad. Now fast forward about 6 months later I was just scratching my head and feeling an usual patch that I hadn't felt before. Infact a few all around my head. And I couldn't even feel the hole where the follicle grows , it's just a soft patch that has the texture of maybe a squishy slime toy. But yes, I can't feel any follice holes - I think it's been sealed by something, I can't tell. So I think that chemical has possibly caused my permanent hair loss or some sort of alopecia because alot of my hair is becoming like this and I'm so sad and embarrassed. I really need some help, please leave anything you know or can help with . Thank you so much.