What women's hair loss products have worked for you please???

[Anothernamechanger1]

I had another thread about me losing hair. Iv had a very stressful few months and wasn't looking after myself aswell as I normally do. It's the crown and at the side although it's the crown that is the worse and more on one side. Iv over hauled my diet and taking various supplements (upped my iron big time etc) I have been using rogaine for women for approx 2 weeks each night and using the plantur 39 shampoo. I don't think it's coming out as badly as it was and I know it will take a few months before the hair grows back. What shampoos/tonics have you used that have helped please?

Toa

[retainertrainer]

Bumble-look on Amazon for ferrous fumarate.

[justilou]

Sorry OP - I've been away. I bought a folic acid/iron/iodine supplement in Germany. It has 100 micrograms of iodine. Check out pregnancy supplements as well. I think Elevit has iodine. You don't need much.

[Anothernamechanger1]

I have, I shall give kalms another go I think!

[Anothernamechanger1]

Bumble I may be wrong but I don't think you can take ferritin, that is something to do with protein and the way iron is stored, so you need to take iron. I take the fereglobin and have just bought off lamberts online something specifically for women and their hair, higher dose of iron, biotin which we need. And a few other things, it's called fluorisine.

[ihave2naughtydogs]

OP , I am tired some days but don't know if the kalms are to blame for it. Tiredness wouldn't stop me from taking them, my hair is more important lol

[bumblemouse]

Thanks retainer. I'd be happy just to take the ferritin for a few months without a blood test if I could just find the stuff online.

Going to try liquid feroglobin too - someone said they're taking floradix - is that the best combination?

[retainertrainer]

Bumblemouse-I don't think you can demand a blood test but I had one recently because I was experiencing extreme tiredness/lethargy so you could see your gp and say the same.

[Anothernamechanger1]

I just so happened to go to the doctors in July as Iv had wierd bruising and doctor couldn't explain it so decided to do very through bloods (all came back fine) I just happened to ask her what my iron and ferritin and thyroid was like and she said 'fine'. Although to be fair they would probably have been even lower done in August (when u noticed the losing of hair )

Thanks I have, I used to take kalms but found it made me a bit groggy in the day? Perhaps if it helped my anxiety I could deal with the groggy if if helped my hair grow back.

[SpeckledyBanana]

For me, the shedding has slowed right down.

[ihave2naughtydogs]

I suffer from alopecia and usually have a patch somewhere on my scalp when I'm stressed . I decided to do something about my stress and I've been taking kalms for the last 3 months ,my hair is growing faster and thicker with little hair loss .

[bumblemouse]

Can you/do you just demand a blood test for ferritin?

[Anothernamechanger1]

Ever green my GP was also useless. It was only really coming on here and researching about ferritin levels etc that I knew where I needed to start!

[Anothernamechanger1]

Ha is that a word speckledy?! Love it. Did you find it helps re growth or prevents the excess shedding at all? I do like it.

[SpeckledyBanana]

Plumpfier hair.

[Evergreen17]

Oh dear
My hair has been thinning for ten years and it is so bad
But whenever I have seen the GP they dont do much and I am just so embarrassed
My mum and sis have the same so I kind of thought to accept I will beed to cover my head soon

[Anothernamechanger1]

Right. I have used the Nioxin today. Hair feels nice. What benefit have you found from using it?

[SpeckledyBanana]

I got acne on my face from T Gel shampoo, I guess it just spreads when you're washing it off.

[Anothernamechanger1]

Yes I agreed with that poster about the acne although I don't know how putting it on your scalp or just eyebrows/lashes would give acne ? Unless she perhaps was smearing it in the eye brows and it got onto her skin surrounding area. Or perhaps she was using it on her face, as many do. I can't use oils on my face, I had to have roaccutane a few years ago because of my skin, so I also, am put off because of that. I'm currently sporting 3 spots along my jaw on one side when I haven't had any big ones for ages!!!!

[SpeckledyBanana]

I have, but having spent £60 on useless Nourkrin supplements when all this kicked off I've learned to stick with one big thing at a time, to be honest. Also I'm prone to the odd spot and the poster who developed cystic acne put me off....

[Anothernamechanger1]

Thanks speckledy, I'm going to use it tomorrow. Have you seen the castor oil thread? I bought some, seeing people rave about hair growth but I then googled and came across a website where people said it made their lose worse and even made them lose eye lashes (when using on them obv) so I don't think o should try that.... Although I'm desperate

[SpeckledyBanana]

Leave the shampoo and conditioner on for a few minutes, otherwise no special instructions.

I don't bother with the sunscreen as I tend to wear hats in sunny weather.

[Themoleisdead]

bluehorizonmedicals.co.uk

It is possible to get private blood tests to check for iron levels etc.

Also be aware that that the standard TSH test for thyroid may be in the "normal" range whilst you are still getting symptoms.

[2kids2dogsnosense]

I'm losing tons of hair, so am marking my place for when I get a chance to read this thread properly.

[bumblemouse]

Is it worth buying the set of three different things or is just the shampoo ok?

[bumblemouse]

For non coloured hair would you buy Nioxin 2?

Is there anywhere to buy higher doses of ferritin online or does it have to be gp? I can't find more than 5mg.

Does the vitamin D really help?