Her Alopecia Womens Hair Loss Forums

So it seems lately that all the companies that were researching hair loss solutions such as hair cloning and such are running out of money or results....
I ve been lurking at other hair loss community forums and guys and girls are becoming more and more pessimistic....


I dunno. I began to feel i wont escape my baldy future....
To the point i really consider not having kids so as to keep the hair i have left on my head. I know my bf will prolly dump me if i chose not to have kids...hard choices.


Why nobody seems really interested to help women with hair loss. Of course they are more serious disease....but look at esthetic surgery...some people have managed to find ways to make boobs bigger, or to create laser to destroy body hair follicles....so hey feminine hair loss is more serious than our boobs!! somebody must have some interest in helping us even if it's merely a financial one....


sigh

Aaaaa Dying Curls!

I haven't checked up on the hair cloning stuff in quite a while. that bums me out to hear that. I was praying that even if it doesn't come in time for me that maybe it will for my sons. With hairloss being present in both sides of our family, I don't see how they'll both escape it. I know it's easier for men than women, but I still don't want them to go through it if they don't have too.

Try not to give up hope though. I believe there's too much money to be made for a better solution to not be found. Greed will somehow come through in the end. Just hope it's in time for us!!!

But that's not why I'm writing.....

I had to make the same decision about having kids. My hair loss started before I began having babies. I can't speak for you, but I CAN tell you how I made my decision....

I thought about how I would feel when I'm 40 or 50 and if I didn't have kids. I felt I'd probably regret that decision more than the loss of hair.

The other thing to consider is that you have no way of knowing what is going to happen to your hair in the future. There is no guarantee that you'll keep your hair if you don't have kids. There is no guarantee that you'll lose all your hair if you do.

I had two boys and I truly believe that my hair would probably be in a similar state right now regardless of my decision. In fact, I was on Spiro before them and don't think it was doing much to save my hair.

I'm back in the same place with the decision of whether or not to have a third child. The hair is definitely part of it. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't. But there are other factors at play for me. If it was hair alone, I think I'd go for it again.

Not everyone wants or should have kids. It's a personal decision and the only right answer is what is right for you. But PLEASE think this through before deciding to not go forward with it soley based on hair.

Ask yourself this question... If you decide to not have kids and lose your hair anyway, how will you end up feeling about your decision to not be a parent?

I hope you don't think I'm being pushy. I just wanted to chime in because I HAVE been where you are now, and I don't regret my decision for a single minute. My boys are what bring meaning into my life that I could not comprehend before having them.

Good luck on your decision. I know it's a hard one.

(The other thing to consider is that you have no way of knowing what is going to happen to your hair in the future. There is no guarantee that you'll keep your hair if you don't have kids. There is no guarantee that you'll lose all your hair if you do.)

No no dont worry you are not being ushy. I understand your arguments.
Still i am on an antiandrogen and it has stopped my hair loss, i havent experienced hair loss since 2006. So i know that until i hit menaupose my HRT will allow me to keep my hair unless...i stop the treatment to have a kid (i already stopped ot once and the hair loss returned with a vengeance)....

Gotcha. I'm in a similar spot. I'm on flutamide and don't know what the future holds if I go off.

Well not sure if this helps or not, but during my pregnancies I still shed during the first trimester and a little into the second. But by the third, it stopped and my hair got really thick! Even with a postpartum shed I was able to keep it until almost a year out from the delivery.

That's when I had to jump back onto the medical hunt for new solutions.

I know we're all different but just wanted to offer up my experience.

Again, good luck with your decision. The hair loss definitely adds another angle to this that makes it especially tough. Not fair huh?

I don't know if it helps to talk it through with someone like me, but if you feel it would, then consider my door open.

thanks!