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[su]

Hi..... For the last 3 months ive lost about 50% of my hair, its rapidly falling out, im too firghtenend to even wash it now.  Im 54 going through the menopause.  I havent had a period for 6 months now.  Any suggestions welcome please

[su]

thank you for your post.  I am seeing my GP on thursday and will go from there.....

[Katia]

Mine has thinned too. I find if the hormone balance isn't right it's worse. It also seems to be worse on my few days off Utrogestan. Your GP will probably check your iron as that can cause it and thyroid too. Sea keep helps and so does regaine.

[DaisyB]

Hello Su - just wondering if you got anywhere with your GP? Hoping things are improving for you.

[murgatroyd]

Hi Su
Good luck with the GP. I too have lost about half of my hair. I have to try not to get stressed as I know that causes a big shed about 3 months later. My blood tests came back normal. If you want to cover thin spots or a wide parting, I'd recommend hair fibres (I use Toppik). They conceal the scalp are pretty much invisible & come in a range of colours x

[sofasurfer]

Hello,

You might want to try the following.
You can buy caffeine shampoo from Poundland for £1 or get it from Boots.
https://www.boots.com/alpecin-caffeine-shampoo-250ml-10081360

There is another brand called Plantur 39 Caffeine Shampoo, conditioner and tonic which are expensive. You might want to watch some you tube video on caffein remedy. You could rinse your hair with coffee in the morning? I know some people cannot do caffeine anymore after hit by a wonderful (!) menopause but if you can tolerate...may be worth a try?

Research paper
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5804833/

Then, I have mixed 1% (baby dosage) Rosemary essential oil into a mixture of Argon oil, Coconut oil and Castor oil. Rosemary oil is supposed to be stimulating. Castor oil is supposed to encourage new growth and there are BEFORE and AFTER youtube video if you do search. Castor oil in itself is very thick so I have added Argon and Coconut oil to make it appliable. Both oils are also good for your hair.

All the best. 

[Oolong65]

I too suffered the same problem with hair loss. The crown of my head was the worse part and my hairdresser would always give me a good head massage to get the blood flowing in that area which did help. I tried Hair Loss multivitamins with iron and yes they improved the quality of my hair for a time, but not the loss.

The turnaround for me was when I mentioned my problem to a herbalist I was seeing for other matters. He prescribed a Revitalising scalp tonic which contains aloe vera, fenugreek, rose geranium and rosemary.  I soaked my scalp at night and washed it off in the morning. There is a slight 'curry' smell from the tonic . My hair gradually went from dry and crispy to lush and the hair loss was significantly less. I still check every time I wash my hair and yes there is some loss but nothing like it was before.

I'm not sure where else you can buy this product but if you are interested the details are: New Health horizons herbal practice Tel: 01847 894991.  They will post out to you.

Oolong65

[sofasurfer]

I think the Plantur 39 (I think its called) MAY help a bit - but not enough to justify the expense for me I'm afraid!

The hair shedding drives me nuts, I'm forever cutting hairs away from clogging the hoover. Funnily enough though I was thinking back to my teens when I had really thick long hair and it must have shed a lot even then because I can remember my mother cutting the hair out from her old vac with much grumbling - I just laughed then though of course 

With me its definitely hormone related - if I finally have to stop taking oestrogen I'm fully anticipating having to wear wigs.

May be it's the type of hoover you have?
I have long hair and my hair does shed but it has never clogged or had the need to cut it off. 
I don't have the upright type though because that's just too heavy for me.

Actually, wearing wigs is in fashion nowadays. You should take it with stride.
Look Beyounce.... Victoria Beckham and all them people don't grow their hair so long over a week!!
Have fun switching from curly to long slinky hair etc.

[sofasurfer]

Yeah I hear you but I'm getting to old to be interested in all that. I'd love to have normal hair and just have a nice short haircut!

Longer hair makes you look younger.

[coldlittleheart]

I've used Plantur 39 for awhile and it did stop the shedding, but didn't encourage new growth much.

I switched to Roots Extreme Clean shampoo, I found it in Superdrug and I use a conditioner by a company called Deciem, the sub brand is Stemm. Both these things together have not only stopped shedding but I have a lot of new growth and the conditioner is amazing. My hair was never thick to start, but having a little more on top helps!

[Annika]

Reading what Oolong mentioned about seeing a herbalist I have bought herbal home made shampoo,conditioner and treatments from Etsy.com which have been very very mild for thin hair. Maybe worth a look around on there.