Hi Ladies. I'm new to the website and it's comforting to know that I am not alone with this problem. I'm 46 with thinning hair. It seems to run in my family. My maternal grandmother had extremely thin hair and now my mother. My hairloss is taking the same form as theirs. My hair is baby fine and it's getting more and more difficult to cover my scalp since my hair is short. Lately I've had some shedding, lot's of hair on my comb and some on my towel after shampooing. I do use a lot of spray gel and hairspray to style my hair, as well as a blowdryer and curling iron. I also use color to hide the gray. Could any of these products cause shedding? It's just such a drag to deal with this. Thanks ladies for listening.
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hair sprays/gels
- Thread starter tbean57
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I sure hope that styling products don't make this worse. My hair is also baby fine (I've always had fine hair... it's just way worse now) and so thin allover that I can't cover anywhere much longer. Layers and layers of hairspray is all that gives me a semblance of normal hair! !! Although I don't think I'm fooling anyone :freaked:
I don't have a family history of hairloss. Well, my grandfather. My Dad had a thick head of hair. My mom has thin hair, but always had thin hair and has lupus, so she's thin all over. No real Androgenetic Alopecia history, so I don't know why it's happening to me.
I don't have a family history of hairloss. Well, my grandfather. My Dad had a thick head of hair. My mom has thin hair, but always had thin hair and has lupus, so she's thin all over. No real Androgenetic Alopecia history, so I don't know why it's happening to me.
You know, I've wondered this myself...
As a teenager I used a LOT of hairspray - well... it was the 80's and big hair was in... I had fine whimpy hair (though a healthy dose of it and never imagined I'd start losing it by my mid-twenties!). Later, as my hair did start to thin, I used hairspray to 'keep it in place' and still do... and have often wondered if this is what ultimately lead to or contributed to my hairloss (though I so thin now I can't afford to go with out it now to test that theory - silly isn't it). I also permed my hair until I noticed it starting to thin. My first thought was that it was due to the chemicals so I stopped that immediately... but the thinning didn't stop.
I've used the same brand of hairspray for over a decade because it 'locks' my hair in place and keeps it there all day long - even in the wind (I keep my cut pretty short and close the the head so I don't think it strikes anyone as paticularly odd that my hair doesn't move). But I sometimes wonder if because of its 'staying power' it somehow damaged my hair follicles - but the better part of me figures that's just wishful thinking.
Plus, when I poised this question to the derm he scuffed it off as not being a contributing factor - just bad genes - learn to live with it. (gee... thanks Doctor). In any case, I don't think there is any scientific proof that there is a connection - at least none that I have come across.
The ingredients on my product are listed as SDA-40 Alcohol, Deionized Water, Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl/Methacrylates Copolymer, Amino Methyl Propanol, Mucopolysaccharides, Octyl Methoxy Cinnamate, and Fragrance.... in case this means anything to anyone. It's Greek to me. Yes, I know 'alcohol' is drying... but does that really make a hill of beans difference in my case?? Probably not.
As a teenager I used a LOT of hairspray - well... it was the 80's and big hair was in... I had fine whimpy hair (though a healthy dose of it and never imagined I'd start losing it by my mid-twenties!). Later, as my hair did start to thin, I used hairspray to 'keep it in place' and still do... and have often wondered if this is what ultimately lead to or contributed to my hairloss (though I so thin now I can't afford to go with out it now to test that theory - silly isn't it). I also permed my hair until I noticed it starting to thin. My first thought was that it was due to the chemicals so I stopped that immediately... but the thinning didn't stop.
I've used the same brand of hairspray for over a decade because it 'locks' my hair in place and keeps it there all day long - even in the wind (I keep my cut pretty short and close the the head so I don't think it strikes anyone as paticularly odd that my hair doesn't move). But I sometimes wonder if because of its 'staying power' it somehow damaged my hair follicles - but the better part of me figures that's just wishful thinking.
Plus, when I poised this question to the derm he scuffed it off as not being a contributing factor - just bad genes - learn to live with it. (gee... thanks Doctor). In any case, I don't think there is any scientific proof that there is a connection - at least none that I have come across.
The ingredients on my product are listed as SDA-40 Alcohol, Deionized Water, Octylacrylamide/Acrylates/Butylaminoethyl/Methacrylates Copolymer, Amino Methyl Propanol, Mucopolysaccharides, Octyl Methoxy Cinnamate, and Fragrance.... in case this means anything to anyone. It's Greek to me. Yes, I know 'alcohol' is drying... but does that really make a hill of beans difference in my case?? Probably not.