Cont... http://www.siteskins.net/naturalradiance/3.html She has said no international orders but has made an exception for me being in Canada. I hope you're week is going great! I go to see my doctor tomorrow for my blood tests. I'm making a list of questions for her and I hope she will refer me to an endocrinologist. The fact my thumb nails are so ridged and deformed makes me wonder if it's not linked somehow. I have noticed I'm getting regrowth that looks thicker the strands but it's sporadic. I have a feeling it may be the lazor comb but not sure. If you're still shedding maybe even five mins is better than nothing for treatment times. I also lather coconut oil extra virgin cold pressed and rosemary essential oil every night on my scalp and hair. I started this in dec.
Good morning Dominique, My name is Connie. Your latest post has truly given me a renewed strength in accepting my hair loss. I have been losing hair for over a year now, I have Androgenic Alopecia. I have seen the endocrinologist & dermatologist. I have tried every supplement & over the counter hair treatment out there, sadly no change. My loss is mainly in the form of a receding hairline and overall thinning. Just this past week I decided to wear a hair band to hide the hairline. I also went out and bought an adorable monofilament wig. I have battled depression through this. I came to the point to where I was mentally and physically worn out from trying to hide my receding hl. with hair spray, not possible anymore. My bangs are too thin now. I would like to ask you how long it took to feel comfortable not wearing anything on your head around your husband at home, or do you? I take my headband off at night around my husband. This just started a few days ago. I am blessed to have a husband that truly loves me, hair or no hair. I notice that as soon as I take it off around him I am not totally myself, still very self conscious. I am also having a hard time looking at myself in the mirror now that I am developing that "balding look". I am a Christian and know that who I am is on the inside, not my exterior. Do you ever get used to seeing yourself bald or thinning? I want to be able to look at myself and see a beautiful lady, hair or not. I would sure appreciate any helpful advice. God bless you Dominique! Connie
Hello Connie -Thank you for your kind words regarding my last post. I spoke only from what I have experienced in my own hair loss and what I have observed from other women suffering hair loss. Of course mourning our thinning hair or loss is an ongoing process, at first we don't even notice the amount of hair that we are losing and once we do realize the seriousness of the on going shedding, we are grief stricken and not quick to accept it and move on with our life. But hair loss is being researched more than ever before and there is hope for a cure in the not to distant future. maybe not soon enough for me at my age and stage of loss but certainly yours since you have only been losing your hair for a little over a year. It is very important to not give up the fight and that is what it is "a knock down, drag out, no holds barred fight" to save as much of your hair as possible. First, you need to have a good hair loss doctor who will do more tests and prescribe the right meds and course of action to help you keep the hair you have left. That was one of my mistakes, I assumed after a few years that my hair loss was as bad as it was going to get and that I only needed to learn to live with less hair, no with out intervention, it will often get worse, as research have proven, it will often continue to thin and finally the hair follicles die altogether. After many years I finally realized that and I now am on a DHT blocker and I use Rogaine regularly along with my Theradome Laser routine. I also take a B complex vitamin along with Vitamin D 3 and not long ago I started taking Viviscal Professional. All these things are to keep what hair I have left. My bang is very thin but then my sides and top have thinned out too. Over the years I have learned many tricks ( as you are learning) to hide the loss but some days are just bad hair days and a head band or beautiful head scarf is my " GO TO " for those times. I have suffered some depression over my hair loss, kind of a " WHY ME" since I am one of 5 sisters and they all have beautiful heads of hair even in their later years. But I have always believed in rolling with the punch's and so I continue to fight the GOOD FIGHT to win this war of hair loss!! I do not feel the need to hide my hair loss from my husband so I never wear anything on my head at home. He has seen my hair when it was thick and lovely and he has also watched it as it has thinned over the years. He has often told me that his attraction to me is not based on just my hair and that he doesn't even notice my hair loss to any great extent. So I feel very loved and blessed to have him in my life. But I also have noted that men in general do not notice or put the emphasis on a woman's hair that we women do, it is our glory and we feel it is one of our most attractive features. I too, do not like to look in my mirror at my hair loss, I still hold out hope that it will improve over time and I believe it has improved some but not a lot yet. I have found a company that makes human hair volumizers and bangs that I like, its called " EASIPART". I bought the volumizer and like it, you might like the BANGS that they offer. They are on the internet. I hope that I have answered some of your questions and have given you some hope for your hair in the future . Please write me back with any thoughts or concerns you might have, It has been a pleasure getting to talk with you! Dominique
Good morning Dominique! Thank you so much for your uplifting words. I am at the point to where I have finally accepted my hair loss, I am at peace now. I haven't lost all hope of regaining some of my hair back. I do have some new growth along my hairline but not enough so I won't have to wear a hairband or my adorable wig. I wear the hairband most of the time and I have to say that it looks fashionable, LOL!! I don't have to wear concealers or use hairspray when wearing it so it is what's healthiest for any chance of regrowth. I still am self conscious around my husband when not wearing anything on my head. We have only been married for 6 months. He knew about my hair loss while dating for over a year and it was never an issue, still isn't, I am very blessed. However, I don't feel pretty on the outside anymore when not wearing anything on my head. I know that true beauty comes from our soul, that's really who we are. Soooo.... I'm assuming that in time the "balding look" won't be so shocking to me or my husband, it is most certainly a process, though not easy. Does your husband ever voice to you that your hair loss does affect him at times or is it never an issue? I'm so afraid that my husband will lose his physical attraction for me. That fear causes me not to be my confident self around him when wearing nothing on my head. I would so appreciate any words of wisdom Dominique. God bless you, Connie
Hi Connie - I have been having problems getting a message to you today, but I will try once more. I have been having this hair loss issue for decades but it has only gotten very noticeable in the last 5 years and I can truthfully say that my husband is just as attentive and appreciative of my hair and my looks as he has always been, which is a lot, LOL. He doesn't hesitate to let me know (through word and gesture) that he finds me attractive on a regular basis. I often go bare headed at home in the evenings without feeling that I am any less attractive to him than when I wear my VOLUMIZER or a head scarf or headband. He has always been aware that I felt less attractive with less hair and we have talked about it often, as I have tried and am still using many things to improve my loss. He has said that he understood my concerns but he has also said that to be truthful, "he hasn't noticed much of a change in the amount of hair that that I have AND he has also always said that " I and my hair are just as beautiful to him today as they were the day we met!" Now that was many years ago and my hair and my looks have truly changed a lot since then so I guess the old adage is true, " LOVE IS A LITTLE BLIND"!! BUT I ALSO BELIEVE that any man that truly loves a woman will continue to see her through his love filled eyes and never see much hair loss, weight gain or wrinkles and I believe you are also blessed to have a man like that , who truly loves you for WHO YOU ARE DOWN DEEP and finds you very attractive for that reason and more. I know that in this current youth and beauty crazed time, it is all about perfection in looks, but thankfully, we are not from that time and are valued by our loved one for more of a deeper kind of beauty as well as our outer coverings. So be brave, take off your headband and relax in the evenings with your beloved, life is so short, make sure to enjoy every minute of it!
