Please help me sort out my crap thin hair

[CautiousOptimist]

My hair has always been quite crap (fine, thin, curly but not in a good way) and now it’s just awful. I’ve lost loads, no bald patches but it’s thinner than ever with lots of baby hair regrowth, ick.

I know all this is normal (post babies, pre menopause, post Covid, who knows) but I really want to improve it.

What can I do?

Skin hair and nails vitamins? Collagen? Biotin? Iron supplements? Olaplex? Nioxin? Happy to try anything really but can I do any or all these things at the same time? Is it dangerous to mix a multivitamin and specific hair vitamins for example? Can you overdose on Vitamin C by mixing vitamins?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Yes!! You can overdose on vitamin C!

You can even overdose on water if you drink enough.

Please be careful!!!

I had a hair thinning issue due a health problem some years ago.

This shampoo helped
www.lookfantastic.com/kerastase-densifique-bain-densite-250ml-duo/11535280.html?affil=thggpsad-bundle&switchcurrency=GBP&shippingcountry=GB&shoppingpid=BF17_kerastase&thg_ppc_campaign=71700000067178067&adtype=pla&product_id=11535280&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI35j-vJCc9wIVVeDtCh3YmALNEAQYAiABEgKvYfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Also well woman max vitamins 3 for 2 at boots about £20 a pop.

Try things like this first.

Shampoo and conditioner all beauty.
www.allbeauty.com/gb/en/1173885-kerastase-densifique-duo-set-2-step-ritual-for-density-thickness

Hair masks could help too. You need to strengthen the hair, be gentle and avoid over heating.

You do lose a lot of hair post babies.

If it really bothers you go to a clinic to try and find improvement but start with your vitamins and better quality products first.

I've had good results by using Nixon and taking a Biotin supplement, good luck!

Nioxin (bloody autocarrot strikes again )

I've heard of oil treatments and scalp massage to stimulate growth and going sulphate phosphate free with your products. Also invest in a silk pillowcase

The Reddit group r/FemaleHairLoss is amazing, just bear in mind that if you use any product with minoxidil in, it's very toxic to cats.

What are you doing with your hair at the moment? What products are you using? Do you use a lot of heat on your hair? How is your diet?

I take one for skin, hair and nails, collagen 2x a day and also increased my healthy fats from things like fatty fish, avocados, full fat dairy, olives, seeds and nuts. I also eat a lot of probiotics which may have helped too. My hair was very thin and brittle I had actually bald spots and it is completely recovered now. I did also use hair oils and stopped heat treating so heavily. It is not in good enough condition that I have been able to start colouring again which I never though I would (although it is luck greyer now!)

If you can get blood tests from the GP I’d start there because a dodgy thyroid or low iron/ferritin will stop hair growth so if you don’t resolve that no amount of shampoo will help.