Hair thinning and loss...

Hi All,

Hope you guys are all having a wonderful Valentine's Day.  I am doing alright with mine. 

So, I have always had what others called pretty beautiful long hair, like the kind that goes mid-back... and since taking Entocort, my hair has started to thin out a little bit and it's very noticable but not so much to others from what I have noticed.  It looks more like I layered it...but the other day it bothered me that the guard in my condo (I live in a bigger city) had made mention to, oh your hair is still long.  I guess she had seen me and another tenant speaking and the girl had said you look good with long hair or something to that effect to me.  And, that made her think that maybe I had extensions.  But, then she said it was only because the other girl had made mention to it...but then she also said that the back looked a little shorter so that maybe they were just really good.  But, I have seen that style in layered hair...and when I asked her about it again, she assured me that it doesn't look like extensions but it just bothered me so badly because my hair is something that I really feel a lot of pride about.  I mean, women, you know what it's like.  And, even though, the thinning really isn't very bad, I feel like I just started getting comfortable with it and the one insecurity I have about it is the back, where I tease the crown and it looks a little shorter back there but completely blends and even the security guard had reiterated that it didn't look like extensions at all...it just really got to me.  It made me sad because I couldn't really let go of that thought...and I shouldn't care.  People used to always ask me if I had extensions back before my hair even slightly thinned even a little bit.  And, it really looks fine...actually has more body to it...and no one has really even noticed it much...not even my hair dresser. 

Do you guys see layered hair and think that oh, that girl has hair extensions?  I don't know why this bugs me so much...I know it might sound really silly.  But, part of why I care about it is because it's my normal self and I like to try to stay as normal as I can, you know. 

Any advice? 

 

Yeah, I'm on prednisone and imuran and have lost ALOT of hair... mine was the longest it's been in awhile and I had to cut it short yesterday to make it look thicker. Not much you can do, take some supplements that help hair stay healthy and take good care. Omega-3s, folic acid, biotin, zinc etc...
Good luck

I don't have any advice really, but I understand how frustrating it is. I'm on pred and Imuran too and have been losing my hair for years. It's so thin now that I bought wigs. It's really disheartening and one of the more difficult side effects of this disease--your hair is so tied into your femininity and how you feel about yourself. I am sorry you have to deal with it too. :(

Oh by the way, I have long layered hair and no one has ever said that I look like I have extensions. Just fyi!

I have a extremely sensentive stomach, and the Biotin really upset my stomach. I had no other problems with it other than that. So probably the Biotin doesn't like you either:(

Hey Theres hope, I've been using the Kerastase shampoo for thinning hair... would you say it might be as good as Nioxin? Or should I invest in that as well maybe and alternate? I just recently got my hair cut shorter, to my shoulders and it looks much thicker and feels healthier :)

I started a post a while back on the same topic.  My hair has stopped shedding but is half the thickness, maybe even less.  It also has turned grayer.  I just came back from a visit home and I rec'd several comments from family.  The texture is different too.  I was on prednisone for awhile and now on Colazal. My GI doctor seemed puzzled and said neither med could cause this and when I asked him to test me for deficiencies he said I was way too healthy for that.  I'm about 10 lbs overweight.  I'm thinking of going to a naturalist MD in congunction with my GI doc.  I do take supplements tho.  But I understand how you feel.  I used to have pretty hair, about the only thing I rec'd compliments on.  Now that is gone, and I feel old.  I had it highlighted and it looks worse.  And I too feel petty about worrying about my hair......But I will have to try those shampoos.  I don't mind the thinness b/c my hair was so thick, but I hate the texture and gray.  This all happened within about 4-5 months.  I'm old overnight!