The derm put me back on birth control (trying to get off in the first place is what started all of this) and on spironolactone. The birth control lowers free testosterone and the spironolactone blocks the androgens (at least this is my understanding). I've never had hormonal problems like this before. Not when I came off the pill for the two pregnancies or during pregnancy - maybe because I was younger?? Well, the meds have until the end of the year to work or I'm done with them, hair or no hair!!
My acne got pretty bad. It's getting better now with the birth control and spironolactone (anti-androgen). They say these meds will help my hair shedding as well. We'll see.... I'm giving the meds until the end of the year. If nothing's changed, I think I'm going to just let my body do what it wants to do. If I loose all my hair, I'll get a great wig!
Great to meet ya. Yeah my hair started falling out during my third pregnancy with a boy my other 2 are girls so the doc thinks that my have triggered it plus I have hypothyroidism. I have a full head of hair again from the shots but its thin and shedding like crazy. I' ve also lost some body hair in the female region and part of an evebrow lol but life could be worse. So glad to find this site cause the past year was really rough dealing with this thinking i was the only one out here with hair loss.
no i dont have family there. i use to drive 18 wheeles and i had a delivery not far from wanynsville, its a quaint little town. almost like monroe, ga. have a great day talk to ya soon
I also have been diagnosed with telogen effluvium. I've only been shedding for maybe 7 months and am ALOT thinner. As you can tell from my picture, I started out with fine, thin hair and didn't have much to spare. I think I may have AGA and was already slowly thinning but didn't know it - the drop in estrogen (stopping birth control) sent it into a tailspin. I know what you're going through!!
HI DAWN, THANK YOU FOR THE INVITE. I REALLY APPERICATE IT. IT ONLY GETS EASIER WITH TIME. I HAVE BEEN TO WAYNESVILLE A COUPLE OF TIMES IN MY TRAVELS. I WISH YOU HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Hi Dawn-
I am getting to like Houston. We moved here for my husband's job. We loved Austin too. It was hard leaving Austin and all our friends. I think we want to try to go to Boston in the next month or so. We are also thinking about going to Washington DC. My husband has not been there in about 10 years so we though tit might be fun to go to all the museums. My husband is a huge baseball fan so I know he really would enjoy going to see a Red Sox's game in Boston.
Hope you had a great weekend!
hi the black one is a lhasa apso and hes jack the brother of izzy the one i lost, sorry to hear you have lost yours i understand the pain you will be feeling right now, but think of the good times your doggie had with you x
Dawn,
Thanks for welcoming me. Its nice to know there is someone else in Georgia having similar problems. My doctor tells me its not too rare, but i haven't met anyone else with it until I joined here. What is Waynesville close to?
Fabulously thanks! I have had my two wigs for 3 months now! And the photos on my page are all of my wigs apart from the one with the statue of Jesus and one other where my hair is tied back really tight. So I am really pleased with them, think they look pretty good and by now have pretty much gotten used to them as well.
Man, sounds like you have been through a bit of a rough time. I hope you are doing well at the moment, and that the house building is going smoothly - very brave I reckon!
You look great in your photo, and I can imagine it must be weird to change from really think hair to thin and straight. But you look great and people that didn't know you before would never know that that wasn't the hair you always had.
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The derm put me back on birth control (trying to get off in the first place is what started all of this) and on spironolactone. The birth control lowers free testosterone and the spironolactone blocks the androgens (at least this is my understanding). I've never had hormonal problems like this before. Not when I came off the pill for the two pregnancies or during pregnancy - maybe because I was younger?? Well, the meds have until the end of the year to work or I'm done with them, hair or no hair!!
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Great to meet ya. Yeah my hair started falling out during my third pregnancy with a boy my other 2 are girls so the doc thinks that my have triggered it plus I have hypothyroidism. I have a full head of hair again from the shots but its thin and shedding like crazy. I' ve also lost some body hair in the female region and part of an evebrow lol but life could be worse. So glad to find this site cause the past year was really rough dealing with this thinking i was the only one out here with hair loss.
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I also have been diagnosed with telogen effluvium. I've only been shedding for maybe 7 months and am ALOT thinner. As you can tell from my picture, I started out with fine, thin hair and didn't have much to spare. I think I may have AGA and was already slowly thinning but didn't know it - the drop in estrogen (stopping birth control) sent it into a tailspin. I know what you're going through!!
I am getting to like Houston. We moved here for my husband's job. We loved Austin too. It was hard leaving Austin and all our friends. I think we want to try to go to Boston in the next month or so. We are also thinking about going to Washington DC. My husband has not been there in about 10 years so we though tit might be fun to go to all the museums. My husband is a huge baseball fan so I know he really would enjoy going to see a Red Sox's game in Boston.
Hope you had a great weekend!
Thanks for welcoming me. Its nice to know there is someone else in Georgia having similar problems. My doctor tells me its not too rare, but i haven't met anyone else with it until I joined here. What is Waynesville close to?
Man, sounds like you have been through a bit of a rough time. I hope you are doing well at the moment, and that the house building is going smoothly - very brave I reckon!
You look great in your photo, and I can imagine it must be weird to change from really think hair to thin and straight. But you look great and people that didn't know you before would never know that that wasn't the hair you always had.
Best of luck with it all!
Kate x
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