Comments on: What a birthday present, sudden hair loss at 27! – Michelle’s hair loss story

By: druiz

druiz — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 16:08:46 +0000

Hello I have an appt next week with Dr. Bobby Spence can anybody let me know if his product work?? can hi help I’m suffering from hair loss for 1 year and is getting worse I went to a dermatologist he did bx and blood work and everything was good I have been trying clobetasol cr ,ovation shampoo, none of those products work for me . I think is the water so I’m going to start using bottle of water to wash my hair please any comment or suggestions , thanks

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 21:41:11 +0000

Greetings Ladies,
I can go on for eons about my story but to make a long story short, acupunture and herbs for hair growth and blood circulation are seeming to help my diagnosed “scarring” hair loss. I’ve been in treatment for 9 months now and and am finally seeing new hair growth after a year of shedding. Though my dermatologist put me on Arecia 25 mg and derma smooth for my scalp for the next year (started about 2 months ago). I also had and IV iron infusion (ferritin was 21, normal 80-100) about 4 months ago which I believe is also helping with the regrowth. My acupunturist said she doesn’t see “scarring” and that the MD’s don’t know what they are talking about (a biopsy determined this diagnosis). I haven’t seen substantial growth, yet, but I’m definately seeing new growth. I can’t say for sure what treatment is doing the most good. But I did notice the new growth before the dermatologist’s regimen. However, I didn’t think a little east and west expertise could hurt;-)Though I was informed that acupunturists who were actually school in China are the best providers. I also wouldn’t take any chances of buying herds from any source other than an acupunturist. Please email with any questions. I’m in a hurry to pick my daughter up at the bus stop.

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:43:46 +0000

By the way, does anyone else have a probem with pimples on their scalp? I’ve had this problem forever, but it has intensified over the past 4 or so years. Almost ALL shampoo exacerbates it. Help!!! I’m going to be bald with an ugly, scarred-up scalp to boot!

Martha

By: Martha

Martha — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:25:24 +0000

Funny, I grew up in PA, and while there is lots of radon there, I always had a lot of hair. I’ve lived in the NYC area for the last 15 or so years, but about 3 yrs ago I moved to Dutchess County (Poughkeepsie area) where there is also a lot of radon. I had my son, finished nursing, began losing my hair and never stopped. My son is 3 now, and I’ve been noticeably losing my hair for almost 2 years. Let me just say how scared and obsessive this has made me!! Of all the problems with my appearance that I could (and do) have, I never thought it would be this!!

By the way, I found this site because I was searching on hairloss due to radon exposure, so I’m starting to wonder… So far nothing with the blood tests…

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:31:47 +0000

Hi Everyone,

Just came across this site, and so glad there are people whom I could console with about my hair loss. I’ve moved to pennsylvania from jersey about 10 years ago, and the first year I moved here, I noticed my hair thinning. I soon find out that pennsylavania state has alot of radon. I’ve noticed alot of women up here have thinning hair. I have talked to some women up here and they have told me the same thing, alot of them are from jersey or new york and since they moved to pennsylvania, they have noticed there hair thinning.
I’ve never seen so many women in one place with thinning to bald heads.
I BELIEVE it has to do with radon, but everyone laughs.
My mother though has lived up here for 20 years and has a full head of hair, but me and my two sisters hair is thinning really bad. My sister is almost bald.
I’ve been so embarrased by this, I resulted in using toppik cover fibers to cover my all over thinning. Not too sure if this is good for me, especially for the 4 years I been using it. It is chemically made of course.
But I cant go out without putting it on. (to embarrased). Dont know what to do! Help!

By: Vicky

Vicky — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:57:53 +0000

Hey I’m writing to ask anyone here about the pattern of your loss. I have aga and noticed it first thinning in the temples but now its affecting my hairline. Dr Redmond says its normal for women to have this pattern as well as when the hairline is in tact with thinning behind it. My question is does anyone here have my pattern? Does it become so obvious that you have to wear your hair over your forehead. Please help thanks!

By: gcap

gcap — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:49:38 +0000

Hi Michelle,
I see this post was from about a year ago but I was curious if you were still seeing the trichologist in VA. I just made me “free” (I hope!) consultation with them for this week. Just wondering a bit more about your experience there. Did you try any other solutions through them other than the shampoo? Hope things are going well for you.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 14:02:54 +0000

Lisa,
I wish but I don’t live on base and I just bought my house so there’s no way I’m leaving now. For as much money as a house in the DC area was, I will live with the hair loss. 🙂

I did go to a follow up with a dermatologist on base and she said my thyroid and iron, ferretin and all were good so there was no medical reason for the loss. Of course she prescribed some topical steroid betamethasdone (sp) to see if it was maybe an inflammatory thing, she doesn’t know but at least she was honest. I travel a lot, going back overseas Monday for 3 weeks so I don’t know if the stress causes it but I’m going to try and Zen out on the flights.

I’m not a quiet person so I’ve been telling everyone about the weird hair shedding. My boss, family, co-workers, my masseuse, counselor, you name it I’m telling em and asking for advice. So far everybody just tells me to stop worrying and it’ll stop on its own. I did buy a new shower head that filters the water to see if that will help though, don’t know if it’s a coincidence or not but it seems to make the dreaded shed in the shower a lot better. And it’s got a bunch of different settings so that’s a plus.

It’s kind of weird, I know I need a haircut, but ever since this shedding started my hair looks dead and just no body at all and I don’t want to cut what I may not have at the end of the year. And the greys are really standing out now, how come they don’t fall out? Anyways, I’m hitting month 6 and if the web sites and Dr.’s are right this should be tapering off soon, hopefully.

I really am glad I found this site; you all have been very supportive of one another and answered a lot of my questions so thanks.

Michelle

By: admin

admin — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:47:11 +0000

Hi Lisa! Welcome to the site! Where are you located? I wouldn’t be surprised if environmental factors could cause hair loss. The hair loss shedding, stopping and regrowing phases all take sometime to transition from one to the other. How long where you out of the house when you noticed an improvement. If it was immediate I’d venture to say it was a coincidence, but if it was a month later, definitely a possibility you may be on to something. What do the women near you say about it.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:34:57 +0000

I am a military spouse living on an airforce base. I’ve been having hair loss since Nov 2006 and my daughters started losing their hair soon after. Are you able to stay out of your house for a while to see if the problem stops? We moved out two times since last summer and both times we had new hair growth and all hair loss stopped until we moved back in this house. I’m still trying to find answers. Since it gets my active duty husband in trouble when I have said in the past “it’s the house” causing these problems, I won’t say that but there are some detectors and tests you can buy. I’ve bought mold tests and a radon detector. It didn’t stop the hair loss but our radon was too high so a radon-reduction system was put in. There are at least 3 other women near me losing hair too. Have you talked to other people to see if they are losing hair? Just document everything with pictures, video and writing stuff down. I’m also saving our hair in dated zip lock bags. You can also get copies of your medical records to see exactly what they tested for. Mine was done on base so it wasn’t much they tested me for.