Last night I was planning to ask for some colour advice, and took a photo of the top of my head. When I saw it all thought of colour went rapidly out of my head, because it's terribly thin on top - there is a large circle - maybe saucer sized- where you can see my scalp very clearly. After having a two hour panic I decided hopefully that it perhaps was just the angle/lighting, so asked DH who confirmed he'd been noticing it for several weeks but hadn't wanted to upset me :(.
Im so upset - in my late teens I had an episode of almost total hair loss on my head, but that resolved in about a year with no treatment, and despite being only 18 I don't remember being particularly upset about it - rocked hats, then a buzz cut, and then forgot all about it as it grew back. This time though, the pattern of loss is very different.
I've been on thyroxine for years, so I'm going to get that checked next week, but tbh, I don't have any other hypothytoid symptoms, and I usually feel grim when my dose is off. Gave blood only three days ago, and my iron was fine.
I've very recently lost two stone (deliberately), but I feel very well on that and I am eating MASSES of green veggies at every meal, along with good fats and protein, so I don't think it's that either.
It's just post menopause, isn't it 
? I'm 6 years post menopausal, never had HRT, and I'm guessing this is the dreaded male pattern baldness? I am distraught really - loads of shit going on the last few years, and finally felt I was getting back on track, so while this is nothing, it feels like the last straw. My scalp feels oddly tender as well - not sore, I'm just aware of it- I've been noticing that sensation for maybe a month, but there is no ring worm or anything to see.
Is there anything at all I can do? I can't believe how bad it is, and fear I'm going to be completely bald on top by the end of my 50s.