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Hair Loss

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Beejo Thu 02-Feb-17 10:45:48

I've read that female hair loss is common and I do see plenty of women of my sort of age (67) with thin hair.
I had a total hysterectomy 12 years ago and my hair has been getting steadily thinner ever since. This is not just on my head, but all over my body so that I feel like I'm going to wind up looking like a huge wrinkly baby!

I've talked to doctors a few times over the years and they were quite dismissive when the thinning was only obvious to me. The last time, the GP said my only option was HRT and I should go away and read articles he recommended on the web. But he also said that I would see that some people say HRT is the best thing ever, while others say don't go near it - not a lot of help! confused What I have discovered from my reading is that, so far as I can tell, HRT might help, but could also make my problem worse!!

Does anyone have any advise or experience of this?

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Dareyouto Fri 13-Dec-19 20:37:40

Thank you for that information. I have looked it up on Amazon and I’m going to try the version with coconut oil. My hair loss was caused by heparin and had just started growing back slowly once I stopped having to use it. Following a relapse I’m now back on it and my first thought was ‘oh no, not more hair loss again’. It’s so reasonably priced it’s well worth a try!

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