Freya

Hi woman1001.
Wow. I can't believe this. I just checked this board on the offchance anyone had ever experienced what I had and I came across your post.

I'm 35. About 6 weeks ago over a period of 2 weeks about 80% of my hair fell out. It started from middle of my head and worked it's way out so that all I had left was a ring of hair round the edges. It looked ridiculous. It didn't fall out from the root - it fell out and left about 2-3mm of stubble over my head - plus the stupid long bits round the edges. I went to the hairdressers and got a weird concoction of extensions on the bits that were left and wore my hair up in a bun to hide the stubble.

Got sick of the extensions and took them out, then shaved the rest of my hair down. I now have about 1cm of hair all over. It's a bit drastic (too be honest it's very drastic and I cried all over again as I was having it done) and it took a while to get used to - particularly as I had shoulder length curly hair before that. But it was the only sensible thing to do I think. And believe it or not my hubby thinks I look sexier than I did before!

I actually think it might be an iron deficiency in my case because I have very frequent, very heavy periods. Plus I'm vegetarian. Anyway I've ordered Florisene tablets for women which is meant to help with this. The other thing it could be is stress I suppose. To be honest I don't really have a clue what has caused this - I'm just guessing. I had not done anything different to what I normally do. I just don't get it. I really don't understand why it fell out so suddenly and so quickly.

It is absolutely awful when it happens. I went into complete shock during the first week when handfuls of my hair was coming out - I couldn't even cry. By the second week when it was still coming out I was in tears the whole time. I took 2 weeks off work. Refused to go out. It was hideous.

So anyway. I am not only battling acne scars (which was the reason I joined these forums in the first place) but also hairloss! Christ! What a combination!

Woman1001, has your hair fallen out from the root? Or did it leave stubble? Is your hair starting to grow back at all? Where did your hair loss start from? Was it uniform shedding all over? Has it stopped falling out now?

I would agree that you should probably get checked out by your doctor. I should probably have done that but I didn't. Anyway, I am going to make an appointment soon to see if there's anything wrong. I don't think there is unless it's iron deficiency like I said before.

It is awful and upsetting when it happens and you become obsessed with your hair (well I did and still am). But sweetheart, keep your chin up and walk tall and proud - hair or no bloody hair.