Comments on: Hair Loss at The Age of 20 – Veronica’s Hair Loss Story

By: Ashleigh

Ashleigh — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:10:45 +0000

Oh how I understand where you are all coming from. I turned 30 a couple of months ago and have been losing hair since I was 23. It was out of the clear blue and my hair started to rapidly fall out in handfuls. I don’t know if it’s growing back at all as I’d say I’ve lost about 75-80% of my hair. It’s not in bald patches but just over all thinning (the sides above my ears are the thinnest). I have this white stuff that gets under my nails if I itch my scalp, it’s not flaky like dandruff. My hair has also changed texture and is very wavy and super thin and not pretty to look at. I always clip my hair back as I find it too u flattering to just wear it down. The hair loss has caused me to not have any type of social life and I never want to go out or meet anyone new. It’s done a lot to my confidence. it does help a lot to know that I am not alone (because it feels as if I am). I believe mine started from an autoimmune disease as my health has progressively gotten worse since the hair loss started which was my first main symptom. Anyway, hopefully some of you on here have found answers since these posts. <3

By: amanda

amanda — Tue, 09 Jun 2015 21:03:40 +0000

Wow! Reading that some of you ladies have experienced hair loss since a teenager has made me grateful for the amount of time I have had my hair. I am 29 now and I have been experiencing loss since 5 months ago. Wow! DHT can truly kill a women’s self esteem in just a few short months. I am actually going to have my consult apt for extensions today. The tape kind. I know this is only a temporary solution. I have been terrified to go outside with my hair down and people notice that I look older now or unhealthy. ugh, why do I give a crap what others think of me anyways, but I strangely do. Maybe its bc I live on a military base and we represent our hubs as wives, crazy as it is, but we represent our husbands. Well, at least in the military community. Anways, back to the topic. Consult today and then I also found out that we are most likely going to be moving to San Diego, we are in Florida now. I sure hope that I can get with Vicka and Follea and experience a rebirth for myself. Gosh, hair loss truly sucks. AGA sucks and I am not sure why it chose me, but it did. I pray for a cure all day it seems like. I wish I was seeing more success stories on here. I am so sorry to all that have suffered or is suffering due to this loss. I have been trying to be thankful for what I do have; limbs, decent skin, generally healthy, good teeth (lol), just grasping for anything that makes me realize that others deal with much worse and that I have been blessed to have hair for 28 years. God, I hope this skips my daughters generation. Or if it doesn’t the cure is out by then. I know we as Mother’s would gladly take any trial so that our children wouldn’t have to bare it, I am just so hoping it doesn’t affect her in any way, shape or form. I have a son to and of course I think hair loss would suck for him too, but it is socially acceptable for him to shave his head. It just is and it sucks that hair contributes to us women feeling feminine. As of now I will just thank God that we live in a day and age where we can wear hair. Sorry for the rambling…

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 09:18:27 +0000

Hi Veronica & all of the wonderful ladies,

My name is Ana and I’ve been going through the same exact thing with you guys. I was born with a thick healthy hair and all of a sudden in middle school, it all start to shed and I’ve to live with it every single day until now I’m 23 years old. As a kid, I’ve always been taught that my value is not reflected only from my physical appearance, but of course, everything start to change when your schoolmates start to bully you and make it as joke. It’s heart breaking that sometime people are not considerate enough, but it is also normal (I guess) for people to start asking questions and feel curious when someone is just different. So in conclusion, I feel what all of you have been through because I am in the same boat with you guys. I totally understand the feeling of insecurity, have to pull my hair up just to mask the baldness pattern, wishing to have other girls’ thick full hair, and also the feeling of hating to go to have a haircut.

I did blood test and biopsy in order to know the cause of my hair loss and so far, everything is normal (no thyroid condition, my iron level is normal, and there is no sign of alopecia). So they concluded, that my diffused female hair loss pattern is just caused due to genetic heredity. And yesterday, I just got the gut to go through hair transplant using the Neograft technology, which basically kind of different from the regular hair strip transplant because they won’t leave a strip scar mark on your head. They used robotic Neograft machine to harvest hair graft follicles from the back of your head and transplanted into the top area of your head with the obvious sign of hair loss. Since I just did it yesterday, I will keep you all posted about how the results are, but so far, i’m in a great condition even though I just went through a major 8hrs of procedure. And as for daily treatment, my suggestion will be to just make rogaine as our bible (my doctor recommended me to use the men version) and use it twice a day indefinitely because it might/might not help to promote re growth, but it will definitely help us to hold on of what we have now (especially because we all are still very young). And also, just take supplement that can promote health in hair, nail area (I got mine from GNC).

And lastly, as cliche as it is, I could only repeat of what my parents have taught me since I’m little: that indeed our value is not depend on how many follicles of hair we have in our head. If we have weakness in this department, let’s make progress in others! Prove to others that we are more than our hair. And if you have dream, just pursue it, give your 110% effort, and excel in it! 🙂 let’s start to be thankful for lots of other little things and I promise you that it will shift how we see everything 🙂 hope this help, ladies, let’s fight a good fight and win this battle for we only have 1 life to live. Cheers!

By: Melina

Melina — Wed, 27 Jun 2012 03:31:54 +0000

Veronica, do you still check this post occasionally? I am experiencing the same thing you did and wondering if you ever had regrowth. My hair has always been thin and started falling out like crazy for months. I got so depressed that I decided to get extensions to make my hair look decent. I kept them in for three months and just took them out a few days ago. I’m freakjng out bc I’d say half of my already incredibly thin hair is gone ! I’m so mad at myself. I knew I was risking damage with extensions by I convinced myself it would allow my natural hair to grow and strengthen. Now my worst nightmare has come true and I’m just praying I will have regrowth.

By: Kip

Kip — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 13:57:22 +0000

M, he will prescribe it for awhile and monitor your progress perhaps modify your dosage. But yes will will have to stay on the med and the rogaine to maintain the results. And yes we do know more than a lot of people because we are veterans of this and have experienced and gone to every specialist under the sun only to realize how scary it is of how much doctors do NOT know about the human body. I’m sorry your mom is so hard on you. When someone has not gone through it they cannot relate. I know the meds may seem overwhelming but if they help you then just weigh the options with your doctor. You will learn a lot over time and maybe even be able to help others going through the same thing. I wish you the very best and hope that your mother becomes more supportive.

By: M.

M. — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 14:59:40 +0000

Hello… I’m 36 and I have been thinning since I was 19. I went to the derm. And he put me on aldactone 50mg. Took it for a month and I had some side effects, so he told me to cut the pill in half. It’s going on 3 months that I have been taking this med. I’m also taking rogain for men. I have read a lot of your stories and I’m don’t want to have to take this med. for the rest of my life. I thought it would get everything back to normal, and I could get off of it . He told me to take it for six months. I’m taking the aldactone for the unwanted hairs on my chin, and also acne. I’ve seen some help in the adult acne. If getting off this med. makes your hair fall out after taking it , I’m scared… What should I do? I want to become a barber. It’s my goal. I like to cut hair. One thing I think about is my hair is thinning………..no one want to get there hair cut from some lady that barely has hair. Ugggggggh. Always something ……. Does anyone know if the aldactone helps stop the DHT from suffercating your follicles..
My mother asked who I was writing to and I told her ,people that are having some of my problems. She said your so stupid. How can they help you? They don’t no any better than you. Oo oo my. Sometimes I hate getting out of the bed. Anyways thanks for listening. If anyone can help with my thinning hair I would appreciate it a lot. I’m also looking for a good shampoo that will help. God bless and have a good day.

By: shaina

shaina — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 01:21:06 +0000

I am 23 years old and have dealt with serious hair loss since i was about 16. I had a lot of big things happen in my life that i thought might have been the cause, but in the end the dermatologist just told me it was genetic. I have your exact story. I also spent money on extensions that then ruined my hair even more. The same thing with half of it coming out. so much so that i just went and bought a wig. wigs get tiring but i definitely feel more confident with one on. please dont let it get you down too bad. people are very accepting. and wigs are such a great thing, just own it!! it will eventually get a little easier. <3

By: Pat 27 years old

Pat 27 years old — Mon, 23 May 2011 19:31:57 +0000

Hi everyone!
I just want to give you all a bit of hope. I´m not saying everyone´s hair loss is gonna be the same but you may be thinking you´re gonna be bald soon when you´re actually not. That was my case 10 years ago when I started losing hair at the age of 16-17, I don´t remember exactly. I thought I was going to lose all my hair bc it was shedding so fast, I became ashamed and hidden myself from direct lights and people at the beginning, afraid that someone would notice my hair problem. Time passed and although I continued losing hair and it looked thin and weak I wasn´t going bald. Stopping bcp makes the shedding worse and also stress, and my hairdresser of course noticed the hair loss but nobody else. What I´m trying to say is that maybe some of you have irreversible hair loss but maybe don´t and there´s still hope that even if you loss hair there´s enough up there to look normal for several years. I´m quite sure may be when I´m 50 I will have really little hair left but I confort myself thinking that everyone has worries and problems to cope with, and unfortunately this is the problem I got and I have to live with it. It could have been worse or it could have been better, who knows, but it is what it is. I hope you can go throw this and be happy regardless.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Thu, 19 May 2011 07:32:49 +0000

Its so sad to come here and see so many women with the exact same story as me. I’m considering a scalp biopsy and blood test and possibly being tested for PCOS . I wont go into my long story,I think DHT is the killer here. I been taking shen min dht blocker it helps the shedding a lil. Still hopeful.Hopinga man wilol love me if im bald or not …

By: danish

danish — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:47:36 +0000

hiii i am Danish Iam 20 years old ….from last few months iam facing aserious problem of hair losss ,,,,can any one help meeee plzzzzz