Sunday, November 7, 2010

The Truth, My Mom and Hair Loss

The doctors said that its normal to shed hair every day, that's what they told my mom as she gradually went bald, 100-125 hairs just fall from your head on a daily basis. Hello, my name is Joseph and I'm no so called expert but I had to write this article, because it's about someone I love, and it happens to be the truth. 


After all the heart ache, embarrassment, jokes, and trials, my mom has a healthy head of hair again, about three years ago my mother (Janie) was working with the Board of Education for Maryland's School system when she passed out at work, she had to be hospitalized and no one knew what the problem was. 


Finally she was taken to John Hopkins Hospital where some scans and other tests were performed, a neurologist informed her that she had a rare brain disorder. There is a technical name for it but the most common name is White Matters Disease of the brain, because of this disease Mom (Janie) was give many different treatments, including steroids, and several other medications, that I can't pronounce. 


The treatments and medications helped get the disease under control but changed her hormonal balance, made her weight flux, and started thinning out her hair until some patches began to form. It was at that point where my mother (Janie) decided to do something about her hair loss, she told me that, just because she was sick, she didn't have to look like it.


Hiding her hair under wigs and scarves seemed to make the matters worse, she didn't know where to turn so she talked to her doctor and asked me to help her look up some information on the web, and from that point we researched all that we could about hair loss and hair growth. 


By doing this we learned some very important facts about hair loss such as, conditions know as hypothyroidism, ringworm and fungal infections can cause hair loss, certain medications such as blood thinners, gout medication, birth control pills, and too much vitamin A can cause sudden or abnormal hair loss, as well as following a crash diet, sudden hormonal changes, chemotherapy and radiation. 


Did you know that you can begin to suffer from hair loss and not know it until 2 or 3 months after a stressful situation has occurred? Wearing pigtails, tight cornrows or rollers that pull on the hair can scar the scalp and cause permanent hair loss. Hair products and chemicals used for permanents can cause inflammation to the hair follicles which can also result in scarring and hair loss.


Androgen tic Alopecia or Male Pattern Baldness as it's often called is hereditary in many families and affects some people more than others, men mainly but it affects women as well. Men and women produce testosterone, which can be converted to dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and this causes the hair follicles to shrink, the scalp thickens and restricts the blood flow, so when hair falls out of the scalp it is not replaced.


After a lot of trial and error Mom (Janie) found something that has worked for her, she didn't want surgery or hair plugs, she wanted her hair to grow back naturally so she tried everything from creams and shampoos to over the counter type meds like Propecia and Herbal Growth, just to name a few. 


Honestly, there was little or no growth with some of the products and we're talking about a two year period of time, but my mother is much happier with the product she has used more recently simply because it works, even though she's still fighting off the disease, you would never know it because she looks so much healthier and I'm happy because she's happy.   


After watching my mom go through all that she did and helping her find the solution to her hair loss, I knew her story would be helpful to other men and women going through the same problem. Thanks for taking the time to read this article, best wishes to you from me. 


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