Tag: hair loss

I started laser hair therapy!

Momma Bear

As you all may know, or not know, I have been dealing with alopecia areota since I was about to turn 21 years old; it has been a really crazy ride! I have tried millions of things to keep my hair from falling out and to regrow my hair, but nothing ever seems to stick…super frustrating. I’ve tried coconut oil, rosemary oil, I’ve rubbed egg on my head, I’ve even been getting cortesoid steroid injections to my scalp for a few years now and NOTHING WORKS. No one can tell me WHY this is happening or how to stop it and it has been just such an irritating problem. Having to deal with this situation has definitely changed me entirely, I feel like I have gone into hiding and my depression got really bad at one point honestly. My husband and kids are really the only things motivating me every day to keep going and not worry about my hair. They have saved me from myself and motivate me to just keep living my life and breaking glass ceilings! Well, about a year ago my husband and I were driving around town and we saw a clinic that said “Hair Loss Control Clinic” and it caught my eye but I never even dared to think about it because I had a feeling it would cost us a pretty penny. Recently however, I decided to just give them a call and see what they had to offer and when the receptionist told me the consultation was free and they offered payment plans, I thought “Why the hell not?” I set it up and my mom was nice enough to tag along with me because I needed her to stay in the car and watch my two kids since they were not allowed in the clinic, due to COVID safety precautions of course.

I walked in the clinic and everything just felt right, I felt like this might be the place that changes my life; but I was still very skeptical because I did not know anything about the treatments they would recommend or their prices. After my consultation, which was really quick thank goodness, the doctor recommended their hair treatments, along with a shampoo, and vitamins and laser hair therapy. The doctor raves about the products, showed me pictures of before and after the six month treatment, and guaranteed me a 93% success rate among the patients. I was sold. I ended up agreeing to the six month treatment, along with the hair treatments, and it came out to $1500. I was so surprised because I honestly thought I was going to walk out with a $5,000 quote, but no!! I ran outside to tell my mom and she were bursting with joy and gratitude because it finally felt as if this horrible problem will soon go away! This has been something that has been affecting my life and the lives of my loved ones for a long time now and I am so ready to kick it in the ass! I just completed my first week of laser hair therapy, it’s two sessions a week for the first couple of months and then it’s once a week. I know, how tedious, but if it works it’ll all be worth it to me! I am so grateful to my mother for helping me with this journey , and I will be keeping you guys updated with pictures as well!

Second sesh of laser hair therapy!

The laser hair therapy itself is so cool! It takes 30 minutes and they just sit you down in a private room with a TV and you literally just hang out while this machine is over your head, kind of like the ones at the salon but these use a red laser light that is supposed to stimulate your hair follicles to grow! It irradiates photons into scalp tissue and they are supposed to be absorbed by the weaker scalp skin cells and stimulates the growth, super sciencey and cool! I am just so excited to try something new and being very optimistic about it.

Alopecia Update: Tips

Momma Bear

Hi guys! I wanted to give you guys a quick update on how my alopecia areota is going. So I have been dealing with this strange and frustrating diagnosis for about six years now and it has been far from easy. In the beginning all of my hair fell out, literally had to cut almost all of my hair off so that it wasn’t so noticeable. Even after I chopped off all my hair it still took months to grow out enough hair to finally be able to rock a cute pixie cut! Some time passed and I was going through so many different kinds of hair products, trying to salvage what little hair I had left and nothing was working. Eventually even my left eyebrow began to fall out and I was just starting to lose all hope again. I was honestly in the darkest head space you could ever imagine. My family was always very supportive and loving, but I just felt absolutely terrible and self-conscious at all times. I did not want to go anywhere or see anybody for a long time… Anyway, eventually I ended up finding an amazing dermatologist that gives me injections in my head every couple months, it’s extremely painful, but it seems to help when I have new spots to fill in with hair. However, a few years ago I came across the shampoo I had been looking for my entire life! It is a holistic shampoo with all natural ingredients, REAL natural ingredients and it changed the game for me! As soon as I started using the shampoo I began to see results within the FIRST TWO WEEKS! Not only was my hair not falling out but it was REGROWING!! I have been using this magical shampoo for almost three years now and I refuse to use another. Ask my husband, I REFUSE. I don’t know if it’s because of my alopecia but I can not use any shampoo because right away my hair starts falling out like crazy and I have new spots within days, it’s terrible. But with this shampoo I only wash my hair once every other day or so and it is magical! The best part is, it comes with TWO bottles. I could not be anymore grateful and don’t worry I will put a link to this shampoo in the bottom of the blog. They also sell a lot of other amazing holistic products that I ended up exploring and using. I love this site so much I just actually partnered with them after sharing my story with them and I am so happy!! I get to help others and share my story, hopefully I can help you guys out there not feel so lonely. You are not alone in this, and things will get better I promise! I have used many of their products such as the Mullein Leaf Extract when my husband got COVID it really helped him clear out his lungs. I also can not live without the Ashgwanda and Holy Basil mix because it helps with my anxiety SO MUCH! I even used their baby probiotics with my baby, Noah when he had bad gas as an infant. Just check them out and see what you guys like, I promise everything is worth it! They also have a hair regrowth serum that I used on my eyebrow as well as coconut oil and now my eyebrow is flawless! I have another round of shots coming up this Friday so please wish me luck guys I always get so nervous the days leading up to the injections! Anyway, I hope you guys have a lovely evening and let me know if you have any tips or just want to vent about anything. I love you! Here is the link ❤️

https://www.holisticthingz.com/wearepoobears

Living with Alopecia Areota

Momma Bear

Today I am going to write about a topic that is a little sensitive for me, and not many people even know that I am going through something like this. When I was about to turn 21 years old all of my hair started falling out like crazy and I had no idea why. I was mortified of course. Well, I started self diagnosing on the internet and holy crap, I must have some incurable disease! This was the year I was supposed to finally start living my life and having fun but I ended up freaking out and going to the doctor to get every test imaginable done, I thought I was literally dying. When all of my test results came back normal I was so happy but at the same time I couldn’t help but feel a bit disappointed because now I was back to square one, I knew nothing. A friend told me about her dermatologist, she highly recommended I set up an appointment as soon as possible. I was willing to try anything at that point so I had to wait about two months for my chance to see the doctor and as you can imagine a BUNCH more hair fell out to where I now had tiny bald spots! I could not handle it, I fell into a weird funk and I did not want to go anywhere or see anybody. Finally, I was able to see the doctor, Dr. Newton, and he was so great! He was so understanding and he seemed to know exactly what was going on. He called my situation Alopecia Areata and there are many cases similar to mine but sadly there is no cure for it. Dr. Newton started me on a treatment where I would go every few months and get injections in my scalp, they are called corticosteroid injections and they are supposed to accelerate the hair growth in the areas that need it the most. Unfortunately, nobody really knows what causes this to happen. Some people say stress brings about flareups but I mean, how can someone NOT stress? From what I understand its my own immune system attacking my hair follicles for whatever reason. Anyway, this continued on to present day and thank God my hair did grow back but it has never been the same as what it used to be. In the past three years I met my husband, got married, and had two kids so I guess it’s safe to say my body has been going through some changes and because of the pregnancies I was not able to continue my treatments. I have recently experienced significant hair loss and I am about nine months postpartum with my baby boy so I set up an appointment with the dermatologist again. Now, there is a pandemic going on and the last place I would like to be is in a doctor’s office but believe me, it was getting crucial the spots came back! Anyway, my husband and I went to the dermatologist on Friday and I was thankfully able to restart my treatments again and hopefully things begin to get back on track. Dr. Newton said its absolutely normal and the hair should definitely start coming back…Now, this whole experience has really changed me as a person. I don’t know, I feel like its caused my anxiety to go up a lot because I don’t always feel as confident as other girls. I am very grateful that I found a man as wonderful as my husband. He always goes out of his way to make sure I feel beautiful and he has always been so supportive. He always keeps me from letting myself fall into some sort of mini depression. My next appointment is in October so I will definitely be updating everyone on how that is going. I never opened up about this before because I would always feel embarrassed but if I can help someone like me get through a similar situation, I’m all for it. This has been a tough journey, but its my journey… until next time!