Welcome to HerHairLossHelp.com! As a woman, losing hair or having thinning hair can be a devastating and often confusing experience. A number of women suffer hair loss whether it be through androgenetic alopecia, alopecia areata, universalis, telogen effluvium, etc. With all of the possible triggers for our hair loss physically and emotionally, sometimes [...]
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TE vs. CTE
Just wanted to summarize some research I’ve done over the past couple of years… for the benefit of my fellow TE shedders… Here goes…
Classic TE lasts roughly 3-6 months and has a very specific and temporary trigger… e.g. childbirth, major surgery, illness
CTE is basically TE lasting longer than 6 months and the insult or trigger [...]
Birth Control / Contraceptives and Hair Loss
BCPs contain a combination of estrogen and progestin. All BCPs now have one main source of estrogen — ethinyl estradiol. Ethinyl estradiol is a constant in the BCP equation but the part that changes is the progestin level. There are a number of different types of progestin and some of them are higher in androgenic [...]
Women’s Hair Loss Survey
Some time ago, the moderators and a few other ladies on the forum participated in a brief survey concerning women’s hair loss… To be honest, I found some of the results to be expected (i.e. stressful life events, medications changing, postpartum, etc.) At this time, I’d like to open the survey up to all [...]
