Okay so I have been going to the Dr since July for my hair loss. I am shedding alot more then normal and new hair is just not filling back in. My scalp also gets a tingling type feeling from time to time that drives me nuts! The Dr never took me seriously, chalking it up to stress and such. After 4 trips and some now noticeable patches of hair loss that I cannot hide anymore she finally took me seriously. I have probably lost 30% or more of my hair at this point. Finally, last month, she ran a full panel of blood work and tested for everything under the sun. One of my DHEA tests came back slightly elevated (the other was DHEA-S which she said covered a longer period of time) and testostrone was normal, although high normal. Everything else came back in the normal range (all the other hormones, cortisol, thyroid etc.) My periods are regular, although I do get some decent cramping so we did an ultrasound to check for PCOS. Ultrasound showed nothing abnormal. Her attitude was basically "yes I can see your hair is thinning but really there is nothing you can do." After more persistents on my part, she finally sent me to an Endrocologist last week.
Again she ran a few more tests that came back fine and said that she thinks I may be overly sensitive to testostrone. I also have some hair growth on my chin and a bit on my stomach. This gal had no bedside manners out all, she was like, "geez your just hairy all over aren't you. I see women with this problem all the time now, too bad there's nothing I can really do to help them!" She wants me to start Yasmin saying that should at least help some and can add spiro in a few months if it isn't helping, but now I am reading how this pill is causing so many people to lose their hair and I am kinda scared to start it. Is anyone having luck with this or is everyone starting it and losing more hair then before? She also mentioned Rogaine but honestly I have heard some real horror stories about missing a few doses and hair all falling out so I am nervous about touching that too.I have no confidence in the system at all anymore! If anyone knows of a good Endrocolgist or Derm in MN (metro area) plese let me know as I am thinking it is time for a switch!
I did lose about 50 lbs over the last 1.5 years and still have about 35lb more to go. At first I thought I was restricting my calories too much but have been taking daily multi vitamins and increasing calories but that did not help at all.
I am a single 29 year old who is REALLY freaked out right now. My self esteem was bad enough before but who on earth is going to want a bald 29 year old! I could just cry. In part because of frustration and part because no one really seems to give a darn. It's almost like a joke to them.
Anyone here ever tried the topical Hair Genesis puts out?
Dawn
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» Okay so I have been going to the Dr since July for my hair loss. I am
» shedding alot more then normal and new hair is just not filling back in.
» My scalp also gets a tingling type feeling from time to time that drives
» me nuts! The Dr never took me seriously, chalking it up to stress and
» such. After 4 trips and some now noticeable patches of hair loss that I
» cannot hide anymore she finally took me seriously. I have probably lost
» 30% or more of my hair at this point. Finally, last month, she ran a full
» panel of blood work and tested for everything under the sun. One of my
» DHEA tests came back slightly elevated (the other was DHEA-S which she
» said covered a longer period of time) and testostrone was normal, although
» high normal. Everything else came back in the normal range (all the other
» hormones, cortisol, thyroid etc.) My periods are regular, although I do
» get some decent cramping so we did an ultrasound to check for PCOS.
» Ultrasound showed nothing abnormal. Her attitude was basically "yes I can
» see your hair is thinning but really there is nothing you can do." After
» more persistents on my part, she finally sent me to an Endrocologist last
» week.
»
» Again she ran a few more tests that came back fine and said that she
» thinks I may be overly sensitive to testostrone. I also have some hair
» growth on my chin and a bit on my stomach. This gal had no bedside manners
» out all, she was like, "geez your just hairy all over aren't you. I see
» women with this problem all the time now, too bad there's nothing I can
» really do to help them!" She wants me to start Yasmin saying that should
» at least help some and can add spiro in a few months if it isn't helping,
» but now I am reading how this pill is causing so many people to lose their
» hair and I am kinda scared to start it. Is anyone having luck with this or
» is everyone starting it and losing more hair then before? She also
» mentioned Rogaine but honestly I have heard some real horror stories about
» missing a few doses and hair all falling out so I am nervous about touching
» that too.I have no confidence in the system at all anymore! If anyone knows
» of a good Endrocolgist or Derm in MN (metro area) plese let me know as I am
» thinking it is time for a switch!
»
» I did lose about 50 lbs over the last 1.5 years and still have about 35lb
» more to go. At first I thought I was restricting my calories too much but
» have been taking daily multi vitamins and increasing calories but that did
» not help at all.
»
» I am a single 29 year old who is REALLY freaked out right now. My self
» esteem was bad enough before but who on earth is going to want a bald 29
» year old! I could just cry. In part because of frustration and part
» because no one really seems to give a darn. It's almost like a joke to
» them.
»
» Anyone here ever tried the topical Hair Genesis puts out?
»
» Dawn
Try the yasmin. its sounds like it would help you. i was afraid of it too and I wish i started it two years ago because its working for me.
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Here is my hair loss story; it is long:
I am 27 years old, and about 6 months ago, I was suffering terribly from hair loss. I was on Yasmin for 5 1/2 years, and stopped taking it to get pregnant. 5 months later, my hair started falling out in giant amounts. It fell out all over my head, all day long, wash or not, brush or not, ponytail or not, constantly. I would say I lost 1000 or more hairs a day for 5 weeks. My ponytail was about as thick as a quarter, not a silver dollar anymore - you get the picture. I probably lost 60% of my hair during that time. It was totally devastating. I was at a loss for an explanation.
I went to a dermatologist. I still think it is from Yasmin discontinuation, but he seemed to think it was from having the flu 2 1/2 months before the hair loss started and having a temp of 103 for 2 days. That can definitely kill hair growth temporarily. I think it took a long time for the pills' hormones to get out of my body, and maybe that explains it. Also, I had bloodwork done, and my thyroid was fine (definitely on the side of hypothyroid if anything, not the hair loss-capable hypERthyriod). My hormone levels were fine, and all that.
I know how devastating this is. I went to the dermatologist, a regular internist doctor, and a naturopath. The naturopath gave me some B-12 vitamins, thyroid herbs, a yeast intibitor, and told me to go on a gluten free diet. All I can say is that when I went to the dermatologist, he told me that I should be losing hair for about 2-3 months, lose about 75% of it, my follicles were fine and not damaged, and it will grow back. I think with the help of the naturopath, the herbs, and the gluten-free diet, I only lost 50-60% of my hair for 5 weeks, not 3 months.
I also started taking a very high dose of natural vegetarian Biotin (5mg, I think, like 20x whatever is daily reccomended), and using Jason Naturals brand Biotin hair shampoo and conditioner. It is like only $8 per bottle of each from the health food store, and it made my scalp feel great immediately. I don't know for sure, but I am willing to bet it helped a little - not with the hair loss (the telogen effluvium spontaneous kind that I had), but with the regrowth.
I am happy to say that 6 months later, I now have what I consider a great head of hair. My hair was always thick and plentuful, and for about a month, it looked like I was sick and balding. I was embarrased to go out. It was not that the hair was thin or thinning, but that it was just dissapearing altogether. Not a month after it stopped falling out (which happened spontaneously the same way it started), I had about 10,000 hairs on my head that were about 1/2 inch long. So frizzy and sticking up they were, but the balding effect was gone - thank god.
I am not a vain person, but I have always loved my hair, and I know how devastating this is for women and young women especially. PLEASE believe me. If telogen effluvium is what you have (all of a sudden type of hair loss), especially after an event (birth control discontinuation, sickness, surgery, death, stress, postpartum, flu, injury, etc.), please believe me. I cried every night and day, and even thought I was going to have to get a wig!
It did stop for me after taking some action with natural remedies. I know it would have stopped ANYWAY, but I wanted to quicken that process. I was SO upset by the whole thing, and I know how upset you are. IT WILL STOP and you will have your hair back. PLEASE DON'T STRESS (impossible, I know). No amount of avoiding hair wash, brush, pillows, will do anything to help you, so don't be going around with greasy knotty hair. That is not going to help you at all. It will just make you even more self-concsious.
Best of luck. I wish I could help more, but just know from one female hair-lover to another, it WILL be okay, and your hair will come back. Within 2 months, your scalp will look fine and unnoticable of the whole event, and within 8-9 months, your ponytail will be thick again. IT WILL BE OKAY!
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