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Hair thinning.. mirena? Stress? Thyroid? HELP please I'm so worried and hate myself
by lauralovesdavid, Jun 13, 2008 08:05AM
Hi everyone
I have always had thick, coarse, wavy hair. Last year I dyed my hair from blonde to red to black and bleached back to blonde and the condition suffered. It has been a year since then and I haven't had highlights since.. my roots are huge. I had to have like 4 inches cut off cause they were wrecked, but the rest of my hair feels pretty soft now.
However, over the past year my hair seems to be someone else's!! It is thinning out, feels thin and softer than before. I feel so strange cause I'm used to have quite thick , wild hair but now it looks limp, lank and thin. It just isn't like my hair, it's flat on my head. Please can anyone explain this? My DR isn't interested. I am taking Silica and Kelp to try and help this. The only things I can put this down to are the following..
1) the colouring. But that was so long ago now
2) I have a borderline underactive thyroid and am on 25 mg of thyroxine a day.
3) I have put a lot of weight on and am suffering from depression at the moment.. and possibly anxiety
4) I am on the mirena coil.. against my will cause i hate hormones. I have had it for a year and a half now.
I also have more body hair... inner thighs, stomach, lip... and spots round my hairline!?
Please can anyone shed some light on this, I really hate myself I feel like I am turning into a monster xox
I have always had thick, coarse, wavy hair. Last year I dyed my hair from blonde to red to black and bleached back to blonde and the condition suffered. It has been a year since then and I haven't had highlights since.. my roots are huge. I had to have like 4 inches cut off cause they were wrecked, but the rest of my hair feels pretty soft now.
However, over the past year my hair seems to be someone else's!! It is thinning out, feels thin and softer than before. I feel so strange cause I'm used to have quite thick , wild hair but now it looks limp, lank and thin. It just isn't like my hair, it's flat on my head. Please can anyone explain this? My DR isn't interested. I am taking Silica and Kelp to try and help this. The only things I can put this down to are the following..
1) the colouring. But that was so long ago now
2) I have a borderline underactive thyroid and am on 25 mg of thyroxine a day.
3) I have put a lot of weight on and am suffering from depression at the moment.. and possibly anxiety
4) I am on the mirena coil.. against my will cause i hate hormones. I have had it for a year and a half now.
I also have more body hair... inner thighs, stomach, lip... and spots round my hairline!?
Please can anyone shed some light on this, I really hate myself I feel like I am turning into a monster xox
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by Joyce49788, Jun 13, 2008 11:41AM
all i can say is it sounds like you are yet another victim of the side effects of the Merina IUD. i too had very thick hair...in a ponytail it was a good 3 inches thick, could hardly wrap a scrunchy around it twice. now i can use one of those tiny rubberbands that look like the bands for braces and i can wrap it three times....BIG DIFFERANCE. and if you are having any very unusual and extended spotting, acne, mood swings, ect... that is mostly the cause. when did you depression and anxiety start? before or after Merina? if you would like you can send me a note or message me, or just reply back to this post. good luck to you and just let me know what happens...but to answer your question..i am pretty sure that it is the Merina that is causing this,
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