HAIR EMERGENCY (LHCF) 911!!

[~*Tigget*~]

I have recently joined, but have been lurking for awhile. So I am by no means a advanced member. This is why I am asking for everyones help. My hair is coming out in the top/middle part of my head. This has occured before, matter of fact just last year. In my siggie in the top set of pics my hair was recovering from it at that time. I have come a long way w/ it. I am currently wearing a wig, taking my daily hair vitamins, and deep conditioning weekly sometimes twice a week. I moisturize twice a day. The rest of my head is fine...its short but its still making progress. I am so scared I am going to have a relapse of what happened a year ago.

Here is a list of what I thought might be the issue:

I was taking Hydroxycut (and was a year ago when this happened, but now have stopped)

I am wearing a wig (as mentioned above, and I thought maybe I'm suffocating my scalp)

Oh and have quite a bit of stress in my life, but I tell myself everyday not to stress, and I didn't think I was.....ok well maybe I do.

So my plea is HELP!! Has anyone experienced this, and if so what can u suggest I do? I am also doing scalp massages, and rarely use heat. I didn't think heat was the cause of it since this its an isolated area. The last time this happened, I ended up going bald all over, so short I had no choice but to wear a wig. And it was really tender, although its not at all tender this time but still thinning badly. It kinda runs from the center to the left side about the size of 2 dollar coins together....sorry only thing i could think of to best describe it. Please HELP!!!!!erplexed

Thanks in advance Ladies.....

 

[PuffyBrown]

I certainly am very sorry for your dilemma but to really give everyone an idea of what the cause could be please describe what you do to your hair.

What do you do to prepare your hair to wear the wig? What type of wig is it?
How old is the wig?
Are you taking breaks to let your scalp air out?
What was the scalp condition you had before, and were you wearing wigs then?

Have you tried not wearing a wig and maybe do twist, bantu knots and other styles to see if it is actually the synthetic hair from the wig, or other parts of the wig that is not working for you?

One thing that is kind of getting my wheels turning is that first you have a wig, which means that your hair is holding in heat. Maybe with you adding moisturize 2 times a day, that area is becoming weak and coming out when the wig is removed, specifically if you have been itching and scratching in those areas where the hair is lost, because of the moisture.

 

[~*Tigget*~]

My silly self posted this twice....as i said 'NEWBIE' ..LOL

When I put the wig on, I just use a silk cap on my hair after I have moisturized it w/ Organic Olive Oil Growth lotion, and sealed it w/ Extra Virgin Coconut Oil. My scalp is not broken or irritated in any way. The last relaxer I had done at the salon was a few months ago in March.

I haven't had this wig very long, maybe a month, and I've washed it a few times since I had it.

As for before I wore micro braids and still had this issue. Only then my scalp was tender to touch, and would bleed sometimes when she pulled to put the hair in. I don't blame her at all, it was already soar and since I was losing hair I didn't care how bad it hurt or about it bleeding I just wanted to mask the problem. At that time I knew nothing about hair care.

(I am going to post this on the other page, since more responses are there). Please feel free to comment over there and offer any suggestions you may have. Thank you