Comments on: So Sorry That I Took My Hair For Granted – Amber’s Hair Loss Story

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 04:17:23 +0000

Sarah, have you been tested for PCOS?

By: sarah

sarah — Wed, 29 May 2013 15:04:12 +0000

I feel your pain. i’ve always had thin hair but after having my child which took a long time to achieve. i’m god to say we finally succeed but that’s when i decide to do something about my thin hair. i l’m thinking that perhaps after having my child it made it worse. i don’t know but when i went to the dermatologist she wasn’t kind either like your doctor. i don’t know why they make us feel like this. anyway, her only solution was use rogaine if you don’t want to lose more hair. she did a scalp biopsy test of course and came with the conclusion that i had Telogen effluvium. i wonder now if it was that, or that perhaps if i had never used Rogaine my condition would have improve later? but her only response was that i use rogaine nothing else. So i have for 5 months now i’m regarding it. reading all sorts of stories online about how you could loss more hair if you stop using it. i want to stop using it because it’s such a hassle, my hair gets matted and chalky. so i have wash it after 4 or 5 hours of having it on my scalp. it’s hard doing that when your taking care of a 2 yr old. i don’t know what to do. I want to have another baby but i’ve always had a hard time having a baby unless i take fertility drugs . now i’m wondering if i would have left my hair alone and never used rogaine my hair would have just stay the same or restore on it’s own. i forgot to mention i did put my hair through a lot of hair color when i was younger, and i think part of it was that too. it been 2 years since i have colored my hair and i have plenty of grays to prove that. i wish i knew what to do? is it too late to stop using rogaine i wonder? i guess i just want to know if once i loss my hair will i recover. and if i do loss my hair and decide to go back on rogaine can i recover the lost hair. Doctors can never answer those questions. they just laugh at our problem and tells us use this without knowing what affect it’ll have. by the way i have no history in my family of this. i wish i had never used that product, i can’t say that it’s made my hair thicker perhaps i’m holding hope it has done something for me as my excuse for continuing use. some days are better then others on the hair issue. its so unfair all my sisters have great thick hair, i was both curse with bad hair and disability to have children. thank you 🙁

By: Joy

Joy — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:03:47 +0000

Hey Amber!

I too am experiencing hairloss at just 25! Came out of nowhere and came as a shock!! I experienced a deep depression that I don’t think I have ever gone through before. I went to my dermatologist as well and the guy was completely insensitive to my needs as well. All just ho-hum about it. He told me what he thought it was right off the bat within a minute of meeting me and pulling on my hair!! But I had to tell him that I was taking the birth control Depo Provera to let him know that this was more than just normal wear and tear, that it was thinning dramatically and fast!! I believe the dermatologist don’t really care about patience like these because all they have to do is perscribe them something that last them 6 months and won’t have to bother with them until then.

I wouldn’t let this get you down though! There are treatments out there and I had to tell my doctor to start me on spiroactolane, he never even mentioned it. Sometimes you gotta take charge of your health and let them know what you want!! Youa re paying them for top quality service and if they don’t help you out, go to someone else. I hope this gets better for you!! Hang in there and hold your head up!!

Joy

By: Leigh

Leigh — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 03:55:09 +0000

Is the Rogaine pill bad for fetus? Ive just been placed on it from spironolactone and im only 34, i heard propecia was dangerous bout the Dermatologist said this new pill is not. . Im on it for female pattern hair loss

By: Daphne

Daphne — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:12:33 +0000

Hi,

I was reading some of your comments, and I can relate. About 8 years ago after my son was born I started to lose my hair, I have been diagnosed with alopecia, I have no hair anywhere. I have decided to go with no wig, completely bald, I have had my eyebrowns and eyeliners tattoed. But my question is this, I just recently gotten pregnant, but am now having a miscarriage, is this due to the autoimmune disease, or is this just mother nature.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:26:09 +0000

PLEASE consult your physician about using Rogaine. A am 43, and started using it. When I told my doctor, she told me to stop taking it immediately as I was still in child bearing age. Apparently, it is extremely harmful to a fetus. You are still thinking of having more children, please look into this.

By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 07:33:35 +0000

Hello,

I can honestly say what hair loss has taught me is LOVE.
I used to have thick, curly hair that went past my shoulders. My hair started falling out, and along with it I would feel an electric, sharp pain in my scalp. And if that was not bad enough my eyebrows, eyelashes and body hair fell out too. The eyelashes is the worst b/c I can’t swim or take a shower w/o everything just pouring into my eyes. I use eyeliner for the eyelashes. And when I don’t have enough strength to deal with this I wear a rag/scarf, pulled low.
I learn to love and appreciate myself more than I ever had. I heard women in ancient Egypt shaved their head bald and wore wigs. And they were beautiful! So why not me? I am enjoying trying out different styles and color of hair.
And I am also learning also how to trust people in a more healthy way–losing my hair has caused me to develop discernment and learn what real love is about. I don’t just trust everybody, and am learning how to trust people who love and appreciate me back. I am learning when people love–it’s not about my hair, it’s about who I am. It’s about my heart & my soul. I have found real friends who are excited to help me find wigs, or who have confided that they lost their hair at some point–and friends who even want to see me w/o a wig! Most of these friends also have things they are dealing with, and need a friend in turn. A big part of finding this friendship is loving and accepting ME. When I feel good about myself I am also able to be a good friend to others.
My kids are so supportive and loving. I have 2 kids, and they know Mommy doesn’t have hair but they treat me just the same. I think it is so important to let your kids be affectionate, and talk to them in the same way as before you lost your hair. It is healing for me when my kids crawl in my lap for a story or give me a hug, and its because they love me–and hair or no hair–they love me the same. Haha, my son actually wanted me to get a purple wig!
There is hope. And maybe its a hope that you wouldn’t ordinarily see but it’s there. I have learned that I don’t know if my hair will grow back. Or if it will grow back and fall out (this has happened to me). But I know my heart will grow. And I know my life will keep on. And I know I will teach my kids from all I learned, and maybe one day they will be the friend who helps someone in need or the one to make a difference in this world. I see hope in learning something from hair loss. Or trying to find something positive.
I sympathize with you. And want you to know you have my full support.

Blessings, Lynn

By: Jonalisa

Jonalisa — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:32:45 +0000

Amber,
I can completely empathize with your experience . I am a 28- year old mom with 1 child and 1 on the way. My hairloss started before I had children, but having children has only accelerated my hairloss. I too was finally diagnosed with Androgenetic Alopecia with a scalp biopsy. Also, I’m struggling at the moment with the effects of TE/AA due to a miscarriage in 2007 . Its thinned out everywhere, and my scalp is starting to show significantly. Now I’m about to give birth again and afraid of what will become of my hair now. I’m doing laser treatments again for my husband, but I’m having 2nd thoughts. I really want to just get it over with and either do a hairsystem where I can go into the water and be active or just wear a wig for awhile. I tried Rogaine, it works, but it will never fully return what we once had. So I stopped because I figured why continue something that will affect my body when it won’t really give me the results I want. Thank you for sharing your story, its nice to know we’re not alone, I just wish we could do something more about it.

Good luck,
Lisa