Hair Loss Pictures - Page 2

Vlal · 08-11-2006, 08:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jaime13

After taking medication for PCOS does your hair begin to grow or at least thicken?

Unfortunately for me - no. However, I am sure that some cysters may have a different experience. I am going to try Nizoral shampoo soon - need to buy some - it helps wash away the DHT that is destroying my hair follicles... apparently! There is a locked thread about it at the top of the Hair in the Wrong Places/Hair Loss section.

V-L

Vlal · 08-11-2006, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mallory

I think that a hair transplant is better than hair extensions. It lasts forever.

I had a hair transplant procedure done about two years ago, and it's great. It really fills in the sparser spots.

My hair is okay now, but I'd like it even thicker, so I would like to go in for another procedure. It's about $4,000 though, which I can't swing right now, so I'll have to wait. But I want it so badly now!!

Mallory - thanks for the reply. I am very interested to know, if you have hormonal hair loss - then doesn't the transplanted hair just fall out eventually for the same reason as the original hair fell out?

Vicky-Louise

Mallory · 08-11-2006, 10:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Vlal

Mallory - thanks for the reply. I am very interested to know, if you have hormonal hair loss - then doesn't the transplanted hair just fall out eventually for the same reason as the original hair fell out?

Vicky-Louise

No! Because the transplanted hair is taken from the back of your head, closer to the nape, where it is not programmed to fall out (the vast majority of DHT hair loss occurs at the temples and/or on top of the head).

I went to Medical Hair Restoration, and I'm sure you could read more about it on their website. I'm not positive of the URL, but if it were www.medicalhairrestoration.com , it would make sense, right?

Mallory · 08-11-2006, 10:29 PM

Vlal, what medications are you taking right now?

If PCOS is treated properly, it should stop most or all further hair loss.

Vlal · 08-12-2006, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Mallory

Vlal, what medications are you taking right now?

If PCOS is treated properly, it should stop most or all further hair loss.

Hi Mallory,

I am no longer being treated - my GP (and other doctors I have been to for a 2nd opinion) refuses to treat it and they say I should be able to manage my symptoms through my diet and exercise. They also don't believe I have hair loss. They think the way my hair looks is normal. I cannot afford private treatment because I have only been back in work since March - I was bedbound/housebound for 2004-2006 due to chronic health problems.

I have always wondered about the HT stuff... interesting to hear that you had it and it worked. I will look at that website. I know there are cysters on here who are under treatment and their hair is still falling out - I believe ScaredSally is one of them.

Vicky-Louse

vancouverNicole · 08-12-2006, 07:24 PM

time for new doctors!

My hair has gotten so much thinner in the last few years, I've already decided i'll get wigs before I let myself get depressed over it though, whenever that may be. wigs are fun!. ..right?

Mallory · 08-13-2006, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlal

Hi Mallory,

I am no longer being treated - my GP (and other doctors I have been to for a 2nd opinion) refuses to treat it and they say I should be able to manage my symptoms through my diet and exercise. They also don't believe I have hair loss. They think the way my hair looks is normal.

Oh no, this is horrible. You deserve a lot more support than that.

Luckily, there are herbs that you can take to control insulin levels and androgen excess that you don't need a prescription for. Licorice is an anti-androgen that controls blood sugar. Cinnamon controls blood sugar. There are many natural treatments that can help..... you should be doing *something* to help your system recover and rebalance.

Have you read any books about herbal healing, and have you been to the natural therapies board here on soulcysters.net?

Left untreated, your hair will continue to fall out, and you are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems.

guineapig · 08-13-2006, 06:19 AM

I will be looking into hair transplant in future also. I have a bushy, outrageous donor area and no temples/front left...thinner on top too. Male pattern. I'm not on any of the drugs now (pg) but will probably do YAZ when I'm done BF. Then maybe order Dutasteride via net...hmm...

Vlal · 08-13-2006, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Mallory

Oh no, this is horrible. You deserve a lot more support than that.

Luckily, there are herbs that you can take to control insulin levels and androgen excess that you don't need a prescription for. Licorice is an anti-androgen that controls blood sugar. Cinnamon controls blood sugar. There are many natural treatments that can help..... you should be doing *something* to help your system recover and rebalance.

Have you read any books about herbal healing, and have you been to the natural therapies board here on soulcysters.net?

Left untreated, your hair will continue to fall out, and you are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes and other serious health problems.

Hi Mallory,

Yes I am already taking cinnamon and a homeopathic remedy which includes Agnus Castus that has regulated my cycle so that I have AF. I have a herbal preparation made up by Bioforce (frmo Switzerland) which controls blood sugar and has to be taken before meals, but recently I keep forgetting to take it! I haven't tried Licorice though. I need to get my diet back under control... because I have some pounds to lose. I also was taking apple cider vinegar - which helped some.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Vicky-Louise

Vlal · 08-13-2006, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by vancouverNicole

time for new doctors!

My hair has gotten so much thinner in the last few years, I've already decided i'll get wigs before I let myself get depressed over it though, whenever that may be. wigs are fun!. ..right?

I wish I could get new doctors, but in the UK we have to go to the designated doctors for our area under the National Health Service - unless you have the spare cash to pay for private medical services.

I would wear a wig if I had to... I know there are things which can be done so that doesn't really bother me - it's the intermediate sparse stage that is cra*py!!

V-L

Smile04 · 08-14-2006, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlal

I wish I could get new doctors, but in the UK we have to go to the designated doctors for our area under the National Health Service - unless you have the spare cash to pay for private medical services.

I would wear a wig if I had to... I know there are things which can be done so that doesn't really bother me - it's the intermediate sparse stage that is cra*py!!

V-L

Hey, im from the UK, I originally had a doctor from my local hospital but he didnt know what to do with me so I asked to be refered to the Womens hospital in Liverpool and now have an appointment in sept. Im hoping they will have better ideas about treating me!

Mallory · 08-14-2006, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlal

Hi Mallory,

Yes I am already taking cinnamon and a homeopathic remedy which includes Agnus Castus that has regulated my cycle so that I have AF. I have a herbal preparation made up by Bioforce (frmo Switzerland) which controls blood sugar and has to be taken before meals, but recently I keep forgetting to take it! I haven't tried Licorice though. I need to get my diet back under control... because I have some pounds to lose. I also was taking apple cider vinegar - which helped some.

Thanks for the suggestions!

Vicky-Louise

I'm so glad to hear that you are getting some kind of treatment!

Perhaps Natural USP Progesterone cream would help, too. Many women with PCOS have low progesterone levels, and low progesterone levels encourage the shedding of scalp hair. Best of all, you don't need a prescription for progesterone cream.

However, USP is an American standard, and I don't know what the UK version of "bioidentical progesterone cream" would be called.....

Mallory · 08-14-2006, 01:00 AM

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Originally Posted by guineapig

I will be looking into hair transplant in future also.

It's made a world of difference for me.

It's highway robbery in terms of price, but I am extremely pleased with the results.

vancouverNicole · 08-14-2006, 07:15 AM

how exactly do hair transplants work?

guineapig · 08-14-2006, 05:45 PM

I haven't had one (yet) but they cut little strips of your scalp and remove healthy, still growing hair follicles. Then they implant them into teeny tiny holes made in the balding areas. Those hairs, in theory, should grow forever. They usually take the donor hairs from the very back-bottom, the areas that rarely fall out in baldness, plus the scar is easier to hide. The problem is, especially with severe hairloss, is there may not be enough donor hair left to really fill in the bald areas. They may move enough hairs to look less bald, but you're still working with a finite amount of hairs.

For me, I shouldn't have that problem, my back-bottom is incredibly bushy and has plenty to spare. And I've seen some incredible "before/after" shots of balding men.

For women with allover hair loss, the process is more complicated. It's easier to just fill in a bald spot next to lush hair than to put little hairs into thinning areas all over the head. But even with women pattern hairloss I've seen some good "before/after" too. I guess you just have to find someone competant, and who has worked on your type before.

Also I've heard that when the new follicles are implanted, the hairs will shed before they regrow again. I think everyone's scalp is a little bloody & ugly right after the transplant?