P.S, My physician asked me on another recent visit what I shampoo with. I told her that I have never used any shampoo that I can't see through. These days all I use is baby shampoo, no hair spray, no cream rinse, no nothing. If I can see through the bottle, I'll use it. It leaves your hair silkier than any thing else and it's kind to the scalp.

I am in my early 30's and my hair started falling out the last part of 2009, I was also experiencing fatigue, and weight loss, and very little energy..Went to my doc, who is an internist, and she checked my vitamin D and iron levels, and my parathyroid gland hormone levels..Vitamin D was very low, Iron was not bad but parathyroid hormone was elevated, which is why my hair is falling out...what happens is the PTH is elevated which controls how much calcium goes intoo your bloodstream..so I was getting TOO much calcium in my bloodstream and not ENOUGH calcium to my bones..which is why I was having all these problems..It is VERY common among women to have Vitamin D deficits and not even know it..also if you have any of the symptoms I have mentioned get some blood work done..It is VERY rare that I was Diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism at the age of 32..this usually doesn't occur in women my age...good luck with everyone, but if you have a feeling it is something medically wrong, then ask your doc to take some blood to make sure it's nothing serious...Be pro-active about your health...

Stress and diet can be brutal on hair - not to mention the rest of the body.

Nixon treatments as well as Phyto are the best for hair loss. The 1st application should be professional applied then follow as directed. I've seen the difference and my clients have also!

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I learned the testosterone thing the hard way. I had heard that dropping levels of testosterone in women as they get past a certain age affected their sex drive. Not wanting to give mine up, I started taking a store brand supplement. Although I took a low dosage, it seemed to boost my sex drive. Unfortunately, it also affected my hair.
So now, I have lost hair (not all, I stopped taking it when I noticed it was affecting it noticeably) and my sex drive sucks half the time. The will is there but the body won't cooperate. this sucks. But those who would follow, don't. It was DHEA.

Yes, DHEA will make your hair fall out, if you don't have low estrogen. But if you do have low estrogen it will make your hair quit falling out. You never want to take it, just to get a high sex drive. Because it will make your hair fall out. My hair fell out for almost three years. My doctor found out, I had low estrogen. I am over 50. She put me on DHEA supplement and my hair completely quit falling out. I have used it for over a year. But it will not make your hair grow back. If you loose hair from low estrogen, it will never grow back. But if you catch it soon enough you can keep from loosing a lot of hair. Just make sure you have your doctor check you, before you take it. To make sure you have low estrogen.

Please keep in mind that hair loss should be evaluated by a dermatologist. "Alopecia" can be a general term for any hair loss but true Alopecia (Alopecia Areata, Alopecia Totalis, Alopecia Universalis) is an auto immune condition that occurs in healthy children & adults. It is highly unpredicatble and difficult to treat (don't listen to the folks selling snake oil) but certainly not the eand of the world. Get a diagnosis through a reputable dermatologist & then visit the NAAF web site.

My hair was getting very thin, especially on top in the part area. I had been hearing a radio ad for Ovation Hair. After hearing it several times I ordered some and have been using it for about 6 months now. My hairdresser thought I had cut the front of my hair, but I told her no I didn't that is all new hair. I have a whole line of new hair that looks like bangs.
It isn't cheap, but a supply does last me at least a month. It's a 3 step process...all I can say is it seems to be working for me ?...

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To the writer of this article:

Excuse me? Did your article say that women's hair loss could be related to the new stress of "working full time"? This would be a nice theory if it was based on even a tiny shred of factual evidence. Where in history have women, as a whole, not worked? Are you talking about the upper socioeconomic levels of America? The elite characters of period-movies set in the 19th century? Sitting in the parlor gossiping and quilting?

I would like to point out that women have always worked full time (as in round the clock)... historically women have worked physically, mentally, and emotionally to ensure their family's survival and potential.

Managing a household, a family, with no plumbing or electricity? Please. Can we even imagine the work involved? Forget the movies you've seen, let's face it, most people at any point in history didn't have maids and butlers. They also most certainly faced economic survival issues at the same time. Women have faced work and stress throughout history. In fact, the women facing the rigors of working for their families far too frequently ended up forfeiting their own potential, and health for that matter.

'Where' many women work has changed in relatively recent years, (as it has with men, since the age of industrialization). If you think this has something to do with hair loss, then fine. Say so. But don't insinuate that women are new to working full time, especially as an opener to all your scientific evidence.

If you're going to write about the evidence of health-related problems, please examine your fallacies before you print them. Words have power. In your authoratative statement: "Women today are assuming more roles...like working full time" you are simultaneously belittling women's historical contribution to civilization and progress, as well as undermining readers' understanding of historical facts. Please be responsible. Much appreciation, Christa

My hair started dropping in bald circles the first month I went on Ortha Evra. I was on it for five months before realizing that was the only thing I had done differently. Now I barely have any hair left. It's very embarrasing at 28 years old. My hair still hasn't grown back and I've been off the patch for nearly a year now.

You can also lose hair due to an underactive thyroid. DO NOT use the manufactured stuff. Use armour thyroid or a compounding pharmacy which can use a blend of armour thyroid and the essentials you need. The synthetic thyroid meds only contain T4 and armour contains T2, T3, and T4 and if you continue to lose hair on the synthetic meds or continue to have mood swings, heart palpatations, unhealthy or dry skin, demand your doctor to allow you to use armour. After a few weeks you will begin to see a significant difference.

I have a problem, I worked outside and got caught in a misty rain and also had been sweating, came in house cleaned up made dinner, later in evening I showered and shampooed my hair, I had a knot in the crown of head and could not get it out and still have in and work the style around the knot about size of ball each time I shampoo, it gets larger and I called suave to get help, got information but denials of it being the hair spray. Can anyone help me as my hair is very long and do not want to cut it if I can get it out some way, I have been told to use lighter fluid, nail polish remover and apple cider vinegar, a lot of conditioner, nothing has helped me.I went to hair styligst she said she would try, but no promise to help me, will go back tomorrow to let her try. What do you think about lighter fluid? Thank you worried & angry.

umm... it says also hormonal shifts. you probably read over that part or zoned out wen that part occured. Im not trying to offend you so do not take this personaly.

I am working 12 hour shifts, standing on my feet most of the time. I am losing hair & I think it may be from the stress of the job, economy & things like that. Is there anything on the market that can help reverse the hair falling out?

My hair loss is caused by the high blood pressure medicine I take. I have tried everything over the counter for hair loss, none work. And I can't quit taking my medicine, so what to do?

My hair was thining terribly in what seemed like "overnight"....beginning last October 2009. Wondering if it could my thyroid. Tests showed negative. Being a vegetarian for most of my life , over 40 years, I had an iodine deficiency. After I started taking Iodine supplement, my hair started coming back and within 6 months, I have had my hair trimmed 4 times, and it's still growing and thick and full like it "used to be".