Rogaine help

[Guest]

Hi Guys,

I am in a situation where i am not able to decide what to do.I post regularly on heralopecia.com.But that site seems to be down now and i needed some advice.

In short my story is:

My hair fall started when I came off the BCP last year and i thought it is Telogen Effluvium. It stopped in a couple of months but by then i was pregnant and into my Second Trimister. By then my part widened a little but i didnt care, I thought i still have a ton of hair. Little did i know then that there would be something called postpartum shedding. So one fine morning i was washing my hair and i screamed.My hair was coming out and out and out.I came out of shower and started brushing my hair. Then again a Ton of them came out. And this thing is continuing since then(August).

Now i came on Rogaine 7 weeks and 3 days back.Almost 2 months. My situation became worse from bad. I could still cover my head with Toppik then and still look gorgeous. But now no amount of Toppik is helping me and i have not gone out in a month. My shedding on Rogaine is still continuing.
1. Does this shedding ever stop????????????
My still shedding on Rogaine, is it a bad sign that Rogaine and my head are not compatible?

2. My regrowth on Rogaine is so thin and sickly. And even that thin and sickly regrowth is falling off. Actually one month into Rogaine i was so depressed of shed that i bought a lasercomb and started using that.Now i am using both of them religiously but shedding does not seem to stop and regrowth does not seem to thicken up.

Should I stop using any one of them? Would the shedding stop then.

3. Is it possible to get my hair back from this worst stage to atleast an acceptable form. Or am I stuck with a topper and then a wig for my life time.GOD i am only 27.Why me?????????????????????????????


I have read about some people who said that they are satisfied with the results of Rogaine only after using it for 2 months. But my situation worsened in 2 months. I actually ordered a Topper but it would take around 8 to 12 weeks to arrive from now. 2 to 3 months from now, I just dont know what to do. How to face the world.I am actually sick of crying infront of my little one when he is helplessly looking at me not knowing why i am crying.

please advice...

Mini

 

[Guest]

Hi. I know you must be frightened. Have you been to the doctor yet? I know they are pretty useless but you need to rule out possible illness and have a blood test. The doctor needs to get to the bottom of this. It might be that your hormones are out of whack and he can put you on a hormone to stop the hair loss. I know the girls at Heralopecia can give great advice but you really need to know what you are dealing with before you can come up with a possible treatment. Don't try and deal with this alone. You are second guessing and you could be right off the mark.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for replying.

Yes i have been to 2 derms, 1 ob/gyn and a PCP. One derm said its Telogen Effluvium from childbirth and i believed it then, becaus i had a ton of hair and i thought shed would stop soon. But now i know this is the genetic kind of thinning and all others Docs told me that.

Did you use Rogaine and what is your experience on it.

Mini.

 

[Guest]

Don't stay home.

I've been fighting the hairloss battle for over 2-3 years. I'm not going to drag you down with my own story but I do want to tell you this. Don't let your hairloss keep you from enjoying the things you love. Staying home will only make you depressed. :x I keep telling myself, it is only hair I'm loosing not my life. Good luck.