Thinning Hair

FannyCornforth

Hi Lucca I think that the front of one’s hair is the trickiest area to grow.
I lost my thick fringe in my early 20s, no idea why. It has never returned.

If I were you, I’d try minoxidil. (Regaine and others)
It’s quite messy and sticky, but won’t be noticeably so as your hair is short. Put it on at night.
It’s the only thing proven to work.

Good luck!

Chemists won’t sell it to you if you’re over 60 ( or 65?) so have to get someone to buy it for me. I did see some on the internet which I might send away for. The Regaine mousse is very sticky but does thicken the hair. It does lower blood pressure so if you’re on any sort of medication for that sort of thing you shouldn’t take it. I’m not sure if it works for me or not: scared to stop using it although my hair is getting thinner and thinner.

Same here, Fanny. I have combed forward more and more hair from the top of my head as my hairline recedes and thins, cutting 'fringe' short enough to stay out of my eyes.

I keep the hair at the back top of my head long to add to bulk at the back and nape, and I now use volumising stuff from John Frieda.

Hi Lucca I think that the front of one’s hair is the trickiest area to grow.
I lost my thick fringe in my early 20s, no idea why. It has never returned.

If I were you, I’d try minoxidil. (Regaine and others)
It’s quite messy and sticky, but won’t be noticeably so as your hair is short. Put it on at night.
It’s the only thing proven to work.

Good luck!

Post chemo my hair growing back ..think Judi dench but the “fringe” bits stubbornly won’t get longer.

Bay rum ? Champs serum ? Or black caster oil ? (Is that’ safe.,!)

Votes please ?

Oh yes, I think perhaps it needs a woman's eye on the details, too. (Sexist, probably, but I'm feeling reckless)
Plus it seems less daunting when there's two of you.

Yes I do think that you need someone to tell the truth abou5 how it looks.

Ooh thank you!
I'm sure I can trust you to tell me I look like a (hairy) idiot, if I do.

MissA
They are lovely people.
When your ready I’ll take you there. I’ll tell you the truth Re what it looks like 😄

My mum used to put bay rhum on my hair when I was little.

Years ago a friend of my mothers lost a lot of her hair following an illness.

She was told to rub bay rum onto her scalp. I think this is an old remedy as this was 50 years ago now.

Her hair did grow back quite thickly. Whether it was the bay rum or just coincidence, I don't know.

Also, I am considering stopping dyeing my hair. I have done loads or 'research' on this. Lots of women say that when they have ditched the dye, their hair has grown through much thicker and stronger than when they were dyeing it

Don't be embarrassed re the staff MissA. I am completely bald apart from a few wisps at the back. Where I go to have my hair system fitted, the staff have seen it all. They are kind and sympathetic.

I started a thread on this a while ago and got some very helpful advice. I have been taking collagen and fish oils and using Viviscsl shampoo and conditioner. But I think the biggest difference if I’m honest has been that I now style my hair differently and have moved my parting so the hair goes over the thin area on my crown a bit more, bit like a balding man’s comb over! It does help though and copious amounts of hairspray hold it in place. I’ve also had my hair cut quite short so the thinning at the sides is less obvious.

Oh, mine came from amazon, so not long at all.

MissAdventure

I have a headband wig. The band covers up a multitude of sins.

The colour is ok on it, but I look as if I'm going to start belting out "total eclipse of the heart".

Realised it’s shipped from America. Does it take long to arrive?

I have a headband wig. The band covers up a multitude of sins.

The colour is ok on it, but I look as if I'm going to start belting out "total eclipse of the heart".

On inspection of Fanny Cornforth's recommendation of the website wigs with hats, I realised a major problem with thinning hair is the wispy fringe and receding hairline. If you look at the website Fanny recommended you will see that baseball caps do what the fringe did, hide a receding hairline. I expect it's possible to buy very lightweight and cool baseball caps.

MerylStreep

I got mine from this shop, it’s not far from me.
I got it in 2020. We did a FaceTime where she showed me lots of wigs where I chose 6 to try.
My daughter came with me. I wasn’t over the moon with any I’d chosen so my daughter went looking round the shop and found exactly what suited me. I was so over the moon that I wore it home.

www.michaelrobertswigs.co.uk/gallery

Michael Roberts is very good. We recommend him to our chemo patients.

When the weather's better, if I can, i will try and visit that shop, meryl.

Are the staff nice?

I feel embarrassed.

You can buy toppers with longer strands at the back, so they blend in with your own hair.
Handy to merge the colours.

Here’s Connie That was her name in the shop.

FannyCornforth

Hats with hair are a thing
www.headcovers.com/wigs/hats-with-hair/

The fringe thing they sell looks great. I could grow out what little fringe I have so I can cover my crown more and pop on a false fringe. Thanks for that I’ll send away for one.

try high dose fish oils 1000mg daily.. great for skin and hair

I got mine from this shop, it’s not far from me.
I got it in 2020. We did a FaceTime where she showed me lots of wigs where I chose 6 to try.
My daughter came with me. I wasn’t over the moon with any I’d chosen so my daughter went looking round the shop and found exactly what suited me. I was so over the moon that I wore it home.

www.michaelrobertswigs.co.uk/gallery

I think I'd have the confidence to go out in a topper. (And clothes, obviously!)

dragonfly46

I used to have curly grey hair pre chemo. Now it is blond, thin and straight with a receding hairline. My oncologist just shrugged it off saying it was due to the medication I am on!
I used Champo serum on the front of my head and fine hairs are now growing there.
It is, however, very expensive.

I saw that advertised on Facebook the other day. I’ll look at it again. I once read that a mixture of certain oils was as good as anything you can buy but I can’t remember what they were. And it was a bit messy to put on. Regaine mousse is very thickening but, like most thickening products is very drying also.