General Chat

Thanks for your post, Carol. I do wish you all the best, and thank you for the list of products you are using.

Never thought this thread would attract so many replies.

Angel

That's ok Angel, interesting to see how commom this is. When I think my son had really long thick hair, and 16 yrs ago at age of 17 shaved it all off, never seen his hair since ha ha. if only women could get away with it.
Carol

Yet again I quote from Take a Break Mag Issue3, page 33

The woman in question is diabetic and on medication and wondered if it was the cause of her hair loss etc
The reply from a tricologist said it was more likely she was noticing a gradual hair thinning as a result of aging or a genetic hair loss. He advised her to see a tricologist for better diagnosis.
There is more to the answer than the above but I just typed a small part.
Take a look when you go in the newsagent before next week as the next issue will be out on Thursday.

Lizx

Hair loss can also be a symptom of under-active thyroid. Look it up on Google. There is a lot of information there. Diabetics should watch for thyroid disease, as it is another glandular problem.

Interesting to read the later replies. Just got up after Swine Flu.

I was tested for thyroid probs, which I was certain would be positive, but they came back negative. Have never had a perm in my life, the only colours were rinses when I was nineteen.

Angel

I have been tested for thyroid too and doesn't seem to be a problem there.

I do use colourants on my hair and have done most of my life, started using the newer 10 minute one when it came out so wonder if it is causing the problem. I don't think so really, I am sure it is genetic remembering Mum and my Gt Aunts hair in their older years.

Lizx

Today I have been to see my GP who took me off steroids six weeks since. He admits there is nothing else he can do for me (great), but has referred me to a dermatologist. No trichologist in the area apparently. I have an appointment for the beginning of March, and will keep the thread updated.

Best wishes to you all.

Angelsong

Please do update, my hair falls out more than our long-haired cat's and I am always picking hair off my clothes. Only noticable effect is hair line slightly receding. Have psoriasis of the scalp, which may be part of the problem.

I did go to see a dermatologist ,She thought it could be hereditary and also the tablets I'm taking Simvastian,Cardicor and Ramlpril.
My GP thought that it was nonsense and he'd had reports of increased hair growth....umm
but he did say that stress can cause hair loss....me stressed never !!....pmsl

this is a few of many web sites about the medication i'm taking and hair loss....

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http://www.spacedoc.net/statins_hair_loss.html

Yes, statin drugs contribute to human hair loss. Most of the drug companies have even admitted this when questioned by statin users noticing that hair loss is accelerating since they started taking statins, but their disclaimers do not emphasize this fact simply because most people consider hair loss as very important, so hair loss becomes a threat to marketing.
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http://www.interchemist.co.uk/drugs/c/cardicor.html

Cardicor
Known Side Effects
Bronchospasm, low blood pressure, cold hands and feet, slow heart beat, tiredness on exertion, sleep disturbance, heart failure, thrombocytopaenia (reduced platelets in blood), gastrointestinal upset, hair loss. If skin rash or unexplained dry eyes arise, gradually withdraw drug. Any adverse effects should be reported to the Committee on the Safety of Medicines (CSM).

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http://ezinearticles.com/?The-Effects-of-Ramipril-and-Hair-Loss&id=514963

Ramipril works by causing blood vessels to relax, lowering blood pressure and increasing the supply of blood and oxygen to the heart. Although effective at intended use, there have been concerns about the sides effects of Ramipril. One of the concerns is the side effect of Ramipril and hair loss.

Angelsong I will look in to see how you go on.

I take no drugs except sometimes 5htp which is a natural antidepressant, and I have in the past taken kelp tablets too and seen some hair growth then. I also used to take Vit b, the yeast tablets at the time, as they are supposed to help too.

I can't decide if I have a slight regrowth at the mo or not so am going to ask to see a specialist so that they can advise. I do suffer from flaky scalp and have been prescribed Nizoral shampoo in the past but that just used to strip the hair colourant out. I haven't coloured my hair since Sept because of my fall when I hit my head on the ice so have more than 2" grey roots showing, it doesn't look too bad as I had my hair cut in a short bob last week but definitely shows where the blond colourant is on there and then the pepper and salt roots.


Lizx


following deletions are me, stupid board seemed not to accept submit post so I tried again and got three identical posts lol

Thanks for your posting Liz. I'm having trouble getting my replies to go on thread.

Interesting about kelp tablets, I had forgotten about kelp.

All the best

Angelsong

Good afternoon ladies
I had an appointment at the hospital 2 weeks ago and the registrar decided to decrease my thyroxine as he said it was too high and he thought sometimes hair loss came with too much thyroid!!! I am not convinced
Well I had a most interesting morning. I now have a beautiful head of hair. My own has been failing for a few years and my husband has been quite worried for me with our daughters wedding coming up. Well I finally gave in and we went to a special shop. Now I feel and look so much better and all I have to do is give it my new wig a shake and it is back to looking beautiful(well almost).
I never dreamt it would come to this. But I do feel better.
A friend came to tea this afternoon and her daughter used to cut my hair....... she thought I'd been to a new hairdresser or coloured my hair again after 2 years of leaving it to nature. She was amazed when I told her the truth. She said it looked good and she had no idea it was a wig.
Then my daughter popped in after work and she did a double take and said how much younger I looked and was pleased for me too.

Well the lady in the shop said it was alopecia and unlikely to grow back with my other health issues.
I got the tax taken off my purchase and everything I bought.

I will let you know how I get on and comments made too.

Linda :o) XxX

Linda, I am so pleased you have your wig and got such enthusiastic comments about it too. I wish I still had the one I bought years ago, it was my original colour but I think I sold it to a friend of mine way back. It was pageboy style so would have done a treat. When I wore it it was because I hadn't had time to do my own hair, but oh dear, so embarrassing. I wore it to go out to a dancehall, and had this lovely lad smooching with me, he would keep stroking my hair at the back tho, and every so often I had to tug the fringe to get the wig back in place lol I don't think he realised tho but I beat a hasty retreat as soon as the dance finished lol and hid in the cloakroom for a while lol
I have a hairpiece that fixes on with a comb, like a ponytail, that makes me sad as again it was a perfect match for my own hair colour and now I am so grey and couldn't possibly use it.

An elderly lady who has died now, asked if I wanted her wig that she no longer bothered to wear, she had little hair but didn't mind much at the age of 88 bless her. I brought it home and washed it but it isn't really a style I ever wore and not sure I would feel comfy in it. Might dig it out and try it tho.

Got a message from my doctor when I just emailed her to ask if she had heard about the vit d jab, she was supposed to find out how long it takes to have an effect.

This was her response (she was awake too and online lol)

"did check it out. The problem is that this is a very new treatment and they said that they were finding that patients were not feeling better instantly but as it was so new they did not know how long it would take.

When I hear anything further I will let you know."

I will be seeing her soon so will ask her to look and see what she thinks, I do seem to have some tufty stuff about half an inch long that won't lie flat so might be working!

Lizx

Liz your "half inch fluffy stuff" sounds most encouraging.

Angelsong

I am hoping it continues to sprout, lol and that my hair looks better this summer than last year.

Lizx

Well I saw a riend on Friday for tea and although she knew I was thinking of having a wig she thought i'd had my hair "done". I did tell her as she recommended the shop. She said it looked really good.
In the afternoon I saw somebody else that I haven't seen or a few months, she was actually bringing a Christmas gift. Well she said how much better I looked and had my hair been highlighted!!! No I didn't enlighten her.

Yesterday I met up with my daughters future mother in law and her Mum to go and get some things or the wedding in June. Again they said my hair looked nice.................... had I had a change and had it coloured. I did tell them as they will be around for the wedding.

I hope to go this week and get a second wig so I'll not be let uncomortable i one blows away while I'm on holiday or whatever. Not really it fits like a very snug hat and I haven't felt it would come of at all.

I'll keep you posted.

Linda :o) XxX

We went to dinner at a neighbours last night.I thought how nice 'E's hair looked.She has had very thin hair where you c an see the scalp.She is only early 50s .I am pretty sure she was wearing a wig and it looked fantastic.

I do wish I had kept the dark pageboy one, I remember buying it in Peter Robinson's in the late 1960's so it might have looked a bit motheaten by now lol

Lizx

I have been to see the Consultant today regarding my hair loss. He had a good look at my scalp, said it was in good condition, and that there was no other cause for the decreasing hair loss other than ageing.

I asked several questions, could I put rollers in, use a hairdryer, and put conditioner, and mousse on it. He said it would make no difference, and that one hundred hairs per day were lost from our scalps! He also advised me to stop using Regaine, which is a relief, as it costs sixteen pounds per private prescription. He wanted to know how much stress I had in my life.

So, no remedies, sadly, but wanted you all to know what transpired.

All the best to you all.

Angel

Angel, well I suppose it's a relief to save the Regaine cost and know nothing you are doing or did will make things worse.
I don't think I lose 100 hairs a day so maybe I am worrying too much and making things worse. I am sure it is the stress I am under that causes mine altho I know it's partly hereditary as Mum's was the same, altho I suppose she was quite stressed too with one thing and another in her life, including having me for a daughter, my brother's said the worry about me caused her heart attack!

I must admit I do seem to have a lot of short hairs sticking up all over, so unless lots more hair is breaking off at the same point, it looks as if the vit d worked and new stuff is growing. Now if no hair fell out and the new hair carries on growing my parting might look more normal soon and not like someone has stormed through a cornfield leaving a great wide pathway lol

Have a wedding to attend in August so want it to look better for that as I don't think it will be a hat type of wedding, mind I could always do different as the Norfolk saying goes lol

Lizxx