Well over a year ago, my sister got married. It was a happy and wonderful time, but I think my body was experiencing more stress than I realized, because a terrible thing happened. I lost a chunk of my hair. One day, I was running my fingers through my hair (I feel like I need to cue some type of cheesy commercial music here) when all of a sudden my fingers hit a smooth, slippery patch of SCALP! I was completely bald in one spot and it wasn’t a small spot either (or to me it wasn’t), it was over the size of a twoonie!
Thankfully, I do have long hair and it was covered up quite nicely, but in that moment and for a while thereafter, I felt a sense of panic. I thought I might be very ill. Obviously, I went to the doctor and he ran some tests that all turned out fine, thank goodness! He said that the condition is called alopecia and is something that you are born with, but can quite possibly never occur. Over the next few months, my hair grew back and all was well. I learned that hair loss in women is much more common than I realized, as is issues with thinning hair as we get older!
Fast forward to this January when I had my hair up in a high pony tail and my daughter approached me one morning in this sweet, soft and empathetic sounding voice. She said, “Mommy, I don’t want to alarm you, so please stay calm, but I think you might want to take a look at your head in the mirror because you have that bald spot back again”. Sure enough, the same spot came back in the same location.
Neither time did I notice a chunk of hair come out so I’m not sure if it happened gradually or over night. Ever since having babies, my hair has never been the same and I regularly pull out strands of hair more than I ever used to before having children.
In fact, Nioxin Products has a wonderful video that explains the changes that a woman’s hair goes through during and after pregnancy that is worth watching:
Did you know that 75 per cent of new moms notice more hair shedding than normal after childbirth?
Learn a bit more about women, hair loss and how it affects women psychologically here:
Stay tuned next week for my personal experience with Nioxin! I want women to be able to talk about their issues without being embarassed so let’s talk about hair loss in women together!
Do you have any personal experience with this or do you know a woman who is suffering from hair loss?
IT’S GIVEAWAY TIME!
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Giveaway Open to: Canadian Residents only, Quebec excluded (sorry)
Giveaway Ends: May 26th, 2014 11:59pm
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I have brown hair and its wavy
fine, straight blond hair that is getting a little thinner with age 8(
Brunette with fine straight hair
my hair is a dirty blonde cut very short because it’s very fine and thin and that is the only way I can really keep it, which sucks
I am a brunette with fine, wavy hair. Getting thinner as I age!
I have wavy dark blonde hair.
My wife is a brunette with fine straight hair
I have thick black hair
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I have fine black hair.
I have thin but long brown hair.
I have fine, straight, blonde hair.
I have grey fine straight hair and its getting thinner year by year
I have very fine, frizzy dark blonde hair.
I have thin black hair.
I have thick (but it’s thinning) black hair.
I have wavy blonde hair that is getting thinner
Dark brown / almost black = thinning for sure
DOREEN LAMOUREUX
Dark brown coarse hair.
Dark brown,starting to thin fine hair
Dyed blonde, fine, and less and less of it I am finding!
Dark brown and very fine hair.
Cheers.
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dirty blond and its fine and thin
I have very light brown/dark blonde, thin (and continually thinning), fine hair growing gray quickly . . . and in bad condition!
Blonde and fine/thin
I have dark brown hair that’s quite fine.
fine blonde hair
My hair is auburn and is very fine.
I have dark brown hair that is extremely thinning
My hair is brown, going grey. It is fine, straight and limp.
Use to be brown. I color it to keep it that way. It is thin and limp.
Florence c
I have thin, straight, light brown hair
I have straight, brown hair.
I have dyed blonde hair that is quite dry and frizzy at times
I have brown fine hair
my hair is brown and very thick, wavy, frizzy & dry
Not sure what colour my hair is, grey and coloured ….I guess
I have brown, straight, thinish hair.
Thanks for entering, Heather! 🙂
I have brown,fine,thin hair!
My hair is blonde, straight, long, dry and fly away
blonde, thin hair
I have brown hair that’s naturally curly
I have brown hair that is curly.
I have blond hair that is slightly wavy
I have dark brown, colour treated, fine hair, that is long.
I lose so much hair, I can’t imagine losing MORE strands after childbirth… I’m already leaving my shedding hair all over this new house, hahaha. I have A TON of hair, fortunately, so I don’t notice any effects of the hair loss, but I’m losing strands constantly. Interested to see your thoughts on this product!
I lose a lot of hair too! I lost EVEN MORE after giving birth….and then it all grew back!
Oh, for entering the giveaway… I have brown hair, and it’s wavy/frizzy so I usually use a hair straightened if I’m not putting it back in a bun of some sort.
I had a random week where half my hair fell out and his never grown back. My ponytails are half the size they used to be.
I have brown thick hair but I’m always losing hair.
I have shoulder length light brown wavy hair
I have long curly hair. It is dry and brittle!
I have semi-straight normal black hair.
My hair is blonde, very curly and thick.
Brown, thick, straight long hair
Brown straight! !!!!! 😉
I have brown fairly straight fine hair with some wave and a lot of frizz.
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I have blonde, naturally wavy hair.
Dark blonde, thin and slightly wavy.
I have brownish blondish wavy hair.
Brown, straight thick layered hair
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I have thick curly brown hair!
I have brown very fine and straight hair.
Dark Blonde Thick hair
I’m naturally grey, but only my hairdresser knows for sure. Presently I am chestnut, shoulder length.
(Debbie W)
I have brown very fine and straight hair
I have black and wavy/curly hair.
My hair is dirty blonde and medium length. My hair is very thin though, I really wish I had thicker hair!
My hair is blond and brown, I have long hair pass my shoulders. My hair is really thick I always need to get it thinned out.
brown and wavy
I have dirty blonde hair and I have quite thin hair.
since my wife will be the one to use this ill say her hair since i shave my head. she has dark brown wavy ridiculously thick down to her knees hair
black hair
I have dark brown hair that is wavy at the moment.On it’s own it has been POKER straight,curly,and wavy.Hormones from pregnancy and lactation greatly effected it’s thickness and texture.
Color treated with red, and definitely could use some volume!
Dark brown, curly…that I Straighten!
red, a mixture of straight & thin in the front, and wurly & coarse in the back.