Advice about clearing loose hair from carpets etc.

Have you had your thyroid levels checked. Low levels
Can lead to hair loss and it is easily treated.

I have always had long thick hair, which I don't want to cut, but for the last four years or so, (I'm now 68) I have been loosing a lot of it.

Nothing seems to help and I remember my mother complaining of the same thing at my age, so I have put it down to the hormonal changes during and after the menopause. Old age in other words.

If anyone knows of anything that helps, except hormone replacement therapy do let us know.

I use the rough side of a nylon scouring pad to clean cat hairs off carpets.

I’ve alway had thick hair and lose a lot. There’s nothing you can do about it. I’ve always had longish hair so I’m used to it. The strange thing is I’ve been put on steroids for a long term medical problem. On of the side effects is loss of hair and dry hair, which a majority of people are complaining about. Mine has gone totally the opposite no loss of hair and it’s gone quite greasy. ?

I agree about the rubber brush. I use a small hand one for getting in close to the skirting boards before vacuuming.
Tempted to get the broom as well.
My hair is long as well but doesn't shed too much.

Mine is long and I lose a lot when I wash it and first thing on a morning - I comb it all out while it's wet and pull the loose hairs out and put them in the bin. Periodically have to cut them out of the hoover rollers and also clear the shower drain out as they clog that up too.

When we had a dog, I used to find wearing a rubber glove and sweeping my hand over the places where she had been piled up the hair and then I could vac it. If we lose the same amount of hair, surely there will be more of it if it's long.

Depending about the area/size of your carpets you could always use the old trick of wrapping packing tape with the sticky side outwards around your feet (or hands if you want to do it on your knees) the walk about, the tape will pick up all sorts of fluff & hair etc. that you didn't know was there!

Ah yes, I was just about to say the same thing as Googes. I have long-ish hair and it was dropping all over the place. I know it's more prone in summer to fall out, moulting I suppose, but it was getting beyond a joke and I ended up going to the docs and was diagnosed with under active thyroid. This is a common symptom. Easily remedied and my hair has stopped falling. Hubby is terribly relieved that he doesn't have to clean the plug and shower trap out on a daily basis!

I found my hair was coming out in handfuls about 6 weeks after taking a 1wk course of steroids Predisorone. Reading up the side effects it was listed. It stopped after a few weeks and is now regrowing as I have short ends everywhere. Same happened to my sister on steroids. Could be any medication you're taking.

Rubber broom every time! I also use a short-handled one on the stairs, starting at the top, brushing dust and fluff down from one step to the next and vacuuming it all up at the bottom. It takes no longer than vacuuming every step.

Late joining this (as usual) but I have got one of the rubber brooms - £3.99 home bargains. It’s a Ewbank do a good make.

I already have a rubber broom but hadn't thought of using it to get up hairs. Having read this thread I have now bought a hand one. It is superb for the carpet edges, the horizontal 'bristles' on the front get into any crevice! I have only tried it on a small area. I shall wait until the mood takes me before I do the whole house (might be a long wait!).

Slightly damp rubber gloves are meant to be good at gathering them up.