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By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
Finding suggestions on how to cope with hair loss is rather easy. Coping with the hair loss in reality is not at all easy. Personally, I don’t believe “time heals all wounds”, yet it does give us the “space” we may need to move through the grieving process.
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
Today I started reading a book written by Erma Bombeck that has a copyright of 1989. The book is an inspiring read. Sometimes when I am allowed to think to long about my hair loss, I will isolate myself into my own little capsule. Sometimes the isolation is a healing place. Sometimes is will pull [...]
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
Making a choice to wear a wig is a big choice. I often found myself fighting the “wig thing” for many reasons. I was afraid I was not being myself or that I was fake. I was afraid it would blow off in the wind. I was afraid people would make fun of me. Yet [...]
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
I know there are many reasons for hair loss and alopecia is just one of them. I see clients weekly who are losing their hair due to alopecia (AA, AT, and AU), chemo, radiation, cancer, other dermatological causes, other auto immune deficiencies, and other reasons beyond medical labeling. Some will say they have been told [...]
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
I was reading an old issue (January 2005 issue to be exact) of the Magazine called “DaySpa”. The title of the article was “Gaining On Hair Loss” by J Elaine Spear. This article stated that:”More than 90 million people in the US have thinning hair.” It went further to state that “more than 30 million [...]
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
Did you know that more that 30 million women in the US in any one year live with the challenge of hair loss? This was according to statistics I found back at the end of 2002. I know I felt very alone when I found that I was losing my hair. Today I meet many [...]
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
Dating was always a fear in my heart. When my hair first started coming out I knew I was very different from other students in my high school. Although that was years ago, I can still remember the feelings I had, the “questioning, silent” looks of others, the “longing to help” looks from my family [...]
By admin | Published: August 18, 2010
In the shower after washing my hair I noticed what seemed to be a huge amount of hair on the drain. My thoughts were “this must be normal”, “this HAS to be normal”! Reflecting back over the previous months I recalled all the hair on my pillow each morning and the comments my older brother [...]
By admin | Published: July 28, 2010
Make his hair a normal blood supply. To do this, buy a good massage brush of natural bristle. Do not use a brush with metal teeth, which not only tore his hair, but it can hurt and scalp. Comb the hair at least 5 minutes a day. Very useful for daily massage of the head. [...]
By admin | Published: July 12, 2010
Hair transplantation is a surgical procedure in which hair from the back of the head are transplanted to bald areas. Hair, located at the back and sides of the head, is resistant to the hormones that cause androgenic alopecia. Through the use of techniques of micro-and mini-transplant surgical hair transplant procedure helps restore the natural [...]
Hair Loss and How to Cope