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[Pennyfarthing]

Would having short hair improve the over-all look PF?

What have you taken exactly  - what's the base ingredient?

No, because I am hopeless with fiddling with hair.  I like to stick it up and leave it.

it's Biotin plus a load of vitamins. 

[CLKD]

Are U expecting results soon? 

[jaycee]

I  have to make another appointment, nothing showing as wrong, taken Biotin. also vitamins and viviscal, no different, viviscal are very expensive too
I cut my own every 2 weeks, or it would be down to my knees lol
Short hair wouldn't make any difference ,because of where the patches are
It would show even more
I don't know about anyone else,but i get very annoyed at people saying "it's not as bad as you think" when i know very well it is

[Pennyfarthing]

Pennyfarthing if I still had a normal hairline that's what I'd do. Unfortunately I've lost so much to alopecia around the margin, if I did that I'd resemble a pineapple  I'm stuck with a short bob which is absolutely NOT what I'd choose if I had any choice!

Jaycee I think what people mean is that to THEM it isn't as bad as you think. Honestly I don't think anyone else either notices or cares what our hair looks like. Its only a problem for us!

I said earlier on here that I went for lunch with 2 cousins.  One cousin has also let her hair go grey now (she's 10 years older than me) she used to dye it a rich brown. I told her how nice it looks and my other cousin has always had fine, fair hair in a bob which in later years she has put a blonde rinse on.  I told her her hair always looks lovely and she said ?well this part isn't mine is it??  I hadn't a clue what she meant and then she said the top part is a 'topper? like men have!!!  I honestly would never have known.   She said it had got so thin you could see all her scalp and she hated it.  So I guess you are right in that nobody notices except yourself. 

[jaycee]

Stellajane,people DO notice,and i think it is very patronising of people to say it isn't as bad as we think,when we know very well it is,especially when there are almost bald patches
I have sent for a topper twice, but my hair isn't bad on the top,it is at the back below the crown,
I let my hair grow longer on top as it does help a bit to cover the lowr part,but the crown still shows bare,although in front of the crown it is fine
The ones i have sent for.and returned are nothing like my colour,and looked very false
I have to see the dermatologist again on the 12th of March,[earliest i could get]
Talking to a lady today whose sisters hair fell out with stress,but did grow back,so keeping fingers crossed

[Pennyfarthing]

I don't know where my cousin got her topper from but it was amazing and I had no idea it was one until she told me. 

I think another good thing if you have hair loss is to have your hair a lighter colour.  My friend has quite severe hair loss where you can clearly see all her scalp but she used to dye it dark brown and it was very noticeable.  She has now gone several shades lighter and it looks much better.

[Pennyfarthing]

Can you maybe find out penny?if they?re good,I'd buy one for my daughter

i will ask her Jaypo.

[CLKD]

Look at Trevor Sorbie's web-site too.  He's a hairdresser from the 1960s who concentrates on wigs for those who have undergone cancer treatments etc..   [mynewhair]

Yesterday I saw a woman with thinning hair, it was in dreadful condition too.  She would have benefitted from a good shampoo and scalp massage and a close cut, rather than long, lank hair to her shoulders.  It was obvious that she had undergone many colouring treatments which won't have helped.   My thought was 'how awful'  .  I had a friend in College who had her hair shaven close to the head which looked great ......... I saw a girl with a similar style recently with a bright purple streak across the top.  Would I dare   

I was thinking of this thread as I dropped off to sleep, eventually  .  My choice would be a complete shave, a good scalp massage and let it grow with lots of TLC. 

[CLKD]

So do they!  If you read and her name escapes me - but she is currently getting a lot of TV space in various art programmes: she refuses to be defined by her hair as an Afro Caribbean woman.  I believe that many cut their hair then wear a wig so that they can have straight hair rather than their curly natural looks.  When we walk along the various market stalls in the ethnic area there are masses of different styles to be bought. In lots of colours 

[CLKD]

I get there, eventually 

This is the girl I was thinking of, she presents a programme about lost masterpieces with Bendor Grosvenor.

Emma Dabiri is an Irish model, BBC television presenter, visual sociology researcher, and teaching Fellow in the Africa department at SOAS. She has published in a number of anthologies, and is the author of the book, Don't Touch My Hair.  which I must get a copy of!

[CLKD]

I think it's great!  Also the girls with small braids all over their heads sometimes with ribbons in.  Must pull a bit though 

[jaycee]

I have sent for toppers to try, but can't find one in my colour, they are usually a very gold or brassy blonde, but will keep trying
Spoke to a lady last week whose sisters hair fell out with stress, which i am told mine probably, and she said it did grow back, but took quite a long time

[CLKD]

jaycee - why not talk to a hairdresser?   They are used to dealing with hair problems. 

My FinL saw a man's hair turn completely white in an instant due to shock 

[CLKD]

This man had a bomb go off beside him.  He went white.  Instantly.    Some people don't believe that it can happen  .  But FinL was there.

I have tried wigs in saloons B4 altering a hair style.  Gives a shock when I look in the mirror 

[jaycee]

It would be no good just trying another style because the bare patches are in different places,
There isn't a wig shop here, but i have been to one in another town about an hour away.even the toppers were very expensive,and i don't want a full wig, as i have a lot of hair where it is still growing
I can cope at the moment because i can wear a hat, but i want it sorting for summer
The longish hair i have does help to disguise it a bit, indoors, but wouldn't in windy weather