Last year I had long, thick, curly dark brown hair. Now I have hardly any hair and can see my scalp. In the past nine months I have had some medical problems: hysterectomy, high blood pressure, polysystic ovarian syndrome, arthritis, inactive thyroid, iron defeciency, and now found out I am diabetic. None of the four new Rx’s I have started in this time listed hair loss as a side effect on the papers with the Rx’s, but I went online yesterday and looked them up, and all four of them have hair loss as a possible side effect. My hair is coming out so much and so fast I am thinking I will have to shave it. I am scared and my doctor doesn’t seem too concerned. What should I do? Will my hair grow back? I don’t have any close friends or family around that I can talk to.

Hi! I am new to this form.:)I need an advice.
( I am sorry that my English is not good enough )
I’ve been having lot of hair shed since end of last year.
my hair don’t shed mush when I do comb however it’s shed a LOT when I wash hair also shed lot when I do comb after wash my hair.
I do comb with wooden wide comb with very careful.
everyday my hair shed more than 100. sometimes 130, 170, colose to 200
it has been since last winter. I went to see my Dr as primary care Dr,
he is careless. he told me about my hair shed is seasonal. but I don’t think seasonal has been for 8-10 month.also my pony tail size getting small
it’s not big change but it’s slowly getting small. ( maybe 1/2 inch different before)
I had many blood test include tyroid and SLE.
most result come back as normal.
however my ferritin is 26. even all iron is in normal range,
Iron 135 ( 35-150)

Iron binding 378 ( 250-450)

Iron Saturation 36 ( 15-50)

Hemoglobin 14.3 (11.7-15.5)
Hematocrit 41.8 (35-47.0)

I asked about the ferritin lavel and hair shed to my DR.
he told me that my all iron lavel is as normal so would not recommend to take Iron supplument.
and he told me that he can’t do anything about my hair shedding.:(
is there anyone who has Iron is normal range but low ferritin?

thank you very much for reading my post.

Hello girls…

I really need your help.

I took these pics last night to follow up on my ‘regrowth’ ( which appears to be inexistant). I honestly thought things were better up there, and need you girls to help me!

Based on your experience, what would help conceal my scalp/bald patches? Dermmatch, Toppik, a topper, a full wig? Anything else?
I live in Brazil so ordering Dermmatch and Toppik is possible however they’ll probably take forever to arrive. This is why I’m asking for your help before I spend a ton of money on shipping and on the products just to test them and see if they hide my ugly white scalp

Thank you!!
(the pics are here: http://community.womenshairlossproje…llonin/albums/)

Hi everyone!

After reading and spending lots of time on the board, i finally decided to jump in and ask for support! I’m scared and a little freaked out by suddenly being consumed with concern over something I totally took for granted before – my hair! My rational brain says "it’s only hair" you could have so many other things bad happen, this is nothing…to kind of having a panic when the more emotional brain takes over.

Quick story – recently lost about 20 lbs. on a very low cal, low carb diet,(I know, I know, bad for you – it worked but this is a crazy price to pay):p over 2 months which is most likely the cause of the Telogen Effluvium I now have, according to my derm (just went today)…Over the past few weeks, I noticed lots of shedding, but tried to make light of it, thinking it was hot weather, or a 7-year shed, etc. Finally couldn’t ignore it any longer after vaccuuming and washing the bathroom rugs and seeing the lint traps full of MY hair Also noticed shrinking ponytail, and feeling lots of cold air blowing on my scalp, and seeing reflection/shadows through my hair, which has always been really fine but fairly thick. Which gets you to also, counting lots of strands, doing the OCD hair-counting thing, which is wearing me out! If I had to guess, probably 20% or more of my hair is gone now, and losing more by the minute, it feels like, at least. And I read that this can go on for months…will there be anything left?

The derm recommended a minoxidil/beta-val lotion 4 times a week, and a ketoconazle shampoo twice a week. Do any of you have experience with these? I know they can both cause more shedding, at least in the short term. And don’t you have to stay on Minox forever once you start? Also, apparently my hair pattern is ripe for male-pattern baldness, WTH? I’m 42 now, with all normal bloodwork.

On the other hand, lots of reading says to ride out TE, it will resolve itself once you stay healthy and take proper care of yourself, supplements, etc.

Help! Any friendly voices or opinions would be great…

Best to all of you, I love the warm feeling of support around here…

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I’ve just started on Ortho Tri-Cyclen Lo hoping it would help my hair. I read that it has 25mcg of estrogen verses 35mcg in Ortho Tri-Cyclen. Is this not what I’m looking for? Do I need more estrogen to help combat the shedding? Thank you to anyone who help me out here.::o

Hi, this is my first post here. I’m 28 yrs old and just becoming aware of my hair loss, which is most likely AGA.
It COULD be that I had a baby 8 months ago- oh how I want that to be true! But given my family history (grandma & 2 aunts with serious diffuse HL) and my PCOS…let’s just say the deck is really stacked against me. My shedding has slowed from a couple months ago, but I lose 50ish hairs after each shower plus 1-2 every time I touch my hair during the day. I am in a bad place right now.
I sent photos to a hair loss specialist in Austin and he told me that he does see thinning in the crown. He will do a free consultation but I can’t make the trip until November. In the meantime, he suggested Rogaine…which I am very hesitant to jump into.
I don’t know whether to believe him or not. He does hair transplants- could he be biased? That’s what I keep trying to tell myself. But on the other hand I’m thinking I need to accept the inevitable.
I think what scares me most is that this will take over my life. I was crying all day yesterday. I can’t bring myself to tell my DH- I know he would think I’m paranoid at first, but ultimately I couldn’t ask for a more supportive person. Yet I just can’t bring myself to utter the words "I think I’m losing my hair". The words just stick in my throat.
Yesterday I actually caught myself thinking, "My kids don’t really need me, do they?" My mental state is just bad. The worst part is knowing that I might spend countless dollars, hours, and tears waiting for various treatments to work…all to end up losing my hair anyway. My grandma wears a wig- the writing is on the wall. There is part of me that wants to skip the whole emotional roller coaster and just buy a wig right now. But I’m a RUNNER, how can I run in a topper or wig? It feels like I’m losing everything.
How do I keep this from ruining my life? I have 3 small children. I can’t spend hours online all day every day looking for the miracle treatment. But I can think of nothing else. I can’t even hear their precious voices…all I can hear is my own voice in my head screaming "my hair!"

How do I post pics? I need someone objective to tell me the truth about how bad this is.

Hello everyone…!

I wonder if this has happened to anyone else…

Around the time my hair started shedding, my nails started to crack, split and ‘peel’ (the top layer just peeled off like old nail polish!). They looked dull and I had to cut them so short my hands looked like Shrek’s hands.

Anyway, I’m here with good news.:)
I found a MARVELOUS product named "Triple Strong" by Sally Hansen, and it seems to really be working. It comes in a squarish medicine-like green bottle.

Hope this helps you ladies with weak nails…