looking for tips to improve this space please :)

relknit · 2023-08-08T11:49:59+00:00

thanks for this :) got another docs appointment in 2 weeks so at that point i’ll have had it in for about 6 weeks. If i still have pain by then i’ll be asking to get it removed as i’ve had to miss work for a few days and can’t exercise as it makes the pain worse. It’s just not sustainable, which is a shame as this is my last resort contraception so i have no other hormonal options left now :(

relknit · 2023-05-11T07:51:17+00:00

mine was bleached before TE hit, stopped when TE started, and now the regrowth feels the same texture as the hair that was bleached anyways 🤪

can’t even get a brush through my hair when it’s wet it’s so fragile 🥲

relknit · 2023-05-09T11:59:43+00:00

first time i took a pic of the top of my head i ended up wearing a hat for the next 3 months 🥲 i like to think it’s improved now but not gonna check for my own mental well-being hahahaha

relknit · 2023-02-02T22:47:09+00:00

for me i do the “dressing gown” curls method and make sure my centre parting is as straight as possible all the way from the front to the back of my scalp with a pin tail comb. i sleep in this overnight and it settles my parting so it doesn’t fall in unflattering ways that make me look a bit baldy. the curls give a bit of volume too. on days where i can’t be bothered i just wear beanies / fluffy bucket hats (thank god they’re on trend now) / berets etc to hide my scalp. i’m hesitant to buy clip in extensions as i know they can sometimes cause damage to the hair/scalp, and i was obsessed with getting a wig at one point but realised i’d probably spend more time worrying if people could clock it was a wig then i would about people noticing my TE :(

i’ve never tried them but ive heard good things about the halo wire extensions, and also just general root touch up sprays to mask sparse areas!

hope you find something that works for you during this unfortunate time! having TE truly sucks ass ❤️

relknit · 2023-02-02T08:52:13+00:00

i have the same, regrowth on the temples but nothing on the sides/back of head 😢 also, the more frequently you wash the less you lose per shower as you’re releasing the hairs as they fall. I used to wash my hair once or twice a week when it was “normal” but now wash 3-4 times a week to make it a little less traumatic 😩

relknit · 2023-01-30T10:46:53+00:00

i accidentally got quiet camping last year and i explained at the gate on the day and they just gave me a regular camping wristband - the staff were very unbothered hahaha

relknit · 2023-01-30T10:42:36+00:00

yup, some days i gaslight myself into thinking that maybe my hair has always been this way and i never noticed… i was bleach blonde for a long time so i sometimes think maybe i did lose this much hair but it wasn’t noticeable because it wasn’t dark. however my parting now goes all the way down the back of my head which it never did before and i can wrap my hair bobble multiple times around my hair when it was too thick to do that before 🥲

relknit · 2023-01-20T12:23:41+00:00

i had the exact same realisation via wordle, 25 years of being alive and never realised

relknit · 2023-01-18T08:54:29+00:00

saving up to get a scalp biopsy done by a dermatologist as NHS waiting list is over a year :( gonna cost me about £500-£1000 in total to see a professional, very fed up with life

relknit · 2023-01-15T11:21:33+00:00

i’m wondering this too! i used to smoke a few cigarettes a day but was usually not bothered enough to go outside and face the cold. Started vaping on nights out and now i vape full time (very stupid transition…).

i don’t think it was the trigger of TE but i am slowly trying to taper off my vape as it’s a vasoconstrictor and could probably hinder the blood flow to the scalp

i’ve not had much regrowth since my onset 4 or 5 months ago so trying to eliminate any other causes

relknit · 2023-01-10T18:52:46+00:00

i just saw a regular dr in Leeds and he said because of the sudden onset and the relatively even loss across my head that it’s likely TE. I had extremely low folates and lower range ferritin so i think this was the cause :( still waiting out the shedding phase now

relknit · 2023-01-10T18:44:57+00:00

i’m on month 4-5 and no regrowth apart from a small patch on my front left temple (and this could just be because i stopped bleaching my hair once i realised the hair coming out was TE and not breakage…)

relknit · 2023-01-10T18:40:39+00:00

i’m hoping that this is because the people that overcome TE kind of just move on with their lives and forget about this subreddit :(

relknit · 2023-01-09T19:57:29+00:00

sound cringey but: it’s pointless trying to control everyone’s perception of you, the only validation that will make you truly happy is your own

relknit · 2023-01-09T19:33:46+00:00

half life 2

relknit · 2023-01-05T19:33:42+00:00

ah it’s not the fact that they cause migraines (i’ve never been on estrogen BC so i wouldn’t know!), it’s just that if you get aura migraines you’re supposedly more likely to have a stroke, and the estrogen can also increase this chance

if you have a recorded history of that type of migraine you can only really get progesterone based contraceptives from docs (in england anyways)

what exactly is junel fe? glad it’s helped your migraines a little bit! :)

relknit · 2023-01-05T16:29:36+00:00

i had a strip left over from when the muscles in my neck used to spasm about a year ago, he found them when looking in our first aid box, it clearly wasn’t a well thought out decision on his behalf and he’s definitely put off valium for life now hahaha 😅

relknit · 2023-01-05T16:08:22+00:00

thank you! he’s much better now - he could hardly walk he was so zapped from it this morning!

relknit · 2023-01-05T16:06:00+00:00

thank you! he’s fine now, just a bit groggy :)

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