Right. Who will be the first person to admit to being bald? 
Did someone post a recipe for Cheese Rocks or did I imagine it?
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Pretty close to it I'm afraid and very grateful for this thread. Thin hair runs in our family and mine has never been my crowning glory. Was told by a hairdresser 40 years ago that I had the thinnest hair he'd ever seen. Since the menopause it's been getting worse and for the past year everywhere I look there's hair; on my clothes, in the bath, on my desk/pillow etc. Getting thinner and not growing back. Hair on top is getting painfully non existent. Have stopped having lowlights put in as I felt grey/white hair would look better as you can see my scalp 
. The stress from my job hasn't helped recently but I'm retired now. I've tried rinsing in cold water. Used to take Nourkrin tablets but they're very expensive and can't afford them these days. Have had a FBC and nothing showed up [I keep hoping I've got an underactive thyrid but I haven't; the only woman in the country that actually wants a blood test to throw up something wrong 
]. No matter how smart I look when I go out I know [ and, blowing my own trumpet here, I do scrub up pretty good for my age] I can never look good with no hair. Even my fringe is just a few whisps of hair now. Wear shades on my head in summer and a hat in the winter but I can't wear them all the time. Going to go to a wig place to see about toppers etc [it's getting that bad] because famous people wear wigs all the time and no one thinks that's silly. Short hair isn't an option either as it's so fine it just blows all over the palce [usually upwards]. Can't begin to say how much it's knocked my self confidence, and possibly one of the reasons why I retired. jo8; please don't always turn things into a joke that could hurt people [this is a plea from the heart actually].
My hairdresser has wanted to cut my hair short for years. What adds insult to injury is that I have to pay the same as people who take ten times longer to have their hair trimmed/coloured etc . I often find myself glancing at ladies older than myself that have hardly any hair on top and thinking 'that's me in a few years time'. Mind you, I stopped going to the hairdresser months ago [knowing I was going to stop work] but, in that time my fringe has hardly grown [if it has] and, when I brush it forward there is a huge parting in the middle. My doctor [who I worked for] used to pick the hair off my shoulders and say 'don't worry, you won't go completely bald'. I'm going with the Keith Richards look at the moment, though but my hair is so thin the bandana just slips off . Looking on the bright side, I'm saving a fortune in hairdressing costs ! Going to try one of those hairbands that look like plaits today [although I think they look too obvious. Then I could try the Minnie Mouse look. The possibilities are endless....
It's a shame the blog is n't a little more helpful in itself. And that picture of obviously young and luscious hair doesn't do anything to cheer anyone up. We could have done without that. 
I think the thinness of my hair at the front could be down to wearing one of those spiky brush type rollers at night. That and a lot of colouring in the past.
The Body Shop did a really good thickening shampoo, but they changed it recently and now it leaves your hair feeling claggy.
* Tegan* 
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