I lose a lot of hair every time I wash. I clean a bunch out of the drain. And my brush is full of hair. I honestly don’t know how there’s any hair left on my head at this point. I don’t know if this is meds or age. Is anybody else having this issue?
I lose my hair in the bath too
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is it a lot? You have such glorious hair.
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Not too bad but my mom made a comment of it tho!! When she went in the bathroom hair in the drain. I said it wasn’t me. She said it most definitely was.
I kinda have a bald spot in the back but I can’t see it. Might be from wearing hats Idk.
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I lost A LOT of hair when I started Abilify.
My doctor denied and denied that was the issue,
But I know it was.
He had the audacity to blame my age and I was 33.
It was like your hair comes out after you have a baby,
Just massive amounts.
I had to cut my long, beautiful hair to make it look less thin.
Women do lose hair when they get older,
But it could be medication.
I know it was for me and my hair stylist said that’s super, super common.
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Yes! I lose so much hair I can’t believe I still have it. It’s crazy!
My thyroid tested normal. I think it may be stress, but it could also be the hair products I use.
When I was using environmentally safe and chemical free shampoo, I lost tons of hair. Now that I switched to another shampoo my hair falls out less than before but I’m still losing it.
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It’s natural to lose more and more hair the older and older we get.
It started for me in my late 40’s. I always had super long, super thick, wavy-curly, beautiful hair. Then, at age 48, pre menopausal, it started falling out leaving thick piles of hair all over the bathroom floor. It eventually became long and stringy looking so, I cut it off to my shoulders.
Eventually even that looked stringy and bad so I had to cut it even shorter. Now, in my early 60’s, my hair is so thin now that I have to cut it almost into a man’s style.
This is all just the facts of life of growing older girls. That is why the vast majority of older women you see over 60 have short hair. @LilyoftheValley @GoldenRex @Leaf .
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My grandmothers did the same thing, then would get perms, but they had “boy short” hair, and it was thin.
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My hair is thinning on Olanzapine
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I never realized AP’s could cause hair loss. I was on 40mg of Olanzapine for 15 years but fortunately never had a hair thinning problems. I’ve been on a bunch of other AP/AD/Benzos and haven’t had that problem either. Now I am a little worried.
There is baldness on my mothers side of the family but so far I seem to have taken after my dad and his father and have a full head of hair. I hope I never go bald, I shaved my head once and didn’t like the way I looked. Not completely bald but really short.
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I’ve been in menopause since 2012 when I had my ovaries and uterus removed. That must be why my hair is falling out. No hormones
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Could be, I don’t know much about it but my mom is in her 70s, she had a hysterectomy about 30 years ago due to a tumour. Her hair has barely thinned at all. She isn’t on hormones either.
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That sounds promising @Headspark. Thanks! I take vitamins everyday, so it’s not that. Who knows? My mom still has thick hair too and she’s 74.
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My hair loss is not due to medication, I know it as I started getting bald and losing lots of hair way before I was put on meds.
I shave at 0 with clippers, it suits me ppl around me say as I have a big head.
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I’m bald and also buzz my hair as short as the clippers go @Aziz
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I didn’t start getting a receding hairline until my early 50’s and have been taking meds since my 20’s so I presume it’s age.
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I’ve been worrying about my hair since about 2008/2009 . I had a period of about 5-6 months where I was inadvertently washing my hair with conditioner rather than shampoo. I think that f***** things up a bit.
I think saphris causes hair loss @Leaf
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Yep. Since I started Olanzapine my hair is thinning as well. I have a receding hairline now. I’m 33 years old and I may become bald.
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