Comments on: Julie’s Story http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/ A Community For Women Dealing With Hair Loss - Help, Hope and Understanding Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:23:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Lilly http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-14684 Lilly Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:29:57 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-14684 I start to loose my hair since I have my first baby when I was 21 years old, now I am 45. I see Julie's picture and my hair looks exactly like her. Julie you have a protesis or your hair grow back? If someone knows if is a support group at Orlando Florida I would appreciate the information. Also if someone could let me know which wig is the best quality to bought I will love to know that info. I start to loose my hair since I have my first baby when I was 21 years old, now I am 45. I see Julie’s picture and my hair looks exactly like her. Julie you have a protesis or your hair grow back?

If someone knows if is a support group at Orlando Florida I would appreciate the information. Also if someone could let me know which wig is the best quality to bought I will love to know that info.

]]> By: JME http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-14019 JME Tue, 03 Jun 2008 02:17:09 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-14019 As many have said I am so glad to have found this site. This is the first site I have found after searching and searching that makes me feel that I am not alone. It is miserable to have thinning hair. I had such cute hair when I was 16. It wasnt thick or lush, but it was just so much better then it is now and I would love to have it back. I would never complain about it again if only I could have it back! Right now my hair has not thinned horribly. It is all over thinning, and you mostly only see it where my part is and around the crown, its worse in the sun and as others have said in the dressing room! I was diagnosed with telegum effluvium caused by stress and told it would grow back in a year, well it deffinitly hasnt grown back, and has gotten a little thinner if anything, so I think my doc was mistaken. I think I have the same problem as my sister who also has thinnish hair. She wheres a short style and poofs it with a curling iron which hides it pretty well. But that style just doesnt go for me. I think the truth it that we have fine fragile hair in my family and I box died it, and tied it up so much that I damaged my hair all on my own, and im concerned it will never grow back...makes me want to cry sometimes! I hate it, esp since my bf brought it up the other day, he didnt say much, just that he was concerned about it because he didnt want me to have self esteem issues about it, but then he always says he loves me, thats all the confidence I need lol! I love him too and I am blessed to have him in my life...but I cant help but look at other girls when we're out that have thick beautiful hair and think wow, he could totally drop me and go for that pretty girl...kinda gets me down. But see I only have confidence issues when I want to. I go out in the sun or in a resturaunt and cross my fingers like crazy that my balness isnt showing, when deep down I know it probably is, but then I say to my self...what am I doing? I am wasting precious beautiful life worrying about my hair! At 20 years old I only have, if im lucky 50 or so years to go in this life, and I dont want to throw any more days away hiding from the world. I am beautiful on the inside and out, and I feel great about who I am. I take good care of my health with excersize and good eating habits, as well as surrounding my self with possitive people. My hair is not me, this hair and body is merely a shell protecting my spirit and soul, and that is what truelly matters- whats deep down inside. I am thankful for what I have. Things could be so much worse! But I am here to rock the world! And you all are too! Prove to your self and the world that you are worthy and beautiful. Hey maybe thick hair will be a thing of the past. They say nearly 70% of women have hair loss problems at some point in there life! Thats more then the 20% with thick hair right!? Lol. Maybe female pattern baldness will be the new style in a few more years! Any who, good luck all...you are not alone...we are beautiful. Lets not hide from the world...lets pretend we dont even have a problem or a care in the world. Dont slouch down and hide when you walk into a room hoping no one will see you, walk tall and proud, like you didnt even know you have a problem. It really works, people will respond possitively with your confidence. It took me a while, and I still have my days where im like ew! But then I just remember britany spears shaving her head, she was completely bald, and shes a celeb! Everyone still loved her lol. As many have said I am so glad to have found this site. This is the first site I have found after searching and searching that makes me feel that I am not alone. It is miserable to have thinning hair. I had such cute hair when I was 16. It wasnt thick or lush, but it was just so much better then it is now and I would love to have it back. I would never complain about it again if only I could have it back! Right now my hair has not thinned horribly. It is all over thinning, and you mostly only see it where my part is and around the crown, its worse in the sun and as others have said in the dressing room! I was diagnosed with telegum effluvium caused by stress and told it would grow back in a year, well it deffinitly hasnt grown back, and has gotten a little thinner if anything, so I think my doc was mistaken. I think I have the same problem as my sister who also has thinnish hair. She wheres a short style and poofs it with a curling iron which hides it pretty well. But that style just doesnt go for me. I think the truth it that we have fine fragile hair in my family and I box died it, and tied it up so much that I damaged my hair all on my own, and im concerned it will never grow back…makes me want to cry sometimes! I hate it, esp since my bf brought it up the other day, he didnt say much, just that he was concerned about it because he didnt want me to have self esteem issues about it, but then he always says he loves me, thats all the confidence I need lol! I love him too and I am blessed to have him in my life…but I cant help but look at other girls when we’re out that have thick beautiful hair and think wow, he could totally drop me and go for that pretty girl…kinda gets me down. But see I only have confidence issues when I want to. I go out in the sun or in a resturaunt and cross my fingers like crazy that my balness isnt showing, when deep down I know it probably is, but then I say to my self…what am I doing? I am wasting precious beautiful life worrying about my hair! At 20 years old I only have, if im lucky 50 or so years to go in this life, and I dont want to throw any more days away hiding from the world. I am beautiful on the inside and out, and I feel great about who I am. I take good care of my health with excersize and good eating habits, as well as surrounding my self with possitive people. My hair is not me, this hair and body is merely a shell protecting my spirit and soul, and that is what truelly matters- whats deep down inside. I am thankful for what I have. Things could be so much worse! But I am here to rock the world! And you all are too! Prove to your self and the world that you are worthy and beautiful. Hey maybe thick hair will be a thing of the past. They say nearly 70% of women have hair loss problems at some point in there life! Thats more then the 20% with thick hair right!? Lol. Maybe female pattern baldness will be the new style in a few more years! Any who, good luck all…you are not alone…we are beautiful. Lets not hide from the world…lets pretend we dont even have a problem or a care in the world. Dont slouch down and hide when you walk into a room hoping no one will see you, walk tall and proud, like you didnt even know you have a problem. It really works, people will respond possitively with your confidence. It took me a while, and I still have my days where im like ew! But then I just remember britany spears shaving her head, she was completely bald, and shes a celeb! Everyone still loved her lol.

]]> By: Sara http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-9020 Sara Thu, 08 May 2008 02:29:55 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-9020 I came home today after a day of shopping and I just felt so horrible. I have been suffering from female hairloss since I was 14-15. At the time I thought I was the only girl in the world going through it, because I didn't see anyone else with thin hair. It was sooo hard, and I went to so many doctors and none of them seemed to help. I just didn't understand it, cause I used to have so much hair. I became depressed for I would say a year or more, to the point where I would cover any mirrors in the house, so I wouldn't have to look at myself. Somehow I got myself out of my own misery, and accepted it for a few more years, thinking that I was once and for all going to be able to beat the depression and get over the hairloss. Like so many of you have mentioned, I too know how lucky I am to be healthy and loved, and I know there are a lot of bad things out there. I just don't know how to help myself anymore, because sometimes I think I am the worst critic of myself. I realized today why I avoid shopping malls. It's those darned lights in the change rooms...there hideous..horrible, I think I hit depression each time I go. I am so tired of being obsessed with this. I have started to also let go of my dreams and as well I find I am eating to mask the pain. I used to keep in shape and now I have really let go...and that too just makes me so mad at myself. I've had very disturbing comments in the past and even now from people, some of them concerned because they don't realize that girls can lose their hair as well, and some who just can't stop staring at my scalp. I've given up caring about what other people think, but I just wish I could be okay with it myself. I wish I didn't care! I've had urges to shave my head, but I think I will still look funny because patches will start to grow and some patches there will be nothing. I don't feel like there is any winning. I am sorry if I sound like a winer. But I came home and I felt at the bottom once again, as I do time and again and I decided I would try and see how others cope with this problem and I found this website. I am writing my story because, for the first time I don't feel so alone and I feel every single pain that all of you have written about. I only wished that this website was around 10 years ago. I just wanted to say that we are all brave and strong women because it's sooo tough to be a woman and to have thinning hair, and you don't know how hard it is till it hits you. I pray that we will all find peace and happiness within ourselves to not let it get in the way of our happiness and dreams. Thank you all for sharing your stories. I came home today after a day of shopping and I just felt so horrible. I have been suffering from female hairloss since I was 14-15. At the time I thought I was the only girl in the world going through it, because I didn’t see anyone else with thin hair. It was sooo hard, and I went to so many doctors and none of them seemed to help. I just didn’t understand it, cause I used to have so much hair. I became depressed for I would say a year or more, to the point where I would cover any mirrors in the house, so I wouldn’t have to look at myself. Somehow I got myself out of my own misery, and accepted it for a few more years, thinking that I was once and for all going to be able to beat the depression and get over the hairloss. Like so many of you have mentioned, I too know how lucky I am to be healthy and loved, and I know there are a lot of bad things out there. I just don’t know how to help myself anymore, because sometimes I think I am the worst critic of myself. I realized today why I avoid shopping malls. It’s those darned lights in the change rooms…there hideous..horrible, I think I hit depression each time I go. I am so tired of being obsessed with this. I have started to also let go of my dreams and as well I find I am eating to mask the pain. I used to keep in shape and now I have really let go…and that too just makes me so mad at myself. I’ve had very disturbing comments in the past and even now from people, some of them concerned because they don’t realize that girls can lose their hair as well, and some who just can’t stop staring at my scalp. I’ve given up caring about what other people think, but I just wish I could be okay with it myself. I wish I didn’t care! I’ve had urges to shave my head, but I think I will still look funny because patches will start to grow and some patches there will be nothing. I don’t feel like there is any winning. I am sorry if I sound like a winer. But I came home and I felt at the bottom once again, as I do time and again and I decided I would try and see how others cope with this problem and I found this website. I am writing my story because, for the first time I don’t feel so alone and I feel every single pain that all of you have written about. I only wished that this website was around 10 years ago. I just wanted to say that we are all brave and strong women because it’s sooo tough to be a woman and to have thinning hair, and you don’t know how hard it is till it hits you. I pray that we will all find peace and happiness within ourselves to not let it get in the way of our happiness and dreams. Thank you all for sharing your stories.

]]> By: rita http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-6557 rita Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:05:01 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-6557 Finding this site has been a great relief. I am from India and most people around me have thick shiny black hair and I have not found a single girl in my age group having severe hair loss like me. I work in a hospital (I am a dentist) and most of the patients give me weird suggestions that I have to start eating greens more, or questions like did I recently suffer from any serious disease or what not. I used to answer people patiently but soon I found my patience running thin , and I started wondering why do I even have to explain myself to strangers.(I have genetic hair loss. My mom has lost most of her hair but my brother is lucky, he has a head full of hair, but he is not too sympathetic to my condition. Most people in my family except my mom just brush off the topic as if it is nothing especially my dad. They think it will make me feel better but it always makes me feel worse. The worst part is when my friends discuss hair problems and solutions(mostly about dandruff and hair coloring) I kind of always felt guilty about my hair cos how much ever I tried, I have the feeling that somehow I am responsible for my hair loss and hence felt that I was not maintaining it properly. I usually don't involve myself in such conversations so that I don't feel worser than I already do. I hate it when my friends discuss about how unmanageable their hair is( how much I would give for having that much hair!) and discuss relationship problems when I have never had one because of my hair loss. I am only 23 years old and I find my life quite depressing(I stopped going to swimming ages ago) and I am really scared on what I am going to do with my future. My life seems hopeless and wherever I go people give me a weird look as though I am sort of an alien from Mars. I've decided that I am never going to have a girl child. I don't want her to lead a life of suffering like me. Sometimes I feel like I just have to shave my head and finish the problem once and for all. Finding this site has been a great relief. I am from India and most people around me have thick shiny black hair and I have not found a single girl in my age group having severe hair loss like me. I work in a hospital (I am a dentist) and most of the patients give me weird suggestions that I have to start eating greens more, or questions like did I recently suffer from any serious disease or what not. I used to answer people patiently but soon I found my patience running thin , and I started wondering why do I even have to explain myself to strangers.(I have genetic hair loss. My mom has lost most of her hair but my brother is lucky, he has a head full of hair, but he is not too sympathetic to my condition. Most people in my family except my mom just brush off the topic as if it is nothing especially my dad. They think it will make me feel better but it always makes me feel worse.

The worst part is when my friends discuss hair problems and solutions(mostly about dandruff and hair coloring) I kind of always felt guilty about my hair cos how much ever I tried, I have the feeling that somehow I am responsible for my hair loss and hence felt that I was not maintaining it properly. I usually don’t involve myself in such conversations so that I don’t feel worser than I already do. I hate it when my friends discuss about how unmanageable their hair is( how much I would give for having that much hair!) and discuss relationship problems when I have never had one because of my hair loss.
I am only 23 years old and I find my life quite depressing(I stopped going to swimming ages ago) and I am really scared on what I am going to do with my future. My life seems hopeless and wherever I go people give me a weird look as though I am sort of an alien from Mars. I’ve decided that I am never going to have a girl child. I don’t want her to lead a life of suffering like me. Sometimes I feel like I just have to shave my head and finish the problem once and for all.

]]> By: ellen http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-5370 ellen Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:05:31 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-5370 Oh boy you just saved me about 8 grand! I was considering transplant surgery and after reading all night and finding this website I am convinced my thinning all-over hair would not work for that kind of surgery -yet they were willing to do it! I am 56 and have thin, fine, fragile hair. I tried to wear wigs but as one lady mentioned, where the clips are placed, it causes breakage of my hair and so the wigs are hard to keep on. Any one have trouble with hats being too big? Thats another problem I run into. I can wear little girl-sized hats - like the ones they sell at easter time....sigh. But, thats OK. I just give thanks for today and for the promise of a tomorrow. Lucky Ellen Oh boy you just saved me about 8 grand! I was considering transplant surgery and after reading all night and finding this website I am convinced my thinning all-over hair would not work for that kind of surgery -yet they were willing to do it! I am 56 and have thin, fine, fragile hair. I tried to wear wigs but as one lady mentioned, where the clips are placed, it causes breakage of my hair and so the wigs are hard to keep on. Any one have trouble with hats being too big? Thats another problem I run into. I can wear little girl-sized hats - like the ones they sell at easter time….sigh. But, thats OK. I just give thanks for today and for the promise of a tomorrow.
Lucky Ellen

]]> By: Shanlaree http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-63 Shanlaree Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:01:37 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-63 Hi Kate, It sounds like you have tried a lot Rogaine and others and not had a lot of results. I am in the thinning process but still am able to hid it and Nioxin helped me in the earlier days but not so much any longer. I wonder if you could also find a hair loss support group in your area. I haven't been able to find one here in Oregon. I heard there is one for Alopecia but not for female pattern hair loss. Did you see a specialist and have a biopsy to determine what is the reason is for hair loss? I think there is nothing wrong with making an appointment with a professional hair services consultant that can try toppers or wigs on you. Re-member you do not have to purchase one but just trying it on and seeing how it feels may lift your spirit. Also, try wearing different hats of many styles. That will help you get use to wearing something on your head. So when you do transition to a wig the weight of something on your head may help. My twin (having hair loss issues as well at 33) is an OR nurse so she wears a scrub hat most of the time. She also likes to cycle and wears a helmet. So finding things that you like to do can work and happen for you and for me, wearing a cute hat really helps. I truly believe that getting some sort of exercise each day helps lift my mood and lessens my depression. I hope this helps! Shanlaree Hi Kate,

It sounds like you have tried a lot Rogaine and others and not had a lot of results. I am in the thinning process but still am able to hid it and Nioxin helped me in the earlier days but not so much any longer. I wonder if you could also find a hair loss support group in your area. I haven’t been able to find one here in Oregon. I heard there is one for Alopecia but not for female pattern hair loss. Did you see a specialist and have a biopsy to determine what is the reason is for hair loss?

I think there is nothing wrong with making an appointment with a professional hair services consultant that can try toppers or wigs on you. Re-member you do not have to purchase one but just trying it on and seeing how it feels may lift your spirit. Also, try wearing different hats of many styles. That will help you get use to wearing something on your head. So when you do transition to a wig the weight of something on your head may help.

My twin (having hair loss issues as well at 33) is an OR nurse so she wears a scrub hat most of the time. She also likes to cycle and wears a helmet. So finding things that you like to do can work and happen for you and for me, wearing a cute hat really helps. I truly believe that getting some sort of exercise each day helps lift my mood and lessens my depression. I hope this helps!

Shanlaree

]]> By: kate http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-64 kate Fri, 11 Jan 2008 22:05:00 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-64 hi! i found this website while i was searching for alternative hair loss treatments. and when i read your story i felt really close to you. all these years i was examined by so many doctors and none of them said smth certain. i used all kinds of medical stuff: pills, minoxidil etc. and none of them worked. i kept losing my hair. now that i believe that my hair will never be the same, i decided to use a wig or something like that. but i'm worried about the things people will say. i'm sure they will all stare and ask me about my wig, act like i'm an alien. i know that i should thank god cause i'm healthy. there are so many people sick, so many bad diseases and here i am complaining about my hair. but it's really hard especially for a woman. i can't do make up like the others cause my skin is very sensitive and i have acne. i can't do my hair, cause i don't have very much hair. i act like i have no problem with it and i'm confident. i tell people that i don't like make up and don't like to do my hair.. but if i could, i certainly would. i don't know why but i don't see many girls like me here. to tell the truth i saw no one losing hair like me. because of that i always felt that i was the only unlucky one. now that i found this site i feel relieved. sitting uncomfortably under the lights, people on the street or at the shopping mall or patients at the hospital asking me what's wrong with my hair and telling me what to do and their weird solutions, people looking at my hair when they are talking to me, looking at the mirror and wishing i had hair... i'm really sick of all. and i hate girls complaining about their hair, how it can't get in shape. i'm sure you all understand how i feel. i want to find something that looks naturel, and i want to have the courage to use it at school where all the people know me as the less haired girl. thank you for understanding me. hi! i found this website while i was searching for alternative hair loss treatments. and when i read your story i felt really close to you. all these years i was examined by so many doctors and none of them said smth certain. i used all kinds of medical stuff: pills, minoxidil etc. and none of them worked. i kept losing my hair. now that i believe that my hair will never be the same, i decided to use a wig or something like that. but i’m worried about the things people will say. i’m sure they will all stare and ask me about my wig, act like i’m an alien. i know that i should thank god cause i’m healthy. there are so many people sick, so many bad diseases and here i am complaining about my hair. but it’s really hard especially for a woman. i can’t do make up like the others cause my skin is very sensitive and i have acne. i can’t do my hair, cause i don’t have very much hair. i act like i have no problem with it and i’m confident. i tell people that i don’t like make up and don’t like to do my hair.. but if i could, i certainly would.
i don’t know why but i don’t see many girls like me here. to tell the truth i saw no one losing hair like me. because of that i always felt that i was the only unlucky one. now that i found this site i feel relieved. sitting uncomfortably under the lights, people on the street or at the shopping mall or patients at the hospital asking me what’s wrong with my hair and telling me what to do and their weird solutions, people looking at my hair when they are talking to me, looking at the mirror and wishing i had hair… i’m really sick of all. and i hate girls complaining about their hair, how it can’t get in shape. i’m sure you all understand how i feel.
i want to find something that looks naturel, and i want to have the courage to use it at school where all the people know me as the less haired girl.
thank you for understanding me.

]]> By: admin http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-62 admin Mon, 24 Sep 2007 23:44:45 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-62 I'm glad to hear you had a good night out on the town and enjoyed yourself. So are the clips helping your wig to feel more secure and stay in place? How's the job hunting going? I’m glad to hear you had a good night out on the town and enjoyed yourself. So are the clips helping your wig to feel more secure and stay in place? How’s the job hunting going?

]]> By: julie http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-61 julie Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:41:35 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-61 Amy, I also went through so many tests and got that brushed off feeling from the many doctors I visited. There's no outstanding evidence in these tests that will reveal hair loss. There are so many factors in it! The transplant does not have a high success rate for women. I met with someone that spent thousands, after 3 months, it was all gone due to "shock loss" an effect of surgery. I think the best way to go initially, just for now until you get more information on other products, is a wig! I'm also on Srinolactone, almost 2 1/2 months now. I will keep you posted on the results...so far, nothing! In fact, over the weekend I was hanging with my friends downtown Chicago. As I was getting ready, I tried to put my wig on but it kept slipping off. I had the store sew in a couple clips on the temple area to secure the wig to my existing hair...The hair around the clip has fallen off tremendously and I'm scared to death. I managed to secure it, but the slightest bump or gust of wind could possibly move it around a bit. I have never felt so self-conscious! I still had a great time and I enjoyed being around my friends. Wig or no wig, it was exciting to wear a leopard print dress! It didn't stop the cat-calls! :) Amy,

I also went through so many tests and got that brushed off feeling from the many doctors I visited. There’s no outstanding evidence in these tests that will reveal hair loss. There are so many factors in it! The transplant does not have a high success rate for women. I met with someone that spent thousands, after 3 months, it was all gone due to “shock loss” an effect of surgery. I think the best way to go initially, just for now until you get more information on other products, is a wig! I’m also on Srinolactone, almost 2 1/2 months now. I will keep you posted on the results…so far, nothing!

In fact, over the weekend I was hanging with my friends downtown Chicago. As I was getting ready, I tried to put my wig on but it kept slipping off. I had the store sew in a couple clips on the temple area to secure the wig to my existing hair…The hair around the clip has fallen off tremendously and I’m scared to death. I managed to secure it, but the slightest bump or gust of wind could possibly move it around a bit. I have never felt so self-conscious! I still had a great time and I enjoyed being around my friends. Wig or no wig, it was exciting to wear a leopard print dress! It didn’t stop the cat-calls! :)

]]> By: admin http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/julies-story/#comment-60 admin Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:13:41 +0000 http://74.53.155.19/?p=27#comment-60 What doctor wanted to do hair surgery (hair transplant) on you? Women are very very rarely candidates for hair transplant surgery because of the diffuse pattern of hair loss. When you have female pattern baldness with diffuse thinning it means any hair on your head could possibly fall out which is why women shouldn't have transplants. Men are a totally different story, for most men that have hair loss the hair at the back of their heads usually remain intact no matter how much hair they lose, so they are able to take the hair from the back of the head and move it to the front or top and that transplanted hair will most likely remain there if the hair transplant is successful. For women though, any hair moved could just fall out, most women (myself included) have a very unstable type of hair loss. I think women that can be candidates are those that actually have a hair loss pattern that exhibits itself just like a man or if a woman has no genetic hair loss but lost some hair on the hairline or temples from plastic surgery. Be very careful of someone trying to sell you on a hair transplant. Regarding what caused my hair loss... it was from stopping the birth control pill 8 years ago. <a href="http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/hair-loss-story/" rel="nofollow">You can read my story here</a>. My mom also has hair loss, but only since menopause and not a day before. I had all my hormones tested a couple times and everything came back "within normal range" not very helpful since obviously SOMETHING is happening. I recently have been thinking that it is all being more exacerbated by taking the drug <a href="http://www.womenshairlossproject.com/hair-loss/synthroid-hair-loss-low-thyroid/" rel="nofollow">Synthroid </a>to treat my hyopthyroidism. I'm will be going to a couple doctors in the upcoming weeks to look into switching to the natural thyroid Armour. I read Dr. Redmond's book and I also visited his clinic in New York. He put me on Orthotricyclen and Aldactone (100mg to start and eventually I increased to 200mg) to treat my hair loss. I am going to try and gather some pictures and stuff about the "topper" and do a post on that topic. It is all very new to myself as well, I just started reading more about it, but it looks like a very good possible solution to cover my thinning hair. What doctor wanted to do hair surgery (hair transplant) on you? Women are very very rarely candidates for hair transplant surgery because of the diffuse pattern of hair loss. When you have female pattern baldness with diffuse thinning it means any hair on your head could possibly fall out which is why women shouldn’t have transplants. Men are a totally different story, for most men that have hair loss the hair at the back of their heads usually remain intact no matter how much hair they lose, so they are able to take the hair from the back of the head and move it to the front or top and that transplanted hair will most likely remain there if the hair transplant is successful. For women though, any hair moved could just fall out, most women (myself included) have a very unstable type of hair loss. I think women that can be candidates are those that actually have a hair loss pattern that exhibits itself just like a man or if a woman has no genetic hair loss but lost some hair on the hairline or temples from plastic surgery. Be very careful of someone trying to sell you on a hair transplant.

Regarding what caused my hair loss… it was from stopping the birth control pill 8 years ago. You can read my story here. My mom also has hair loss, but only since menopause and not a day before. I had all my hormones tested a couple times and everything came back “within normal range” not very helpful since obviously SOMETHING is happening. I recently have been thinking that it is all being more exacerbated by taking the drug Synthroid to treat my hyopthyroidism. I’m will be going to a couple doctors in the upcoming weeks to look into switching to the natural thyroid Armour.

I read Dr. Redmond’s book and I also visited his clinic in New York. He put me on Orthotricyclen and Aldactone (100mg to start and eventually I increased to 200mg) to treat my hair loss. I am going to try and gather some pictures and stuff about the “topper” and do a post on that topic. It is all very new to myself as well, I just started reading more about it, but it looks like a very good possible solution to cover my thinning hair.

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