Hi Mia!

Thank you for this, for your kind words and letting me know I made a difference in your life. It means a lot to me.

You are not your hair loss, that’s for sure, and there most certainly is life after hair loss.

Much Love,
Y

Hi Julie –

Thank you! It has always mattered to me to know that my story, my words, connecting women together and anything I’ve done to help women with hair loss via The Women’s Hair Loss Project (what started as my online diary in 2007 at my rock Botton) – That it made a difference. That I made a difference. It’s been healing for me, and it helps me hearing it from others.

So, thank you!

XOXO
~Y

Hi Angie!

Thank you so much, that means so much to me, truly!

XOXO
~Y

Hi Becky –

Thank you for writing and sharing your thoughts. I think it’s normal for us to want to compare, but I don’t honestly believe any true good comes from that, but I still think it’s normal and common.

I have done PRP since 2009. You can find all my PRP posts under this link: https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/category/prp-therapy/

At the bottom hit “Previous Entires” to go further back to my Nov 2009 Post titled:

My PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Therapy Experience

Once you hit that link above you’ll see my post from May 2020 about my Post Day 3 thoughts on Exosomes.

It’s almost a year later and honestly for me I didn’t find it to provided a quantifiable improvement to continue on with the treatment. It’s possible I’ll re-evaluate at a later time and decide if I want to try again, but at this time I’m going to just stick with PRP.

As far as wigs/toppers. I wear Follea and if you go that route I highly recommend buying it through my friend Sophie Hafner https://www.sophiehafner.com – Not because she’s my friend, but because I know the type of quality and care she provides her clients from start to finish ( from buying and making sure the client is getting what they need, to cut and color and customizing the piece for them) and I am a huge believer in the importance of not just the product but also of who is helping you along the way.. including at the most instrumental part – looking for the right piece to buy and not being sold something that may not be an ideal fit. Having the right people in my life that helped me, is a huge part of the success I think I’ve had in adapting to wearing hair and embracing it.

I also think that Milano wigs makes a quality product at a good price point and I’ve heard good feedback that they have good customer service. I did visit their LA salon in 2012 prior to going to Follea, but at that time they did not work with women with hair loss, not as a whole anyways, their primary business was jewish women who wore hair for religious reasons. So I didn’t have a hand holding experience there, it was anxiety provoking and scary, but that’s changed now and they are definitely worth take a look at in your wig/ topper exploration.

Hope that helps.

Much Love,
Y

Out of all the years I’ve been reading your blog, this is by far my favorite post. Thanks for being you and putting it all out there to benefit others.

First of all, I am so grateful to have found you! And even more grateful that you have shared your journey with so many. It is truly comforting and empowering to have a source from which to learn and share. I applaud you for your hard work which is leading you to true self love. There is always a bigger picture behind our reactions to life.

I can pretty much ditto every single comment.

What I found in reading your blog is I want to see her real hair. Its like I have been looking for someone’s approval of how my own hair looks. I mean, how bad could it be? If one person is comfortable, why can’t I be comfortable in my appearance? I have been judging myself wayyy too long. So now I understand it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks or does…its how I am feeling about it…warped feelings or not, it controls me. I want to stop that cycle so badly. Never realized until I read your blog, just how much I was allowing it to control me. And I am approaching 65 years old!!!

I have what is referred to as Lichen planopilaris. In addition I have always just had fine, thin hair as did my mother and grandmother. Then I had surgery this past August and even more shedding.

So I have been researching all the drugs, minoxidil, finasteride, dutasteride and found I am unable to tolerate any of them due to health reasons and I really don’t want to be on a drug the rest of my life!

I have also been researching PRP and an exosome treatment. Have you ever done the exosome therapy? My dermatologist uses bone marrow, not placentas for the injections.

What is your take on both PRP and the exosome treatment? Do you find PRP helpful? IF you haven’t done the exosome treatment, would you?

Finally, can you refer a great wig/topper source to me? That will be my next step.

Thank you again and may God bless you on your journey.

Becky
Charlotte, NC