Lisa R
November 29th, 2017, 06:03 AM
Hi all,
I've been debating to even bother writing a thread about this but I really hope someone on here may know what may be going on with my hair.
I've had blood tests done and also seen a naturopath to help work out what's going on. Nothing has improved my hair so far. It's been like this for nearly a decade.
I'm 37 yrs old now and when I was in my 20s my hair was a normal thickness all over. My hair has never been thick but it's never been terribly thin either. My husband and I went to live in a third world country for 3 years in my mid to late 20s and my hair deteriorated while there (I also went off the pill) It started to look thinner and looked like it constantly had regrowth but the ends were always thin.
Fast forward to now. I've had two kids. My youngest is now 5yrs old. During pregnancy my hair would go lovely and 'thick' and I would hardly lose hair. When both babies were born I would have terrible shedding for a long time. Sometimes it felt like it went longer than a year with shedding lots.
Now when I try and grow my hair I have nice normal thickness down the centre back of my head but at the front on either side of my head my hair is quite see through and gappy. I'm not shedding. It doesn't look healthy or normal. I had my hair trimmed recently and the hairdresser took a few inches off the back but on the sides she hardly had to touch as it hadn't grown. I always seem to have a lot of regrowth going on all over my head but it never seems to reach the ends especially on the sides. I keep my hair shoulder length now as it feels and looks thicker to keep it shorter. I'm just really baffled why my hair is doing this and has been for years. I don't lose much hair during the day so it's not a shedding problem I believe.
I've been a part of this group for many years and know the do's and dont's with hair. There's no rough treatment or breakage going on. I kind of feel like maybe it's hormonal or minerals out of whack? My naturopath didn't think it was hormonal cause my periods are normal and emotions are normal. She thought it was a lack of protein as I'm vegetarian and put me on a protein powder especially formulated for hair loss and hair issues. I've not seen any improvement in hair and I think my protein level is perfectly fine.
Who knows? It's a mystery and kind of annoying as I don't want to grow my hair longer as I hate the way it looks longer as it accentuates my non existent sides! My hairdresser said I have a mullet going on!
Anyway, any wisdom or advice would be greatly appreciated❤️
I've been debating to even bother writing a thread about this but I really hope someone on here may know what may be going on with my hair.
I've had blood tests done and also seen a naturopath to help work out what's going on. Nothing has improved my hair so far. It's been like this for nearly a decade.
I'm 37 yrs old now and when I was in my 20s my hair was a normal thickness all over. My hair has never been thick but it's never been terribly thin either. My husband and I went to live in a third world country for 3 years in my mid to late 20s and my hair deteriorated while there (I also went off the pill) It started to look thinner and looked like it constantly had regrowth but the ends were always thin.
Fast forward to now. I've had two kids. My youngest is now 5yrs old. During pregnancy my hair would go lovely and 'thick' and I would hardly lose hair. When both babies were born I would have terrible shedding for a long time. Sometimes it felt like it went longer than a year with shedding lots.
Now when I try and grow my hair I have nice normal thickness down the centre back of my head but at the front on either side of my head my hair is quite see through and gappy. I'm not shedding. It doesn't look healthy or normal. I had my hair trimmed recently and the hairdresser took a few inches off the back but on the sides she hardly had to touch as it hadn't grown. I always seem to have a lot of regrowth going on all over my head but it never seems to reach the ends especially on the sides. I keep my hair shoulder length now as it feels and looks thicker to keep it shorter. I'm just really baffled why my hair is doing this and has been for years. I don't lose much hair during the day so it's not a shedding problem I believe.
I've been a part of this group for many years and know the do's and dont's with hair. There's no rough treatment or breakage going on. I kind of feel like maybe it's hormonal or minerals out of whack? My naturopath didn't think it was hormonal cause my periods are normal and emotions are normal. She thought it was a lack of protein as I'm vegetarian and put me on a protein powder especially formulated for hair loss and hair issues. I've not seen any improvement in hair and I think my protein level is perfectly fine.
Who knows? It's a mystery and kind of annoying as I don't want to grow my hair longer as I hate the way it looks longer as it accentuates my non existent sides! My hairdresser said I have a mullet going on!
Anyway, any wisdom or advice would be greatly appreciated❤️