Ladies,
Can I get a show of hands... Who of you had perfectly normal thick hair before POF who now has only 1/3 or 1/4 of that thickness left? I just wanna spend a few moment this evening with you all, lamenting our collective loss. How many drains can we clog forever with all this hormonal hair loss?!
Yes I do try to make light of some of the less horrific horrors associated with POF, and I guess usually I would try to be the one who in this case might say: "Chin up, ladies. We have it pretty good compared to people experiencing cancer treatments" which is of course still true, but comparison is the thief of sorrow as much as it is the thief of joy, and yes, sometimes feeling sorry for ourselves and this shitty predicament of hormone chaos is warranted. It really is. And not even just in a "everyone is fighting their own hard battle" sort of way, but more in the "this is really shitty and I have been being tough for a long time and I will be tough again for a long time but right now I am just really sad that my hair is so much thinner than it used to be" way.
So here's a quick story about how ONE pigtail, that means HALF OF MY HAIR, was once thicker than my entire pony tail today. Volume and depth just were, they didn't have to be teased and coaxed into showing up every day. I had my hair cut and colored recently and was so happy with the outcome, and then a few days later saw a picture of myself, and I could literally see the outline of my head where my hair was pulled over and blowing the wrong direction. I'm 25, ladies. I'm not old enough for this! And that was when I thought "this is really shitty".
Aside from being resolved to fix the hormones and make the hair grow by default, what do you guys do to help your hair grow? I am going to dive into some research and share what I learn for all of us to find out how we can help our hair grow even if we can't have hormones. Stay tuned for what I find out, and let me know what you currently supplement with and love in the comments!
Can I get a show of hands... Who of you had perfectly normal thick hair before POF who now has only 1/3 or 1/4 of that thickness left? I just wanna spend a few moment this evening with you all, lamenting our collective loss. How many drains can we clog forever with all this hormonal hair loss?!
Yes I do try to make light of some of the less horrific horrors associated with POF, and I guess usually I would try to be the one who in this case might say: "Chin up, ladies. We have it pretty good compared to people experiencing cancer treatments" which is of course still true, but comparison is the thief of sorrow as much as it is the thief of joy, and yes, sometimes feeling sorry for ourselves and this shitty predicament of hormone chaos is warranted. It really is. And not even just in a "everyone is fighting their own hard battle" sort of way, but more in the "this is really shitty and I have been being tough for a long time and I will be tough again for a long time but right now I am just really sad that my hair is so much thinner than it used to be" way.
So here's a quick story about how ONE pigtail, that means HALF OF MY HAIR, was once thicker than my entire pony tail today. Volume and depth just were, they didn't have to be teased and coaxed into showing up every day. I had my hair cut and colored recently and was so happy with the outcome, and then a few days later saw a picture of myself, and I could literally see the outline of my head where my hair was pulled over and blowing the wrong direction. I'm 25, ladies. I'm not old enough for this! And that was when I thought "this is really shitty".
Aside from being resolved to fix the hormones and make the hair grow by default, what do you guys do to help your hair grow? I am going to dive into some research and share what I learn for all of us to find out how we can help our hair grow even if we can't have hormones. Stay tuned for what I find out, and let me know what you currently supplement with and love in the comments!
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