My hair began to thin and growing slowed waaaaay down when I first got sick, prior to diagnosis. Now that I am being treated the lupus no longer causes hair loss but the meds do. Right now I'm not losing any more hair, and the hair I do have is growing again, but I still have thin hair and probably always will. No bald patched, but really thin all over. Rogaine won't work because I don't have female pattern baldness; it's lupus/medication induced. Does anyone know of a thickening shampoo or… read more
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Aveda makes a line of products called Invati. I use the shampoo, conditioner & mousse. It really helps plump up thin hair & keep it healthy. Real difference in volume.
I'm 40 now but my hair fell out when I was 17. I didn't get a Dx or real medical help until I was 37. I can recommend many things. I should mention that Rogaine 5% Foam Will Strengthen your follicles, regardless of type of hair loss/that's what that does (don't use if scalp is cut/irritated). Dr's know *very little about hair loss, Derms some yes but RAs & PCPs, almost none. Ok so, the only shampoo that worked for me is Thymuskin Med (or Medicated, Gold, or Forte- &Amazon has it for considerably less than their website). It's made in Germany & active ingredient is bio identical thymus peptides. It's expensive but for thin hair, size of nickel works & lasts me almost a year. Take a minute to look up the thymus glad and its role in immune function. Marketing is a bunch of BS (haha also hv Marketing degree) so it's about WHAT is the active ingredient in the product and WHY will it work. Thymus=Immune System! Other shampoos=tingly sensation of cheap menthol does Nothing!!!
I'm a licensed Esthetician, my whole career was about the skin & active ingredients to treat concerns, what works & WHY. The 1st thing to know is this: If there is no inflammatory Scarring to your follicles, All your hair can Grow Back. At any time 😄 I would do the 5% Rogaine Foam, take a liquid mineral supplement & Biotin, do weekly castor oil hair masks, & finally look up Portable High Frequency kit on Amazon. Mine was $40. It's a little hand held, contains either neon (red orange colored) or argon (blue violet) gas inside glass electrodes. It sanitizes outside skin w ozone (why face attachments will clear up blemishes, total bonus) and blasts healing oxygen inside the pores/follicles. So it comes w a comb attachment, you plug in, turn on, & gently run it over scalp 10-30 mins (no pain, tingle sensation) A monk in a 20 year Tibetan monestary hand-stand cannot compare to the oxygenation your follicles get with high frequency!!!
Hit me up if I can explain anything further. Best of luck!!!
Hi, When my hair started coming out I was ashamed didn't want no one to see me I stay at home, then it hit me, if i can't grow it I will buy it. I call it (IBM) I Bought It my self. I love them, you just have to found the ones that fit your head and face. With LUPUS you go threw a lot of different things, and must of all body pain.when my face broke out in these black spots on my face that was the worst things that i had to endure, it was shaped like a Butterfly, it really hurt, when I would go out into the sun it would get worst.my face started looking like i had black holes in my face.I would go to dermatologist, he said stay out of the sun, it was burning me,it was hurting and really burning i could fell the heat on my face, when i would go into the house after from coming in from the sun my face was hot, and i would not fell good, so i stay out of the sun as much as possible. know the spot are gone. that come from not using a lot of soap.been threw a lot with my Lupus.
I take Hair, Skin and Nails vitamins. It has biotin and some other vitamins in it. My hair and my eyelashes were getting really thin from the methotrexate until I started taking it regularly. My hair is almost back to normal and my eyelashes are actually longer and fuller after using Rapid Lash, a topical treatment.
I bought a few wigs in different styles and colors and now they are my fashion accessories. I love them and the solve many problems because they are very easy to use and look wonderful. I have gotten many compliments on my hair looking beautiful. This has been my solution to thinning hair for years.