Since LHC has been down, i posted on the bb of a wonderful thing thats been happening to me. I ditched chemical color about 6 or 7 months ago, and use only henna and amla. Though i occassionally use sls shampoo for clarifying, my daily routine has now been to take a daily multi with biotin, wash with queen helene mint julep, and use vo5 condish. I use V7 Hair oil (tea tree, carrot, oilive, sunflower) at night, bbb that through gently, and brush my scalp (it feels great personally). For detangling when wet and during the day for hair fixes, I only use a conair WIDE tooth comb.

With quite some amazement, in my once receeding temples, i had fine babyhairs whorling, which are now an inch long. My "widows peak" in front, which had been gone since my twenties, is returning with light baby hairs (that i notice the second i rinse out henna, OMG hair!).... around my ear fronts, and the back of my neck.

I am absolutely astonished, quite frankly, but wanted to check in with it, that its still going on, and though my hair as a whole seems no different, these new hairs are quite shocking to me.

Oh, Kirin, I'm so happy for you! I'm delighted that you found an answer that works. :)

Hi Kirin, that is wonderful news to hear, and congratulations to you!:)

I´m happy for you!Have you also been massaging your scalp?I thought that that really could stimulate new growth.

Kirin that is exactly what happened with me too, although I no longer use henna those same baby hairs are now several inches long :) it would be interesting to know if it is down to stopping the chemical dyes or the henna, or a combination of both, whichever, its a pleasure to see them there :D

That's great news! I'm so happy your hair is coming back in.

That is great news Kirin. It isn't too often that a receding hairline fills up (I wish mine would) so it is truly an achievement!

Do not discount the V7(?) oil either.

CONGRATULATIONS, KIRIN!!!! That's wonderful! And thanks for sharing the tips!! I have this problem (minus the dye), so I'm certainly going to give these steps a go!

Tell me, where do you buy the Queen Helene mint julep? Do you go through their site?

Thanks very much, and again, well done!!:D

I am really really happy for you. I have a terrible receeding hairline too which has been haunting me for over a year now. Congrats!

The mint julep I get at Sally's, its under three dollars for a 16 ounce concentrate. It has protein (i think) but whatever kind it is doesnt bother my protein sensitive (hateful) hair.

The V7 oil, was something i found in a sample size at a local ethnic hair beauty supply, "Hair Town". I cant find any information on it, except it has Carrot oil, Olive, tea tree, sunflower and an acetate of some nature....... it is the ONLY oil i've found to work on my hair. (smells great too). It was a 99 cent sample bottle (i think it will last me six months) but I think i better stock up before i cant find it again. Its by "natural products, inc." in New York. i cant find any information on it.

I havent been "massaging" my scalp more like brushing, at night only, for a long while but gently and smoothly with a boars bristle brush after i oil, sort of pressing at the scalp. I suppose that might be considered scalp stimulation.

My once exhuberantly oily scalp is now just fine...... not oily, not dry, no itchies, no flakes, nothing. Its a pretty happy head. Granted, i still have hair fall in the shower daily that vexes me, but it might be normal daily shed that now that its getting a little longer i notice, and didnt before.

my hair growth in the once devoid regions isn't overly flourished, but its definately there. It may be from a combination of gentler handling, vitiimins every day (never took one before this), and kicking out a lot of chemicals, and whatnot. Though I am a F/1b, i wish i had MORE hair......... i'll take what i can get.

New growth is an exciting thing, especially when it's the kind that's filling in areas! :D

I've noticed the same thing happening numerous times when I've stopped using chemical hair dyes. Using the chemical hair dyes pushes my hairline back/out and the longer I go without any scalp applications, the more my hairline will come down again. I'm convinced that chemical hair dyes thin your hair from the scalp as well as from breakage, so I would say it's because of not using hair dyes rather than anything else.

Thanks for sharing that information and congratulations!