Thinning Hair

[atthewelles]

My hair is getting really thin and my hairdresser has advised me to use Nioxin. I'm not finding that it makes much difference but she said to persevere.

Has anyone used this and found it worked?

When my hair became thin my GP told me to look back on the last 18 months to see what was happening in my life and I may find the cause of my thinning hair - essentially loads of stress and a crap diet.

So whatever you try you need to keep it up for many months before you'll see a difference. I think improving your diet is probably as good as anything....and ditch the stress.

Get your thyroid function and iron levels checked as well. I lost loads of hair when I was severely anaemic following serious illness, but it all started growing back as soon as my iron levels came up.

Thyroid and iron have been checked and are fine.

Vicki this has been happening gradually over time. The past year has been very stressful (had major operation and my father died) but it started happening before that. I also eat a pretty okay diet.

Thanks for replying though. If anyone else has any experience of this I'd appreciate hearing about it.

Oh this has been the bloody bane of my life recently... i have had a good 5 months of it now and only in the past few weeks has it dawned on me what has caused it.

I had blood tests and thyroid checked - all perfect, in fact, high levels of iron etc, thyroid very good. I improved my diet. I took various vitamins. I spent a fortune on various potion, lotions, shampoos, serums, conditioners etc... my hair was very thin...it's fine anyway but it got the the stage where i couldn't wear it down/straighten it or anything really. It was almost see through in parts and frizzy.

I then realised that it was due to the highlights I'd had. bleach ones, 4 lots in about 9 or 10 months last year. All professionally done - but still. Throw in my GHD habit and blasting it with a hot hairdryer and that was the cause... I basically killed my own hair.

I have started using aussie moisture shampoo. I have stopped using serum. I have stopped straightening it. I have stopped using the hairdryer - now i use the babybliss big styler. I have started slathering it with food grade coconut oil < £7 a tub in waitrose, apply to dry hair before you shampoo out a few hours later > and FINALLY it is SLOWLY improving.

So try and think how you treat you hair, just to give you an alternative as to why this has happened.