My journey is still continuing, it’s being approx. 19 months since i noticed my hair shedding and i’ve tried a variety of things and i’ve also resisted trying certain medication even though the dx tell u its the current way - i think your natural instincts kick or something.

My shedding has slowed down, last shower i counted “”5″” hairs a HUGH reduction from previous showers, before that 24, 20, 16, 40, 80, 100 etc etc. What have i done u propably ask? I FORCED myself to relax. I started walking, about 4-5 times a week (with a friend, i call it my FREE therapy), I am not on any pill and i feel comfortable enough, for me that is, not to go down that road, i’ve already tried aldactone(spiro), it gave me side effects i even tried saw pal. that gave me side effects as well.

I’ve done alot of research and i’m on a more natural approach. One thing that i feel that has helped with my shedding was taking an amino acidcalled “L-Lysine”, if your lacking this u tend to break out in cold sores, which i’ve done my whole life. I was on this for approx. 2 months when i noticed a change in my shedding and apparently it can also help if u are on the pill or spiro or any other medication its suppose to help it along.

I take this along with other vitamins etc and i’m also seeing a natropath who has me taking some herbal stuff (which tastes awful), don’t know if this is working yet.

Alynna, are u on any meds? and for how long? If u arn’t sometimes its just best to let your body ride it out? allow mother nature to heal itself. I know how difficult this is and how we focus all our energies on our hair, but if u can try and put your energies towards other things your body and hair will thank u for it eventually.

BTW, one my favourite hair habits is to wear a “hair net” arround the house, so i don’t see my hair all over my nice white/cream floor ( i have dark hair)- talk about being extreme, but we do what we can, every little step helps.

I send this to all the ladies who are struggling, keep searching, be gentle to your bodies, if meds is the way to go then so be it, love yourselfs and remeber we are all beautiful with or without hair. Best wishes Vic.

Could you tell me how your hair loss condition is now? I am experiencing thinning all over my head and I don’t know why. I am a 24 year old female.

About the Diane 35 and Androcur i was prescribed to take it but haven’t. I’m still confused about the pill as so many women on this site have taken it for years and have noticed hair loss and yet doctors prescribe different types of the “pill” for hairloss. So which one is the right one? that really is the question?

By the way my derm took 2 biopsies, so she could be sure and she told me i had FPB, as my hair had shown miniturization but what scares me is the constant shedding that is occuring i wonder if i have TE as well as FPB, i just dont know i’m going back to the derm early feb with a list of questions and some more blood work results. So i see how i go.

Vic.

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The lotion that i used is called “101 hair regain tonic” which is a blend of chinese herbs (Developed by a dermotoligist & it has been around for ages) and i also take some chinese pills as well. A friend of mine recommended it as she has hair loss over a number of years and had tried this and notice a reduction of shedding and regrowth after several months (but she has stop it now as u need to apply morning & night, so its a bit fidgety). The site is http://www.101.com.au - this is the australian site u can read up on this and make up your own mind whether it is somethig u want to try. I’m also looking into VitB12 injection - apparently it is very good for hair and stress levels, as one goes hand in hand with each other. So i will see how this goes.

Bye Vic.