Hi im 57 and my confidence is zero im depressed,feel alone and know no-one (female)who has hair-loss.My hair started thinning on top in my 20s.A hairdresser told me to see a tricologist which i did (for 2 years) and wasted a lot of money.In my 40s i was sent to NHS hospital and was told it was ,male pattern hair-loss, that it was inherited and that Minoxidol "may" help.I used it for well over 10 years and was scared to stop it as they say all your new hair will fall out (although i was,nt actually sure if there was any) i,ve stopped it now for 6 months and see no difference.I live in Wales and made an appointment months ago to see about a hair transplant,i cancelled it last miniute when i read that the new implanted hair can SHOCK your own hair and some may fall out never to return.I also knew i would get upset and have to come home on the bus red-eyed.I had ovarian cancer 9 yrs ago and cannot take HRT although to be honest my hair started thinnining well before then.For the last 20 odd years i have worried how my hair looks and how people see me,like another lady who posted i saw the complete make-over on UK tv where a lady with less hair than me was given a head full of thick shiny locks (although by having a good look on their web-site it requires shaving the front of your head to stick the new natural looking new hair on.)This i could face but it required going back to have it stuck back on as often as the growth of your own hair made it lift.Going out for a night on the town would be a nightmare to me. Im so glad i happened upon your web-site today reading others stories and knowing that they too feel like i do.I too feel people are talking to the top of my head not me.So badly i wanted someone to talk with i sat by a lady on the bus (about my age) who had thinning hair, i plucked up the courage to ask her if it bothered her at all and she said that it did,nt, how i wish i could be as confident.Please reply if you feel the way i do and if you dont feel the way i do please tell me how to think the way you do.Thanx
Lady57's Story - (male pattern baldness can anybody help?)
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Cassin
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Hi
you should check out our sister site...
www.heralopecia.com < they will get you set up!
diffuse propecia
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Re: Lady57 with male pattern baldness can anybody help?
heralopecia.com is the sister site to hailosstalk.com and has much more females posting there than here, the majority of the people posting here are male, it is more likely that you find people to relate to and who will understand what you are going through on heralopecia.com although you are welcome to post here, and I am sure a senior poster will be around in no time with some advice.
heralopecia.com is the sister site to hailosstalk.com and has much more females posting there than here, the majority of the people posting here are male, it is more likely that you find people to relate to and who will understand what you are going through on heralopecia.com although you are welcome to post here, and I am sure a senior poster will be around in no time with some advice.
sandra dawson
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Hi, I am 61 years old and have been suffering from hair los for approx[YouTube] 5 years. I have just registered on this site tonight and read your story. I have applied to my local PCT to have a partial, I suppose wig fitted, it is I think what you had mentioned. If I am successful I will have to go to London and I will also have to attend approx every 6 - 8 weeks, but apart from but that then I will appear to have a normal head of hair which will be wonderful. I don't know whether you have actually been to the clinic, but when I went they held one of "wigs" against my hairline and when I looked in the mirror it was amazing it looked like a totally natural hairline, I was astonished[/YouTube]. This treatment though is quite high maintenance though and costs approx £5000 per year to maintain. To be honest the only other alternative is to go for a full head wig and as the base of these wigs are very very fine you have to have all hair shaved off before they can successfully fit these wigs, but once fitted they stay on ALL the time apart from when you need to have hair reshaved every 6-8 weeks, apparently when ladies go to have their heads shaved the trick is they do not look in the mirror, still very scary though. I agree this condition is very distressing though. I think it will be good to be able to communicate with other women who are also suffering from hair loss.
Hi, I am 61 years old and have been suffering from hair los for approx[YouTube] 5 years. I have just registered on this site tonight and read your story. I have applied to my local PCT to have a partial, I suppose wig fitted, it is I think what you had mentioned. If I am successful I will have to go to London and I will also have to attend approx every 6 - 8 weeks, but apart from but that then I will appear to have a normal head of hair which will be wonderful. I don't know whether you have actually been to the clinic, but when I went they held one of "wigs" against my hairline and when I looked in the mirror it was amazing it looked like a totally natural hairline, I was astonished[/YouTube]. This treatment though is quite high maintenance though and costs approx £5000 per year to maintain. To be honest the only other alternative is to go for a full head wig and as the base of these wigs are very very fine you have to have all hair shaved off before they can successfully fit these wigs, but once fitted they stay on ALL the time apart from when you need to have hair reshaved every 6-8 weeks, apparently when ladies go to have their heads shaved the trick is they do not look in the mirror, still very scary though. I agree this condition is very distressing though. I think it will be good to be able to communicate with other women who are also suffering from hair loss.
sandra dawson
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Hi, it's Sandra here I seem to be having trouble in sending you a reply to message you sent me. If you can send me your e'mail address via a secure message I will send you a mail.
Hope to hear from you soon
Sandra
Hi, it's Sandra here I seem to be having trouble in sending you a reply to message you sent me. If you can send me your e'mail address via a secure message I will send you a mail.
Hope to hear from you soon
Sandra