Examination of your scalp

Has a medical professional ever fully examined your scalp? And if so, for what reason?

Only time i remember having my scalp examined, if you class it as being examined, was at infant school when there was nits (head lice) going round and we were all checked by the "nit nurse".

Every time I’ve seen a dermatologist.

Yes

Yes usually during my annual physical. He starts with my head feeling and looking at my scalp then just keeps working his way down from there.

Yearly visit to the dermatologist. Growing up at school exams he checked for head lice.

Dermatologist does it annually and had them done during grade school for lice checks. I tend to get some dry scalp so get moisturizing scalp treatments from time to time and they might take a look to gauge best treatment.

My hair is very thick and wavy. I had one physical exam that the doctor checked my scalp and it annoyed the hell out of me. Knowing I might have to undress, I went to the doc's office with a minimum of items in my pocket, so no comb. After the exam, I walked out of the office and a full waiting room of people. When I got into my car I looked in the mirror and I looked like I had horrible 'bed head' and that I hadn't bothered to comb my hair to go to the doctor's office.

Yes, just last Monday.

I've had skin cancer recently and get full-body screenings every three months, and I had a terrific itch that matched the description of head lice. Charming, no? I'd traveled outside the US not long before it began, so I blame my destination country's buses for tourists.

You warn the doctor or physician's assistant that there may be lice, so they can glove up, and they check your part, the back of your neck, and around your ears, mainly, because that's where lice would show. She said it was possible frequent shampooing and using a shampoo brush was removing evidence but they were still there, and to use the lice shampoo every time until it was gone. (It's horrible stuff, and you taste it for hours after use.)

She saw no lice, which I guess is good.

My dermatologist looks at my scalp every year because she said its a common place to develop skin cancers. I remember in kindergarten and elementary school the school nurse would check all heads for lice several times throughout the school year. It stopped in middle school.

I've had a few times where I've fallen, so the doctor or nurse made sure to do a full exam of my scalp to make sure there wasn't any bleeding or bumps. Definitely understandable, of course. They both visually looked and felt around; almost like massaging the head.

My dermatologist found precancerous cells on my scalp and put me a topical chemical peel (Zyclara). It created large lesions that me my scalp look like something out of a Zombie movie. Two weeks on, two weeks off - repeat. That’s was 15 or so years ago and all my followon dermatologist visits have been clear!

Yes definitely especially as a teenager due to acne and folliculitis. Enjoyed the scalp exam when it wasn’t too painful