Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 I am on straight Armour, taking iron and my hair fallout is increasing like crazy! combat boots. Not a bad Idea! It did feel like I was starting the "battle" all over again yesterday.Just when I thought I finally on the right path.(and SHE was a big part of getting me there)She made me feel as if I were imagining much of it.She gave me the "hair isn't the most important thing"speech. We need not be concerned so much with aethetics....WHATEVER. That's easy for her say...She could share her hair with three other people!I'm still a fairly young woman, with a long way to go.It would be different if it were something that no onecould see. Maybe I'm being shallow, but I'm just notready to accept that answer.Thanks for the laugh topper!I needed that.Chriss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 8, 2004 Report Share Posted January 8, 2004 So, why would my hair lose be increasing so much? Re: combat boots. The vanity of the hair loss has very little to do with it... yes, itsucks to lose hair.. but the IMPORTANT this is the why.... it doens'tjust fall out for no reason. As a doc she needs to be concerned with thewhy and determine what it is and do what is necessary to correct it.... What a jerk!Funny? I'm serious... good heavy boots are needed for some of thesemorons!Topper ()On Thu, 08 Jan 2004 12:45:35 -0000 "chriss80631" writes:> > Not a bad Idea! It did feel like I was starting > the "battle" all over again yesterday.> Just when I thought I finally on the right path.> (and SHE was a big part of getting me there)> She made me feel as if I were imagining much of > it.> She gave me the "hair isn't the most important thing"> speech. We need not be concerned so much with aethetics....> WHATEVER. That's easy for her say...She could share her > hair with three other people!> I'm still a fairly young woman, with a long way to go.> It would be different if it were something that no one> could see. Maybe I'm being shallow, but I'm just not> ready to accept that answer.> Thanks for the laugh topper!> I needed that.> Chriss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2004 Report Share Posted January 10, 2004 Hi ---You know what I'm wondering? Since my thyroid status is less hypo now, after 6 or 7 yrs of being that way constantly, my hair is now shinier, with some of the oil back in it, yet, it now has no body to it. It is slightly wavy still, but no body. When I was more hypo and had a ton of hair with it all dried out, it had this wonderful body to it, even though it was like dull nylon. What IS this floppy hair now? I take Evening Primrose forever now, with other Omegas, my vitamins, etc.... but it is still oilier (which I should be grateful for I know) with absolutely NO body left in it. Sometimes I think I want the hypo hair back! Tx Re: combat boots. Gang - I am hairdresser/colorist going thru thyroid stuff - my hair has come out big time. If you have any specific hair related question I will be happy to assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 For years in the salon I have met people with thyroid conditions and people that have gone thru chemo and have new hair growing in. This has all started happening to me in the last 6 mos. So having seen it on my hair myself, thyroid hair is different. When I felt it on my clients, especially home color clients I always felt like the fell they had on their ends, like being coated, was a result of home color use. Repeated overlapping of color. But, now going thru this, I know this may not be the case. Mine being short was very coated. It felt like Barbie doll hair. What was left of it. Did not seem like any gel, volumizer, paste or hairspray helped it. I cut it shorter as I stated. The shampoos I once used, still left it feeling dry. So I switched to more moisturizing ones. I am not on treatment yet. A great shampoo that you will have to ask your hairdresser about is Nioxin - it is a growth stimulater system that contains a shampoo, conditioner and scalp treatment that will make sure the poor are not clogged. It is a very cool antiseptic menthol feel and the scalp treatment you can actually feel the heat increasing circulation to these cells in your scalp. And that is what you want. When hair falls out, the cell producing the follicle may just become inactive for awhile and this product will try and "wake up" that cell. And it has been quite successful without having to add on another med. Like I said this is natural. I don't know the state of your hair at this state, let your hairdresser check it out. If the hair is still feeling like barbie doll hair on the ends, I would not even risk perming it. If your hair has started to feel like "normal" hair again - she must make that decision. Hair that is not healthy because of our health, will never ever look healthy after a perm, if it takes at all. Color is a different story. For instance, I don't mind touching my scalp up to cover my grey, since that is regrowth, but I would not overlap onto my previous colored hair. I hope this helps you. I am sure your hairdresser knows your hair very well, and with you on treatment your hair may be feeling better and thru your consultation, she will be able to advise you. Good luck, Re: combat boots. Hi, , Okay... I am 57, Hypothyroid/Hashi's, the thinning hair problem before starting Armour is not completely gone. My hair still appears thin, the dryness has improved somewhat, but I also keep it pretty short now. I am not "prematurely gray", I am going platinum! Yikes! hair color change (losing pigment) can be related to Hypothyroidism. Of the commercially available products that will not clog the pores on my scalp, which ones would be good ones to try? My hair tends to lie "flat" and straight if washed and dried without using something for "body". What do you think? BTW, I see my hairdresser on Tuesday and would like to let her know about your suggestions. I do not color my hair, but have in the past with disastrous results -- scalp burned and hair turned to straw even when no bleaching is done. Ugh! Would love to get a perm to help things out here, but I get burns from those, too. Any ideas for me to try? DianneAt 12:11 PM 1/10/04 -0600, you wrote: Gang - I am hairdresser/colorist going thru thyroid stuff - my hair has come out big time. If you have any specific hair related question I will be happy to assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2004 Report Share Posted January 11, 2004 - Thank you for bring up what I was talking about barbie doll hair - you girls know what I am talking about. Your healthy hair now is feeling like it is supposed to feel. I don't know the natual color of it - but I can tell you things like highlights can give you body. There are some great products out there like Bumble and Bumble makes a great line of non coating thickening shampoo, thickening conditioner and thickening spray that works wonders with body without coating. I am glad to hear your hair turned around. You may need to switch hair products only and consider highlights. Have you thought of other options? Re: combat boots. Gang - I am hairdresser/colorist going thru thyroid stuff - my hair has come out big time. If you have any specific hair related question I will be happy to assist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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