Recent content by tortelilni

It all depends on why she is losing her hair, but it sounds hormonally related. What do you mean by allergic to minoxodil? My inital reactions were some heart palpitations, but they went away over time, even though I moved up to the 5% solution.

I have another post in this forum about how my girls and I all seem to have less hair. My 8 year old and I have the exact same loss pattern. I figured the cause must be environmental, or some disease we all had. I have just spent about 5 straight hours researching- environmental causes...

What happened that makes you think it does?

Okay, maybe I'm crazy, paranoid, and looking for trouble, but for weeks I had been feeling that my 2 girls' (ages 4 and 8 ) hairlines had been looking odd. I kept dismissing the thought, because clearly, obsessing about my own hair was just making me see it everywhere. But tonight I did a...

krazy -j- how did you decide to get a wig? did you get one before you totally needed it? how much loss made you decide it was time? tort.

Teester and others- I am so sorry. I understand how surprising it is to think of yourself as someone NOT obsessed with your appearance, and then realize how losing a part of it would be more devastating than you might imagine. once in college, I got a perm, and it didn't take. I went...

My Dr. told me, under no uncertain terms, do Beta blockers cause hair loss. This is not what I have read here and elsewhere. She did not want to perscribe anything that had to do with hair. She focused on my scalp and perscribed a shampoo and steroid topical for my dermititis. "but...

I realized I am going through the rograine waay too fast. Mostly because I must not be methodical enough- anyway I did have some heart pains, which is when I started being more careful. What kinds of heart issues?

Hello! I used the pill years ago. After my second child (hah- i almost typed trial!), I was taking a few different medications, and the thought of taking the pill seemed like one more chemical. I went with the new IUD available, and after reading here about the effect the pill can have, I feel...

I thought I did register? Maybe it was after my post. :roll: I see my doctor (primary care) tomorrow. She's decent, but after years of HMO care, I always feel like I'm going in to make a court case. I don't want to be obnoxious but I want to show her what I found. I have always had a...