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I lose a handful of hair every day. During serious illnesses it is evenworse. But strangely I'm not getting bald. I had beautiful and full hair up until I was in my 40s. Menopause and the loss of estrogen are why most women start to lose their hair. Doc said try biotin. All it did for me was give me nails of steel! No change to hair. Now 72 I wonder when I start looking like my grandmother did when she died. White hair makes thin hair look thinner. I'm still salt and pepper.
I was very sick last year and all the medications had me losing hair like crazy . I started taking biotin daily and I added a shampoo with keratin. My hair is so much thicker now and very curly .
For years, I've had very bad alopecia over most of the center of my scalp. I have more bald area than area with hair, but fortunately so far I've been able to comb the surrounding the long hair I have over the age bald area. When I wear a ponytail no one knows there's no hair in the center. (And my temples are really thinning.)
The dermatologist never had any real hope of arresting it, and certainly not having my hair grow back. Some treatments would have been painful (steroid scalp injections) -- and all were expensive, and not likely to work.
I've already decided if there's a time where I can't cover up the balding, I'll just wear wigs, and keep on moving on.
Years ago, I went through the emotional distress of accepting it. I actually was quite vain about my hair. It REALLY taught me a lesson about what's really important health-wise and what's not. I learned......It's only hair.
My hair falls out like crazy. Luckily I had extremely thick hair when I was younger. It's a benefit now, but I am worried what I will look like in ten years or so. Handfuls fall out when I blow dry or wash my hair.
I am getting less hair now. Part of the problem is thyroid. I wash almost daily with shampoo that has low sulphate and condition the ends of my hair. Washing more frequently and brushing the hair keep your hair/scalp clean so new growth will happen.
My hair began thinning in my 60’s. I’ve tried the usual—biotin, keratinique(sp?), thickening shampoo, rogaine for women. Nothing made a difference. My grandma and mom had the same thing happen so I think it’s just hereditary for me.
I began noticing thinning (wider parts) on top about six months ago (I'm in my late 70s) which means it's been probably happening gradually and I didn't notice it.
I have fine straight hair and so I do worry about what will happen going forward.
Can't use any products on my hair except a fragrance-free shampoo. No conditioners, mousses, sprays, etc. Never colored it. I went through chemo in 2010, my hair first grew back in spectacular Helen-Mirren-silver soft curls (I was thrilled, lol), then four months later my usual mousy-brown-with-gray straight hair came back. I never colored my hair, and my last "body perm" was back in the late 1980s probably. All my life I have had naturally straight hair but at least it was always thick.
I've been on a very restricted diet for the past 5 years, so am probably missing some nutrients etc for sure. Gut can't tolerate multivitamins though. I may try taking some pantothenic acid and/or biotin separately though. If the touchy tummy allows, of course. That's the permanent ongoing issue for anything I ingest.
I figure that if/when worse comes to worst, I still have a stack of really pretty cotton voile headscarves from my chemo days. And hats.
There is an OTC version of Rogaine for women, I would think that's your first best step. It's OTC, so unless you say drink it, you can't do any real harm (else it would be prescription). It's not very expensive.
Although checking thyroid and any other medical issues would be a good idea too.
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