Thinning hair

[MissLou]

Hello Geeks,

just wondered if anyone has any advice or has this problem themselves. I have noticed my hair has become finer over the past couple of years but in this last year it has gone a LOT thinner, now i decided myself to get some vitimins for hair, skin and nails to help with this and alhough i am quietly panicking i'm hoping this should be all i need to give it a boost, until yesterday when my mum was tonging my hair for me she commented 'oh my god you hairs so thin i can see your scalp!' :sad: Now i am panicking as also a work collegue commented the other week, 'oh i didnt know ur hair was so fine'....so being a hairdresser i obvioulsy do stress my hair with colours, heating etc but the last couple of months i havent touched the ends with any colours ive left it alone and i dont use ghds everday religously... i have a varried diet, i think i eat quite well, i try to eat healthy in the week with meat, veg etc the weekends arent so strcit but i dont sit down sweets everyday, i do regular exercise...please help, i can tloose my hair!!

 

[Tomme]

De stressing is a major factor, have you any reason to be stressed? The world keeps spinning, air is readily available to fill your lungs and love is free not much else really matters.
I'd go see a doctor and ask to be referred to a specialist who can do tests and check you out thoroughly. Xoxo

 

[MissLou]

Aw thanks, yeah thats what i thought but to be honest i dont stress too much, not majorly, i have mini panicks but then give myself a kick up the bum reminding myself lifes to short much like what you said, so not sure that would be a factor really...i have just tried to make an apt with my drs but surprise surprise an only fit me in when im working. Will get checked out though, maybe i am lacking in some major mineral or something. Pretty scary tho as ive always thought once things start showing in your hair or skin, nails, thats when there is a real problem inside...without sounding like a drama queen. Just want to fix myself! Cant be ahirdresser with horrible naff-nothingless hair! lol

 

[Tomme]

Hair is one of the first to show iv found. Since the dr found out my very low blood iron (I only went when I was so exhausted I would sleep 12 hours a day and would often have dizzy spells through the day) and put me on supplements my hair has gotten a lot of strength back and more volume, I hadn't realised how limp and brittle it was as I must have been low a long long time xoxo

 

[MissLou]

Oh blimey, good job you went and they detected it. I'll go and get checked out, I notice very occassionally i'll have mini dizzy spells or giddy moments but hardly at all so i've never really thought much of them but I have had a couple this week so who knows, must lacking in something....Glad you got sorted tho hun!!

 

[Tomme]

Oh blimey, good job you went and they detected it. I'll go and get checked out, I notice very occassionally i'll have mini dizzy spells or giddy moments but hardly at all so i've never really thought much of them but I have had a couple this week so who knows, must lacking in something....Glad you got sorted tho hun!!

Worth asking for a full blood test, it could be the same reasons, my dizzy spells came on slowly, started when I would get out of a hot bath, then if I had been standing too long, and after a while for no reason at all. I don't eat meat so he said its most likely because of that and iron in veg isn't any use to the body as it can't be absorbed from veg, so I'm on a daily tablet (possibly for life) that sorted it all out. You don't realise how run down your body gets until
It's been perked back up. Xoxo

 

[Scissorz]

My hair thinned drastically to the point I had a massive bald spot on one side when I was 21!! I went to the docs and had a full set of bloods done, I was so scared it would be alopicia (if that's how its spelt) anyways it turned out I was deficient in folic acid, I took 2 tablets a day for a year and my hair eventually grew back!! Its not as thick as it once was but I don't have any bald spots now, definitely worth a trip to the docs it could be anything

 

[MissLou]

Hi geeks,
I just thought I'd give you all a little update on this. I went to my drs eventually when they could fit me in and I was told that I needed to come back for another appointment as all my symptoms was too much to be discussed in a ten minute appointment! I don't know what you think about that but personally I thought that was disgusting as I only go to the drs when I really have to, last time I went was probably a year ago.

Anyway they got me a set of blood tests done about three weeks later called up for the results didn't get anywhere with that so I'm none the wiser!!! I don't like to slate these drs as I know they have a lot to deal with but come on!

Sooo I will go back and just check on that but in the meantime I researched online my symptoms and tried to monitor my body myself.

My symptoms keep coming back as some form of diabetes, I'm not sure I have that it feels like a very mild form of that if that is even possible but after experimenting with certain foods I have worked out what works for me.
and for the thinning hair my skin also kept breaking out which would knock my confidence and stress me out a bit...so I just thought right start from the bottom I must be lacking in these basic vitamins/nutrients so off I go to boots, I buy vit E and at a later date acne relief vitamins and have tried very hard with my diet, cut down a lot on sweet things and my skin is glowing and my hair is much better!!!! Yeah!!! a couple of people have commented on how nice my skin looks(amazing!!) and although my hair isn't anywhere near thick it feels better, feels like it has a bit more structure to it lol

So if anyone out there has a similar problem I urge u to try simple vitamins first, it could be mind over matter but for me it's working like a dream so far, feel so much better in myself and healthy

Hugs xxx

Ps sorry for the long post and the slight rant at the beginning x