I'm trying to figure out where to start. I've been reading, but feel a little overwhelmed by all the info!

I've had major thinning on the top of my scalp. I have lupus which can cause this, have had major stress (surgery, job loss, deaths in the family, etc), and my mom was very thin on top. When I was younger I had crazy thick hair-rubber bands couldn't fit around twice. My hair is so thin now. With all I've had going on, I'm wondering if anything can help me come back from this. I can't afford to lose much more, because I'm running out of ways to part my hair with out the bald areas showing! I think the hairs are also growing in finer, as my hair was always course before and now it's finer.

Any suggestions on where to start? Is there any hope?

This is our general advice on hair care for women.

Many hair products for women cause long term damage. Many hair experts think that women's hair was healthier 100 years ago. Old photographs often show women in the 60s with hair down to their shoulders or their waist.

Copper Peptides help supply nutritional copper to the scalp so that the skin can perform its functions. Numerous studies from the US Department of Agriculture Nutrition Laboratories indicate that most persons have an inadequate intake of copper for optimal health.

This may help.

1.If your scalp is irritated, then to calm your scalp and help hair growth, the best would be to use the Emu Oil for Hair on your scalp in the morning and Folligen Lotion at night in denser hair areas and Folligen Cream on hairlines. Start with a very light amount of each. You do not need to wash it out in the morning.

2. If there is no irritation, then use Folligen Solution on your scalp - a small amount. Let it dry a little, then apply a light amount of Emu Oil for Hair. You do not need to wash it out in the morning.

3. If you have very blonde hair, then use Folligen for Blondes. This is lotion based on tin-peptides but which works better for some clients.

4. Our new Hair Signals Cream and Hair Signals Serum work better for some clients.

5. Also take daily supplements of MSM - 2 to 4 grams - and 5 grams of flaxseed oil.

6. To increase your hair's natural pigmentation, take an additional 2 mgs of copper daily. Hair pigments are made from the amino acid tyrosine by a copper-dependent enzyme call tyrosinase and copper is often in short supply in the human body.

7. Always use a minimum of shampoo and conditioner. Folligen Shampoo and Folligen Conditioner are very mild shampoos that help thicken and keep more moisture on the hair shafts.

8. Keep heat off your head - blow dryers can boil follicles. Hot oil treatments also damage hair follicles.

9. Stress can cause hair loss. Blood cortisol levels are raised and this inhibits skin repair. Often temporarily taking a daily supplement of 25 mgs of DHEA for a few months will block the damaging actions of cortisol.

10. Tight bindings, buns, braids, and so on, can cause hair loss. Keep your hair loose and fluffy.

11. Sometimes new hair growth can push out older hair shafts and there may be a brief period of hair shedding as the new hair shafts push out the old dormant hair shafts. Old, non-growing hair is held in the hair follicle for about four months before falling out.


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Start with diet. I would say cut out the animal products first, than gluten. Look up an anti inflammation diet.