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I'll Show You Mine If You Show Me Yours... Hair Loss.

So, here is the hairball that I combed out of my hair this morning. Keep in mind, it is only what I combed out. My hair is constantly falling out all through the day.

I had my surgery on 6/12. I have been losing hair for a while now but the rate of loss has recently increased.

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Now, I have SUPER THIN hair. I have for a long, long time. You can always see my scalp and I am scared to death of going bald. Here is a pict of the top of my head taken last week.

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For any of you in my shoes, I do use a product called Xfusion. You shake it on your head and it helps camoflauge the thin spots.

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Wow we had our surgery on the same day and guess what I too just started losing my hair. Since surgery I haven't had any major hair loss it was actually growing then about a week ago it started shedding more and more every day. I have thin hair and you can see my scalp and a bald patch in the front where I part my hair.. UUUGH I wish there was something I can take to slow it down I've read that it will run its course. In the mean time I will try the xfusion it really made a difference on your picture. Thanks for the advice. Oh and which store did you purchase it from.

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I bought it on Ebay. I wish there was something we could take to make the rate of hair loss slow down as well!

My hair has been fine and thin forever now. It's falling out too, but not as bad as yours anymore. (I'm 5.5 months out) It seems to be slowing down but my scalp shows horribly. My BFs son commented, loudly and in public, on it, asking what was wrong, because my hair was "transparent" and he coudl see my scalp. Mortifying.

I would recommend shaving your head & then you don't have to worry about loss & it will show support for those fighting cancer----- win win

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I would recommend shaving your head & then you don't have to worry about loss & it will show support for those fighting cancer----- win win

I am absolutely sure that my head is shaped wierd, so I can't. :D

I actually envy the women that can pull that off!

At 3 months out, (almost a month ago) i noticed that more & more hair is coming out. I take 3 Biotin a day (plus a ton of other vitamins) & started using Fall Fight shampoo. It doesn't seem to be helping.

This is a picture of what comes out after I shower while styling my hair. This doesn't include what comes out during the day. (which is a lot!)

I am starting to look very seriously at hats. :-/

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Thank you for posting your pict! I love to be able to compare...

You should look into Xfusion.. it works well. Will make you feel a lot less self conscious.

Haha! I'd love to shave my head and start over, but I have a jobby job that meakes me be very professional...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll look at the Xfusion.

I would be afraid to shave my head cuz I'd be afraid it wouldn't grow back!

OMG! I knew I had thinning hair and I've noticed that alot has been coming out lately. But I didn't think it looked like this! I haven't even had the surgery yet :'(

I'm ordering XFusion now.

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Jeez louis,oh lord now im a afraid of losing..seeing y'alls pics makes me think how much hair will I lose...Do you guys take yalls vitamins and protiens shakes everyday?What about prenatal vitamins would tht help...extra skin and hair loss...(sigh)..

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I take my vitamins and get my protein everyday. I think it just has to run it's course.

I take all mine as well. Plus extras (like biotin) for hair & nails. I also get my Protein in every single day.

I agree, I think it just has to run its course. :-/

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