Annas

I have been lsoing hair for 6 years now, but feel that I wasn't taken seriously because I had such THICK hair to start with. I've lost it in a diffuse pattern, so it's taken along time to tell. Now it's very thin, but I have hair that tends to have "frizz body", so it looks twice as thick as it really is. For example, after I wash my hair and it dries, it seems "fullish" and I *might* even go out like that. But after just a half day of so, it flattens and if I put it in a low ponytail (which is how I mainly wear my hair), the diameter of the pony is like *maybe* a dime.

Am I making sense?

Anyway, any others feel the same? Like you're not believed because you don't have huge bald patches (yet)?

UGH!!!!!

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Who countest the steps of the sun,
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the traveller’s journey is done;
Where the youth pined away with desire,
And the pale virgin shrouded in snow,
Arise from their graves and aspire;
Where my sunflower wishes to go.
Sir William Blake

DeannaJ

a few years ago I went to get my hair cut and I noticed that my hair was coming out in clumps as the stylist combed it after a wash.

I have extremely thick hair and I lose a lot of it, but I've just recently been diagnosed with PCOS and never really had an issue with hair loss because my hair is so thick and wavy.

Since I've been diagnosed, I'm starting to notice things that I never did before. I still have a ton of hair, but it definitely isn't as thick as it was 5 years ago (I'm 34) and my gray hair is extremely prominent and it's getting worse.

I feel like I'm paranoid noticing all of these symptoms that were never really prominent or obvious before, but I'm positive I'm having hair loss, especially in the front of my head.

My diagnosis is only a few weeks old and I haven't started Met or anything yet (going to see my doc on monday for a follow up after my bloodwork) and when I get on met (I'm not really going to give my doc a choice in the matter) I'll watch and see how my hair loss goes. I'm hoping that if and when my hormones get to changing that the hair loss will stop.

I totally know what you mean because all these little things make you feel like you're just crazy for noticing them, even if they seem minor.

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PureLife

I've had very think hair my whole life. Numerous times I've had it thinned out. I use to be able to gather all my hair up and not be able to get my hand wrapped around it. With in the past year I've noticed a huge loss in hair. When washing it, my hair seems to come out by the handful.

My stylist said I would have to lose a lot before people would notice. Well, I notice and I hate it. My Dr. refuses to give me any meds so I'm currently trying alternative medicines and hoping they work.