Losing my hair

Kate1949 I have just started using collagen powder from Nutrition Geeks. According to many reviewers they are getting new hair growth, but it takes a good few months before new hair growth appears. I am going to persevere with it as my hair is thin and is falling out a lot and I'm hopeful this will work.

I hope it works for you Donna 🤞

it depends how old you are, over 70 its doesnt really matter,

Well it matters to me! I lost mine late 50s. It was/is horrible.

Of course it matters!

Age doesn't come into it,.

@Kate1949 I had hair loss and brittle nails also my teeth began decaying from the inside out, nothing to be seen on the surface but decay seen on x-rays. Turns out that after blood tests I have Thyrotoxicosis which has been caused by Graves’ disease. I also had tremors in my hands and a racing heartbeat among other things. A blood test, a thyroid ultrasound I was diagnosed snd put on medication. Graves is life long and was attacking my Thyroid. It might be worth a blood test.

Kate, try collagen powder - bovine and organic. Add it to a smoothie every day and you will honestly find new hair growth after a few weeks, and stronger nails. I wish you luck.

Thank you NannyMags. I'm sorry you are suffering this. I have a yearly blood test and am assured everything is fine, including my thyroid.

Thank you GoldenAge

About 5 or 6 weeks after taking steroids predisalone (not sure of spelling) for a chest infection my hair started falling out. I checked with my doctor and it is a known side effect. After a few months it does grow back but nowhere near how thick it was before.
I don't know if any shampoos do really help

Has anyone on here tried the Plantur range of products? That is, shampoo and hair growth serum? I know someone who had great success with these products.

Yes, i have the shampoo, conditioner, and hair tonic.

I haven't seen much difference, and I've been using all 3

It is not an easy to ignore problem and neither should you no matter what else is going on. I have frontal fibrosis alopecia. Several GP vusits before taken seriously and referred to dermatologist. Prescribed lifelong Minoxidil. This has stopped further lost but will not restore loss. Don't be taken in with all the commercial treatments they don't. There is a lotion originally for male hairloss now on market for females causes terrible scalp irritation. Do what you feel comfortable with.

Serious stress can also cause alopecia. My DDs friend lost most of her hair when her brother was diagnosed terminal with cancer, her dad had cancer and died and her 14yr old daughter took an overdose Friend's daughter survived but these occurances all within a 3 month period triggered alopecia. My daughter's friend was only 32. Her hair is slowly showing some patchy regrowth now 2 years later.

I have been having the same problem. I'm 74 and my hair has thinned out considerably but what I want recently learned is something I want to share because it's important. Apparently there's a hormone called DHT which is in abundance after menopause and it causes the hair follicles to be less productive. What is needed is a DHT blocker, and pumpkin seed oil and saw Palmetto are both DHT blockers. There are products to search that have both. Time to Google!

Kate1949

I agree that people couldn't care less but this isn't about people it's about my mental health. Shallow it may be but it has floored me. Most of the remedies mentioned I have tried. They include -

Blood tests
Trichologist
Shampoos of various type
Regaine
Some recommendations including -
Drinking cherry juice
Beetroot juice
Cider vinegar
Supplements of varying kinds
Sticking my head in ice cold water
Rubbing an onion on my scalp (yes really)
You name it, I tried it.

Did you try the homeopathic remedies?

monami

it depends how old you are, over 70 its doesnt really matter,

Course it matters. I have a friend 85 who has Alzheimer’s
Unfortunately she’s more bothered about her hair as it’s like ‘tiny tear’s hair’

sazz1

About 5 or 6 weeks after taking steroids predisalone (not sure of spelling) for a chest infection my hair started falling out. I checked with my doctor and it is a known side effect. After a few months it does grow back but nowhere near how thick it was before.
I don't know if any shampoos do really help

Funny you should say that whilst cleaning mums loo, I’ve found quite a-bit of hair at the back of the loo (mirror above)
She is on this drug now & again for Diverticulitis disease. So must be the steroid drugs.

Kate1949

I agree that people couldn't care less but this isn't about people it's about my mental health. Shallow it may be but it has floored me. Most of the remedies mentioned I have tried. They include -

Blood tests
Trichologist
Shampoos of various type
Regaine
Some recommendations including -
Drinking cherry juice
Beetroot juice
Cider vinegar
Supplements of varying kinds
Sticking my head in ice cold water
Rubbing an onion on my scalp (yes really)
You name it, I tried it.

I'm not going to suggest anything Kate1949 except to ask if your hair loss has been diagnosed as irreversible? I met someone (but he was a boy, now a man) who had lost his hair due to an accident causing nerve damage. Sometimes the hair follicles die and nothing will help.

That requires diagnosis by an expert though.

Gail Porter has done a lot of work to help women and girls who have suffered hair loss.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68242161

Thankfully, your hair system sounds wonderful.

Hair loss for women is so much more of a problem than for men. Mine got so thin I shaved my head. Extreme I know, but I never looked back and now it doesn’t worry me at all.

Its not just the loss, but for me, its the white patches on my hair at the roots, the fact that it's greasy a few hours after washing it.

Its so bloody disheartening.

Kate1949

Is it pathetic with all the problems in life that I really can't get over it/get used to it/cope with it?

Not pathetic at all Kate. It’s horrible and when it started happening to me in my 40s I was devastated. I found great mats of it in the carpet. It got thinner and thinner over the years until my husband started shaving his head and suggested I do the same. It was the best thing I have ever done. Family didn’t like it at first but now they are fine with it and it has become who I am. Better, I think, than trying to remedy it through weird and wonderful means. I am now 75 and started giving myself a number one about 25 years ago. Funnily enough, it makes me look younger.

It sounds an excellent solution, sue
I've got a really ugly head though, with moles and lumps and bumps on it.
I think I'd look like a potato that's past its sell by date.

Allira Yes it's irreversible unfortunately. It's been 18 years now. It's time to get over it I think! It has spoiled so much. In this instance I'm not brave . I've used all my bravery up. Thanks for the link. I'll take a look.

alita

I have my first appointment tomorrow with an NHS Dermatologist. It took a lot of persistence to get this appointment and it was only through googling possible causes and remedies that I was able to persuade my GP to refer me. There are medical treatments for hair loss, you should try to access them.

Just a follow up to this, I have been prescribed spironolactone tablets, so lets just see. He was very helpful, and said he has had a lot of success with this treatment.