Fact or Fiction - Aging = thinning

[flower]

Hello Ladies,

Is it true that as you age your hair will began to thin?

 

[*CherryPie*]

I think it depends on different factors as you age, such as heredity, medications and stress etc.....

I'm 45, and other than my edges occasionally thinning and then thickening back up in stressful times, my hair is fine. My hair hasn't thinned.

Stressful times has thinned my edges even when I was a teen though.

 

[slangups]

I am 52 and while I don't notice thinning I do notice it in my older sisters' hair. They dyed for decades though and I did not. Neither did others in my family. Those who didn't dye, didn't thin. I'm sure there is some correlation. My mother's 3a hair is very thin, but she's 90 and bedridden. We recently figured out that two of her meds were definitely causing thinning (drastic). She's off them now and we expect it to thicken back up. It still grows like weeds though. My father had a nice head of hair until he died at 93. So-it does depend, not only on heredity but habits.

 

[ms.blue]

I think aging plus medication causes thinning. My mom hair has low density but a lot hair and I have noticed some thinning in one area but I contribute that to the number of medications she currently taking.

 

[Vashti]

I've always thought it was inevitable but maybe it isn't. Most of the older people in my family have full heads of hair though.

 

[dyh080]

I'm 53 and haven't noticed thinning but I have been somewhat of a health nut since my early twenties. I DID notice it got a little looser when I was vegetarian( mid thirties).
My sisters are around my age...haven't noticed thinning, just damage brought on my misuse.

 

[Tiye]

Not always. My mom is one of 8 girls. All are 50+. The oldest is 70. Four have some type of thinning or hair loss and four do not. The oldest and youngest are the ones with the most hair. So in their family it was a 50-50 incidence however on my father's side all the women seem to have their hair till the end. I guess it just depends on many different things - genetics, diet, meds, environmental factors, etc.

 

[Coffee]

I'll soon be 60 and haven't noticed any thinning in my hair it actually has gotten thicker since LHCF. My Mom passed away at 83 and she had a fairly full and thick head of hair. However, I do have an older sister and her hair is really thinned out.

 

[Fine 4s]

Fact! Not a death sentence but highly probable. Enjoy it now...

 

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

Mom says it is but it can be reversed, when she got stressed (dad died) it thinned out alot but when I started sharing what I've learned here it began to thicken back up.

 

[Nonie]

Fact! Not a death sentence but highly probable. Enjoy it now...

As you age, cell division and multiplication slows down, which means even your follicles are not replenished at the rate they were when you were younger; also the way your body processes food you eat gets sluggish especially if your body isn't as healthy as it could possibly be, due to bad habits you had as a child or just genetics.

But it doesn't mean you just have to curl up and die. Good health habits go a long way to making the most of what you have. People like Dr Pickart (www.skinbiology.com) are constantly researching ways to help the cells of the body regenerate (like he is one of the people that discovered copper peptides that help with renewing of the skin and has a few products in the works for hair). Also Tom Hagerty (www.hairloss-reversible.com) has a scalp exercise that improves blood circulation that optimizing nutrient delivery to the hair follicles, which can make up for the slacking of your body due to age. Then cutting out crap in your diet so that all you eat is actually beneficial cuts back on the toxins that take up space and further assault your cells so that you're basically doing the best you can for your body....and the list goes on.

 

[adw425]

I just turned 50 and my hair shows no sign of thinning. However, I workout, eat right and well (lots of veggies, rarely eat meat, take my Green Goodness juice/smoothie daily), supplement as indicated in siggy, take no medications and have no chronic illnessess. I also massage my scalp nightly and apply aloe vera (food grade or from the plant) to it three times a week.

 

[biancaelyse]

It depends. My father is almost 80 and still has a head of very thick hair - no noticeable thinning at all.

My mother has always had very fine and silky hair and her hair looks much thinner than it did years ago so she keeps it short.

 

[topnotch1010]

FACT

I think it's genetics & meds. My paternal grandparents both have thin hair (grandmothers hair is WL). They have 7 children and 6 of them began to thin as they got older (men and women).

My maternal grandmother has a very full thick jherri curl but my grandfather went bald. Of their 4 children, 2 grew thin and 2 have thick hair.

I think it's the luck of the draw. I will just continue to enjoy it while I'm young and pray I don't thin too.

 

[DivaMommy]

Hmm, interesting thread. I am 38 and my hair has thinned considerably over the past few years, primarily due to post-partum shedding. I recently decided to take a break from relaxing (summer stretch) which may result in me transitioning. I always had thick hair, and I am not happy with its current state. I take no meds and have too much stress (I'm a new teacher). Mom is in her late 50s and no noticeable thinning with her.

 

[NaturalPath]

I think it may depend on how you treat your hair. When I was younger I noticed alot of women with type 3ish hair thinning and I would freak out thinking that it was inevitable.

I think as long as our diets and nutrient intake is on par then we shouldnt notice any thinning, unless however it is caused genetically

 

[MrsHdrLe]

OH GOSH I HOPE NOT!!!!

I always wondered why some women had male pattern balding (not thinning) into their 60s and 70s.