Recent content by totaldispHAIR

Hi Heatman, Well, for the hormones thing, these won't help you since they're for women: "What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Pre-Menopause", Dr. John Lee "No More HRT: Menopause, Treat the Cause", Dr. Karen Jensen and Lorna Vanderhaeghe. I Highly recommend these books; women...

Hi Scud666, I remember seeing your user name from when I first joined the boards. I wish that I could give you all a "canned" answer that was the magic trick that ended it all for me but I can't. As I mentioned in my original posting, I really focused on controlling my stress and removing...

I promised myself that one day, when this was all over, I would come back and make sure I posted an update so that all of you who are reading this would know that there is hope for you. After close to 2 years of chronic shedding, it's finally stopped. I have tons of new growth coming in...

Maxine, it could simply mean that a new and stronger hair is growing in and it pushed out the baby hair and will replace it. You're doing great, hang in there!

totaldispHAIR If you want to look into alternatives, I've been learning that with hairloss, stress is a big factor as your crown, forehead, ajna, back head and major/minor jaw chakras get overactivated. This can caused "blocked" energy which depeletes the energy that stimulates and supports...

Hi Rozzy, Thanks for asking. My loss is still up and down, but my outlook on it has improved greatly. I posted twice about my visits with Dr. Vera Price, and she has hope for me, says she thinks that what I had was Telogen Effluvium. It doesn't explain why I'm still shedding a lot in the shower (my...

Browneyes, first off, calm down and take a deep breath. I know it's so easy to panic, but the stress *will not* help your hair loss situation. Your low ferritin level is an absolute flag, and low ferritin, especially as low as yours, can cause Telogen Effluvium. This is good news for you, and let me tell...

Hey Rozzy, Congrats on the wedding!!!! I know you were so worried about what you were going to do with your hairloss...I bet you looked absolutely gorgeous! I know for me personally, when I'm under stress, I see a corrolation of increased shedding a few weeks after the stress starts...

Lilith, did you have a thyroid antibody test when you did your thyroid work? A positive test is an indication of Hashimoto's--an autoimmune disease where your body starts attacking your thyroid. This will happen long before you reach thyroid failure, which is picked up on the standard TSH, T3...

Lilith, Did you have your gynocologist look at your results? For hormones, while your results may fall in "normal" range, it's the ratio of the hormones to each other that's what's important. If I hadn't continued to pursue this issue, I never would have known that my progesterone/estrogen...

Re: types of pills, I don't know the list of "safe" pills, I only know that the one I was taking was bad, and that several other women on the boards have had the same experience. You could probably just ask your gyno what type of progesterone is in LoEstrin, and then tell him you want a pill...

scud666, don't lose hope. For a guy, I would think that diffuse thinning is a much better thing than male pattern baldness (relatively speaking, of course), because male pattern baldness is inevitable, but if you have diffuse thinning and it's Telogen Effluvium, then your chances of regrowth are much better. I'm assuming that you stopped the...

LisaG, I believe that hairloss all over the body is called Alopecia Totalis, and it is an autoimmune-related thing. Check out http://www.kertain.com, there is a bunch of info on this subject, and I've seen numerous posts about this topic (you may need to do a search). One person who writes a...

You may want to hold off on Rogaine until you get a diagnosis. Sometimes using Rogaine will actually make your hairloss much worse, depending on what the triggers and factors are that are causing it in the first place. Nov 1st is almost here....drop us a note and let us know how your...

Lori, your iron deficiency is most likely the cause of your hairloss, it's one of the first flags dermas check when you complain of hairloss. If you're not already taking supplements, get your doctor to prescribe something to you *now* and get your levels up. You should be able to recover...