bluebird
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Hi everyone,
My experience is not remarkable, but I'm feeling alone and needing to find out if there are other people who are in the same situation.
I'm 30 years old, and yesterday I made my first trip to my dermatologist about hair loss. She gave me some advice to eat more red meat, use Nizoral shampoo and handed me a prescription for monoxidil.
My friends say they can't tell my hair is thinning, but I know it's about half of what it used to be, say 10 years ago. Most of my life, I had VERY thick, wavy hair. Now, it's quite thin, and the texture has changed. There used to be these coarse, dark kinky hairs interspersed here and there within my mostly blonde hair. Now, those hairs are gone and what I do have is all baby fine and nowhere near as plentiful.
I know there are people on this forum who have experience a lot more loss than I have, but I believe this is only the beginning. My father has the standard dad horseshoe of hair remaining, and my mother (the scary part) has little coverage, particularly on top. I want to stop this before I reach her stage.
My boyfriend has been extremely supportive. But even that doesn't stop the swell of emotions -- from anger at myself for waiting so long to start doing something to shame at my vanity (it's not a cancer diagnosis!) to confusion about what to do.
I haven't filled my monoxidil scrip yet. I've heard a lot about the laser comb (ironic given the only thing I've used lasers for in the worl dof hair is removal from another area). But I worry about spending lots of money on a hoax. Or suffering some other damage/problem from radiation from the comb.
I'm anxious to start solving this. If that's even possible.
If you're in the same situation, or if you're well-read and experienced and have advice or information for a newbie, I'd love to hear from you.
My experience is not remarkable, but I'm feeling alone and needing to find out if there are other people who are in the same situation.
I'm 30 years old, and yesterday I made my first trip to my dermatologist about hair loss. She gave me some advice to eat more red meat, use Nizoral shampoo and handed me a prescription for monoxidil.
My friends say they can't tell my hair is thinning, but I know it's about half of what it used to be, say 10 years ago. Most of my life, I had VERY thick, wavy hair. Now, it's quite thin, and the texture has changed. There used to be these coarse, dark kinky hairs interspersed here and there within my mostly blonde hair. Now, those hairs are gone and what I do have is all baby fine and nowhere near as plentiful.
I know there are people on this forum who have experience a lot more loss than I have, but I believe this is only the beginning. My father has the standard dad horseshoe of hair remaining, and my mother (the scary part) has little coverage, particularly on top. I want to stop this before I reach her stage.
My boyfriend has been extremely supportive. But even that doesn't stop the swell of emotions -- from anger at myself for waiting so long to start doing something to shame at my vanity (it's not a cancer diagnosis!) to confusion about what to do.
I haven't filled my monoxidil scrip yet. I've heard a lot about the laser comb (ironic given the only thing I've used lasers for in the worl dof hair is removal from another area). But I worry about spending lots of money on a hoax. Or suffering some other damage/problem from radiation from the comb.
I'm anxious to start solving this. If that's even possible.
If you're in the same situation, or if you're well-read and experienced and have advice or information for a newbie, I'd love to hear from you.