Female hair loss

pickledonionspaceraider

Good evening all

Are there any other females out there with thinning hair?

Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to make your hair look thicker and maybe stop it thinning any more?

Never_Enough_Money

It depends on your hair style / length but I have a Babyliss big hair rotating brush which dries and styles your hair, its really good for adding volume, use a blob of hair mousse and it does a great job

I have read that head massage can also help, never tried it myself, but I think certain essential oils mixed in carrier oils are supposed to help. Rosemary seems to be one commonly suggested, as I said I have never tried it. I think you have to be careful with using essential oils and know what to use for what and ensure correct dilution percentages etc.

Dazedandconfused

Lush do a shampoo bar called new hair and I find it seems to help with itching from hair loss and I like to think it improves re growth but that might be in my head.
I vary my parting if I get alopecia patches.

Grebe

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Good evening all

Are there any other females out there with thinning hair?

Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to make your hair look thicker and maybe stop it thinning any more?

Depends why your hair is thinning babe. Is it because of mechanical damage through too much straightening and such like? Hormones? Genes? Over colouring? Diet? So many things can effect hair loss.

Babbawah

In reality . . . there isn't much you can do to hide hair loss without it being blatantly obvious to everyone except the village idiot types.

Hair loss is only a problem if you allow it to knock your confidence & self esteem.

If you look around you, you will see that not everyone who suffers hair loss hides it with expensive yet ineffective 'snake oil' type remedies.

In fact, it's the ones who try to hide it that seem to enter into a never ending, downwards spiral of low confidence/self esteem caused by an ever increasing need to desperately cover up the hair loss.

People with hair loss don't have a problem. It's the people who find people with hair loss somehow inferior who have the problem !

ChrisJJ

My hair became much thinner after taking the pill for a few months. it's noticeable around the parting and where the parting feeds into the crown of my head. Makes me hugely self conscious.

I discovered Toppik a year ago and I swear by it. It's PURELY a cosmetic treatment, but it really works, and it's imperceptible. It's hair fibres that bind to your own hair, making it look fuller and covering any areas of exposed scalp.

It's sold in Boots, but much cheaper online (though still not particularly cheap!) but worth it for me. Obviously the first port of call though is to establish why hair is thinning in the first place.

Best of luck

pickledonionspaceraider

Thanks guys, ive had all the blood tests and the doc says androgenic alopecia - and just sent me on my way

Main problem areas are the front hair line which is pretty bad and for a while have been in a pretty dark place because of it all. Its hard to describe to someone who hasn't had hair loss as a female how bad it knocked me

Babbawah, your comments are excellent and just the kick up the bum I need to stop wallowing in it, and just get on with life.

Grebe

pickledonionspaceraider wrote: »

Thanks guys, ive had all the blood tests and the doc says androgenic alopecia - and just sent me on my way

Main problem areas are the front hair line which is pretty bad and for a while have been in a pretty dark place because of it all. Its hard to describe to someone who hasn't had hair loss as a female how bad it knocked me

Babbawah, your comments are excellent and just the kick up the bum I need to stop wallowing in it, and just get on with life.

Hair loss in a female is hard to handle. My DD has the exact same condition as you, you cannot cure what has happened but you can have the hair grow back in as long as you are committed to use the right products exactly as they tell you. I must say the difference following the routine she does is astonishing. I would never have believed it until I saw it work on her.
As for your doctor just sending you on your way he or she is a g%t. DDs doctor sent her away with a private prescription on repeat so she could buy the treatment from the pharmacy and save on the vat on it, ( NHS consider it cosmetic therefore do not supply it on NHS prescription) You have to use the stuff forever or the hair will just revert back to thinning.
I would say it's worth it, it takes time to work and at one point you will think it's not working but stick with it and you will see just how good it is.
She is going to email me how and why it works I will post it as soon as I get it.

Grebe

Here you are pickledonionspaceraider, hope this helps.

Androgenetic hairloss is caused by a combination of hormonal factors and genetic susceptibility. In individuals who are genetically predisposed, normal circulating levels of dihydrotestosterone (an androgen hormone) send a message to the androgen receptors on the scalp, telling them to make the hair shorter, smaller in diameter, and lighter in colour. Eventually, the follicles shrink to the extent that no more hair is produced.

Minoxidil (Regaine) is the most effective treatment for this type of hairloss. It takes approx. 4-6 months to see results. It is important to have reasonable expectations as regards the effectiveness of the product. Even if it does not regrow hair, however, it should prevent further hair loss. Scientists and doctors are not entirely clear on how minoxidil works. It was first used in the 1960s as a blood pressure medication, but had the side-effect of stimulating hair-growth. It may have to do with increasing blood flow to the follicles, but no other blood-pressure medication has had the same effect,

There is an increasing awareness of the possible effectiveness of topical ketaconazole in addressing hair loss. Ketaconazole is an anti-fungal found in Nizoral shampoo. It acts as an androgen receptor agonist. This means that when it is applied, it attaches itself to the androgen receptors in the scalp, crowding out the dihydrotestosterone, which is then unable to send its 'thinning' message to the receptors. The 2% strength shampoo should be used every three days, and left on the scalp for three minutes.

While circulating levels of androgen may be normal, it is reasonable to consider the choice of BCP, in case a less androgenic option is available.

pickledonionspaceraider

Grebe wrote: »

Here you are pickledonionspaceraider, hope this helps.

Androgenetic hairloss is caused by a combination of hormonal factors and genetic susceptibility. In individuals who are genetically predisposed, normal circulating levels of dihydrotestosterone (an androgen hormone) send a message to the androgen receptors on the scalp, telling them to make the hair shorter, smaller in diameter, and lighter in colour. Eventually, the follicles shrink to the extent that no more hair is produced.

Minoxidil (Regaine) is the most effective treatment for this type of hairloss. It takes approx. 4-6 months to see results. It is important to have reasonable expectations as regards the effectiveness of the product. Even if it does not regrow hair, however, it should prevent further hair loss. Scientists and doctors are not entirely clear on how minoxidil works. It was first used in the 1960s as a blood pressure medication, but had the side-effect of stimulating hair-growth. It may have to do with increasing blood flow to the follicles, but no other blood-pressure medication has had the same effect,

There is an increasing awareness of the possible effectiveness of topical ketaconazole in addressing hair loss. Ketaconazole is an anti-fungal found in Nizoral shampoo. It acts as an androgen receptor agonist. This means that when it is applied, it attaches itself to the androgen receptors in the scalp, crowding out the dihydrotestosterone, which is then unable to send its 'thinning' message to the receptors. The 2% strength shampoo should be used every three days, and left on the scalp for three minutes.

While circulating levels of androgen may be normal, it is reasonable to consider the choice of BCP, in case a less androgenic option is available.

Thank you so much for this, it really means a lot that you went to the trouble of finding this information out for me

I think Regaine is definately an option I am going to try, starting as soon as possible

Thank you so much

Racheldevon

My mum has this issue, and has been using the above product on private prescription with reasonably good results. She's also been using the Cerafill shampoo & conditioner alongside it which is designed for thinning hair: http://cerafill.redken.co.uk/