MN Shedding!

[Tebby1017]

I silently jumped on the MN bandwagon. I thought everything was going great...my husband said he could see little waves at the roots, I could feel new growth...I was thinking "this is wonderful, it really works!" I have been MN'ing since November 27, give or take a few days. At any rate, I noticed some shedding this weekend, so I gave myself an Aphogee treatment and did a quick dry under the hairdryer (my hair doesn't really like airdrying so much I have found out). I did the baggie thing and have been wearing my phony pony since Saturday. I took it out today to moisturize and do my MN and low and behold I am still shedding! I lost quite a bit of hair (IMO) on Saturday during my wash, and although I loss less today when I took my hair down, it is still more than I have been getting lately. Can MN be the cause, and if so, what is the cure?

Thanks in advance,
Tebby

 

[sunshinelady]

Lots of people have this problem. Supposedly, it stops with continued use.

 

[Tebby1017]

Thanks. Do you know how long it takes before this stops, on average? For example, will this go on for say, a month, and then it will stop?

Tebby

 

[sunshinelady]

Thanks. Do you know how long it takes before this stops, on average? For example, will this go on for say, a month, and then it will stop?

Tebby

I've seen a week mentioned. I think the shedding starts because it increases your growth cycle.

 

[Tebby1017]

Okay....I guess I shouldn't worry. I will keep at it and if it gets worse or doesn't stop then I know to jump off of the MN bandwagon just as quickly as I jumped on.

Tebby

 

[aloof one]

I started MN on 11/25, two days before you, and I just recently noticed shedding as well, so I think it is the MN, however I have had a lot of periods of strange shedding happen over the winter in the past. Maybe its both?

I hope it stops in the spring.

 

[lilamae]

i'm MNing and I'm not shedding any more than normal. i can say that 6 weeks or more post relaxer I shed a lot. my hair has grown nearly 1.5 inches in 5 weeks using MN and coconut oil and very few hairs are shedding

 

[Moroni]

Last week, I bought the FDS brand of MN, mixed it with Vatika Oil and some Rosemary EO. The next day, I had hair coming out while I put my conditioner in for a prepoo. Never had that happen before. Just handling my hair, it was shedding. I've backed off MN, because I don't think I've got enough hair to spare! I didn't experience any shedding with my original MN mix, which was made from Neosporin AF and 2% MN from Walmart. Do you really think it's due to increasing the growth cycle?

 

[Aggie]

I silently jumped on the MN bandwagon. I thought everything was going great...my husband said he could see little waves at the roots, I could feel new growth...I was thinking "this is wonderful, it really works!" I have been MN'ing since November 27, give or take a few days. At any rate, I noticed some shedding this weekend, so I gave myself an Aphogee treatment and did a quick dry under the hairdryer (my hair doesn't really like airdrying so much I have found out). I did the baggie thing and have been wearing my phony pony since Saturday. I took it out today to moisturize and do my MN and low and behold I am still shedding! I lost quite a bit of hair (IMO) on Saturday during my wash, and although I loss less today when I took my hair down, it is still more than I have been getting lately. Can MN be the cause, and if so, what is the cure?

Thanks in advance,
Tebby

Tebby, this happened to me too and I got some alter ego garli treatment it slowed it down a lot. You could also use nutrine garlic shampoo and conditioner. They work well too at reducing the amount of shedding.

You may also try crushing the cloves of 7-10 garlic and/or blending them with 2oz of EVOO, heat in microwave for a few seconds and apply to your scalp and leave it on for about 30 minutes, then wash out.

It's really smelly and a little messy but it's very effective. Once you wash and condition your hair, the garlic smell will disappear. I now have no more shedding.

 

[Tebby1017]

Thank you for all of the responses. I think I might give the garlic a try.

Tebby