Blu217
Well-Known Member
Sigh.
I initially came here because stress was thinning my hair. My hair recently started filling in, then another change in my life I guess wicked up more stress because it's back to thinning
. I'm really upset.
I also tried stretching late last year and now have a patch of broken hair in the back. I think it's growing in, but slowly. And my nape area seems kinda chewed up all of a sudden in general. I've not had any sort of breakage in decades and I'm not sure what the problem is, nor how to fix it in the nape area. When my hair is down and not curly, there's a thinned area near the middle because the hair underneath is broken right now, and I HATE THIS. Could it be the scrunchies? The plastic pony clips?
I have fine hair, probably 4-something, medium thickness, APL, relaxed every 6 weeks. Lately I've had that telltale itchy scalp.
My hair regime looks like this:
Wash once a week or so with Nioxin shampoo and conditioner. I use a shower combl and have been air-drying lately, but usually I rollerset with a leave-in and Lottabody. I don't apply any other products. I wear a ponytail or bun most days with as loose a scrunchie as I can manage. Sometimes I wear my pony out, and I wear my hair out whenever I rollerset it. My hair is too light for any heavy products, oils or pomades so I've always had to keep things pretty simple.
Within the last two weeks I just started B5 and MSM powder. I'd stopped BC pills because I wasn't sure what the shedding was from but just started again 3 weeks ago. In the past I've taken a slew of vitamins but never really saw a huge difference.
I used Surge and think that caused some of my breakage. I have some MTG but it's so messy; I would use it again tho. Am thinking of trying Neosporin.
These issues have me so bummed out and confused. It's long, but I am certain it could grow faster if I could figure out which methods to use for it. Any advice anyone can offer, I'm willing to listen--and to try new things.
I initially came here because stress was thinning my hair. My hair recently started filling in, then another change in my life I guess wicked up more stress because it's back to thinning
. I'm really upset.I also tried stretching late last year and now have a patch of broken hair in the back. I think it's growing in, but slowly. And my nape area seems kinda chewed up all of a sudden in general. I've not had any sort of breakage in decades and I'm not sure what the problem is, nor how to fix it in the nape area. When my hair is down and not curly, there's a thinned area near the middle because the hair underneath is broken right now, and I HATE THIS. Could it be the scrunchies? The plastic pony clips?
I have fine hair, probably 4-something, medium thickness, APL, relaxed every 6 weeks. Lately I've had that telltale itchy scalp.
My hair regime looks like this:
Wash once a week or so with Nioxin shampoo and conditioner. I use a shower combl and have been air-drying lately, but usually I rollerset with a leave-in and Lottabody. I don't apply any other products. I wear a ponytail or bun most days with as loose a scrunchie as I can manage. Sometimes I wear my pony out, and I wear my hair out whenever I rollerset it. My hair is too light for any heavy products, oils or pomades so I've always had to keep things pretty simple.
Within the last two weeks I just started B5 and MSM powder. I'd stopped BC pills because I wasn't sure what the shedding was from but just started again 3 weeks ago. In the past I've taken a slew of vitamins but never really saw a huge difference.
I used Surge and think that caused some of my breakage. I have some MTG but it's so messy; I would use it again tho. Am thinking of trying Neosporin.
These issues have me so bummed out and confused. It's long, but I am certain it could grow faster if I could figure out which methods to use for it. Any advice anyone can offer, I'm willing to listen--and to try new things.
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