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The Women's Hair Loss Project is one woman's journey though life dealing with hair loss at a young age. Women suffering with hair loss are encouraged to share their own stories. It is a community for women, a place to share and learn from each other.
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I Will Beat This - Jessica’s Hair Loss Story
I had written awhile back but wanted to send you my story again, and this time post some positive updates. One thing that I noticed way back when my hairloss journey started, was that the negative posts and testimonials by far outweighed the positive...
Three Minutes of Freedom
I got up this morning, walked the dog, came home, fed the dog. Threw on some workout clothes and hopped down to the gym (garage). I put my earphones on, I turn the ipod on, and I started the treadmill. The first song queued up is one of my favorites,...
Hair Loss & Birth Control Pills - Part Two - Deconstructing Hormones
The other day I posted the listing of certain birth control pills androgen index which I found on The American Hair Loss Association website. Later that day I received an email from Gracie pointing me to a great resource that provides more in depth k...
American Hair Loss Association Androgen Index List of Birth Control Pills
I get a lot of emails regarding the specific androgen index of birth control pills. I haven’t found the full and complete definitive list available online, however, the American Hair Loss Association lists a small number of pills from lowest an...
Kewpie’s Hair Loss Story
Just to reiterate what many other women have said, this website is a wonderful and empowering resource. Here’s my story: I noticed a lot of hair in my tent while camping for 5 days last summer. At the time, I was not on birth control although I...
Seasonique Birth Control Pill Commericals
Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of commercials for the Seasonique birth control pill. The commercial advertises to young women that with this new pill you can have fewer periods, only 4 a year I believe. I just don’t know how that can be co...
Stacey’s Hair Loss Story - Searching For Answers
Stacey had posted this story as comment on this post, but I felt it should be a post of it’s own so I’m reposting her story here: Hi, I found this web site today. I came in tears when I read this. I have finally found people who are going...
A Bittersweet Light At The End Of The Tunnel? Andrea’s Hair Loss Story
Hi girls, I wanted to write with regard to all the women on this forum, and specifically because of a recent post I read from Rosalinda. Her story sounds similar to mine, and I recently had an eye-opening dermatologist appointment that I haven’...
Losing My Hair…Am I Vain? Rosalinda’s Hair Loss Story
Hi, my name is Rosalinda and I have been losing my hair since I was 17 years old. I am now 22 years of age. I started out with a huge thick mane and now I can pin everything up with two bobby pins. Sad! I dread taking showers or brushing my hair. I c...
Jeni’s Hair Loss Story
Jeni runs a great blog on beauty and skincare called “Savvy Skin” and has contributed several comments on The Women’s Hair Loss Project. Now she is sharing her story. Here it is: I’m 28, and I used to have really thick c...
Just Noticed Hair Loss, Could It Be Nuva Ring Birth Control?
I have noticed thinning of my hair around the crown over the past couple of months. I think I understand some or all of the contributing factors, but now I don’t know what to do to try and stop it. I had been on OrthoEvra (the patch birth con...
Hair Loss at The Age of 20 - Veronica’s Hair Loss Story
Wow, I’m so happy I just found this site…I’m 20 years old, have had been genetic hair loss for four years now. About 2 years ago I had a biopsy done and my derm told me it was probably genetic, he put me on Rogaine, Spiro and Yasmin...
Spironolactone - Hair Loss Story & Question
Hi! First of all I want to say that this is a GREAT forum/blog and I give you a lot of credit for starting it, sharing your stories, and wanting to help others. THANK YOU, and I really appreciate all you’ve done and gone through. Stay strong,...
Hair Loss At 20 Years Old, Sarah’s Story
At the age of 20 years old, I decided to go on birth control, so my doctor prescribed me to “Symphasic”. About 3 or 4 months later, I realized that my hair was thinning, I left it for about 6 months.. and then I went to my doctor, and she switche...
Will I Ever Have The Strength To Just Shave My Head?
I talk so much more now about shaving my head with my fiance, he is all for it. If you are wondering why I would want to do that, please read my hair loss story. I cannot treat it anymore, my medications have stopped working, but yet I still am a pr...
Julie’s Story
Julie has left some incredibly wonderful, helpful, heartfelt comments on this blog and now she is sharing her story. Here it is: For 10 long and arduous years, I’ve suffered from female pattern baldness. At 17, the pain of looking at myself in...
Synthroid and Hair Loss - Low Thyroid Medication Friend or Foe ?
As many of you already know from reading my story, I am currently taking the medication synthroid for low thyroid. Recently I’ve been seriously looking towards that as being the cause of my excessive hair loss, and what seems like an endless h...
In Tears - Regretting Some Past Decisions on My Hair Loss
As I write this I can barely see the screen becaue I am flooded with saddness. I rarely surf the internet anymore for help with women’s hair loss because I found that whatever I would find would only made me feel worse about myself, since I alw...
Hair Loss, Hair Loss Everywhere - What’s in the water?
My mom made a comment to me earlier today that it seems that nowadays everywhere she looks she sees people losing their hair. She says it’s much more prevalent nowadays than when she was growing up. Well, I have a different take on that. First,...
