Female hair loss

A question about : Female hair loss

Good evening all

Are there any other females out there with thinning hair?

Do you have any tricks up your sleeve to make your hair look thicker and maybe stop it thinning any more?

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• It depends on your hair style / length but I have a Babyliss big hair rotating brush which dries and styles your hair, its really good for adding volume, use a blob of hair mousse and it does a great job
  I have read that head massage can also help, never tried it myself, but I think certain essential oils mixed in carrier oils are supposed to help. Rosemary seems to be one commonly suggested, as I said I have never tried it. I think you have to be careful with using essential oils and know what to use for what and ensure correct dilution percentages etc.
• Lush do a shampoo bar called new hair and I find it seems to help with itching from hair loss and I like to think it improves re growth but that might be in my head.
  I vary my parting if I get alopecia patches.
• In reality . . . there isn't much you can do to hide hair loss without it being blatantly obvious to everyone except the village idiot types.
  Hair loss is only a problem if you allow it to knock your confidence & self esteem.
  If you look around you, you will see that not everyone who suffers hair loss hides it with expensive yet ineffective 'snake oil' type remedies.
  In fact, it's the ones who try to hide it that seem to enter into a never ending, downwards spiral of low confidence/self esteem caused by an ever increasing need to desperately cover up the hair loss.
  People with hair loss don't have a problem. It's the people who find people with hair loss somehow inferior who have the problem !
• My hair became much thinner after taking the pill for a few months. it's noticeable around the parting and where the parting feeds into the crown of my head. Makes me hugely self conscious.
  I discovered Toppik a year ago and I swear by it. It's PURELY a cosmetic treatment, but it really works, and it's imperceptible. It's hair fibres that bind to your own hair, making it look fuller and covering any areas of exposed scalp.
  It's sold in Boots, but much cheaper online (though still not particularly cheap!) but worth it for me. Obviously the first port of call though is to establish why hair is thinning in the first place.
  Best of luck
• Thanks guys, ive had all the blood tests and the doc says androgenic alopecia - and just sent me on my way
  Main problem areas are the front hair line which is pretty bad and for a while have been in a pretty dark place because of it all. Its hard to describe to someone who hasn't had hair loss as a female how bad it knocked me
  Babbawah, your comments are excellent and just the kick up the bum I need to stop wallowing in it, and just get on with life.
• Here you are pickledonionspaceraider, hope this helps.
  Androgenetic hairloss is caused by a combination of hormonal factors and genetic susceptibility. In individuals who are genetically predisposed, normal circulating levels of dihydrotestosterone (an androgen hormone) send a message to the androgen receptors on the scalp, telling them to make the hair shorter, smaller in diameter, and lighter in colour. Eventually, the follicles shrink to the extent that no more hair is produced.
  Minoxidil (Regaine) is the most effective treatment for this type of hairloss. It takes approx. 4-6 months to see results. It is important to have reasonable expectations as regards the effectiveness of the product. Even if it does not regrow hair, however, it should prevent further hair loss. Scientists and doctors are not entirely clear on how minoxidil works. It was first used in the 1960s as a blood pressure medication, but had the side-effect of stimulating hair-growth. It may have to do with increasing blood flow to the follicles, but no other blood-pressure medication has had the same effect,
  There is an increasing awareness of the possible effectiveness of topical ketaconazole in addressing hair loss. Ketaconazole is an anti-fungal found in Nizoral shampoo. It acts as an androgen receptor agonist. This means that when it is applied, it attaches itself to the androgen receptors in the scalp, crowding out the dihydrotestosterone, which is then unable to send its 'thinning' message to the receptors. The 2% strength shampoo should be used every three days, and left on the scalp for three minutes.
  While circulating levels of androgen may be normal, it is reasonable to consider the choice of BCP, in case a less androgenic option is available.
• My mum has this issue, and has been using the above product on private prescription with reasonably good results. She's also been using the Cerafill shampoo & conditioner alongside it which is designed for thinning hair: https://cerafill.redken.co.uk/
• I've got this too, it's at the front, and is more visible in indoor lighting. My husband says he can't see what I'm on about but when I pointed it out to a colleague she could see it, though hadn't noticed it herself.
  I'm only 31 but I have an underactive thyroid which I think is partially responsible. I just want to stop it getting worse.
• Hiya, talking from experience with this, have you had your Vit B12 levels checked? Also make sure your bloods ARE normal and not low or borderline like GPs don't tell you ...as it could be treatable if that's the case! Always ask for print outs of your bloodwork (sorry bloomin GP's make me cross for this!) x
• Hi there, my latest bloods came back as low vitimin D levels and high prolactain, although I was told not to worry about either of these, other than to take vit D and calcium daily
  the did investigate the prolactin issue up to a point, sent me for a scan to ensure there was no tumour on my pituitory gland (sorry about the spelling) and luckily all clear, and then they stopped investigating why the prolactin levels were so high
• Thank you Grebe much appreciated