Jada Pinkett Smith | Women'S Hair Loss Explained
- Posted on 09 January, 2022
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Jada Pinkett Smith | Women's Hair Loss Explained by Dr. Gary Linkov, hair restoration surgeon. Check out what type of hair loss might Jada have and how to work on restoring hair loss in women.
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00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Reaction
05:26 - Outline
05:59 - Types of Hair Loss in Women
10:22 - What Type(s) of Hair Loss might Jada have?
11:34 - Jada's Scar
13:46 - Hair Restoration Options
19:47 - Options for Jada Pinkett Smith
21:00 - Outro
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Hey everyone, dr gary linkov, here double board: certified facial plastic surgeon and a hair restoration surgeon. This video is about jada pinkett smith, and it also covers women's hair loss and hair treatment options for women in particular. So this will be an interesting one. I heard about jada and her struggles, and i wanted to talk about it here. We'Ll also discuss that scalp scar that she has so make sure to please check out our hoodies. We have these great hoodies that we just came out with, and it's all about body positivity, it's our. I feel beautiful hoodies check those out. Thank you. So much for the support. Partial proceeds are going to charity specifically to the alopecia areata foundation, because that is the condition that i have and that some people think maybe jada has as well. So, let's let's talk about i'm going to play this clip. This was jada on inside edition. Jada pinkett smith shows the world. She has no shame with a bald head at this point. I can only let her it looks like she recently just uh shaved, her head and you all know. I'Ve been suggestion she's pointing to that area of what looks like scar on her scalp and referring to it as alopecia. I think there's been a lot of misinformation about what type of alopecia she may have and just to kind of define things. Alopecia is just hair loss and there are many different types and we'll cover a bunch of them here in this, video shows how the hair loss condition. Alopecia has left her with a big scar on her scalp inside edition is even saying you know, alopecia the hair loss condition. Alopecia is a very non-specific term. It'S not an actual condition. There are specific types of alopecia just all of a sudden one day. Look at this line right here. Look at that so again, she's pointing out that scar on the scalp look at that, and so it just showed up like that. So she's saying that it just appeared that this this linear line that looks like it was probably something happened in that area. She'S saying that it just appeared, i've been getting a lot of questions about why i've been wearing this turban. Yeah well, and you know just like her - i mean i also get questions about wearing hats and and having surgical caps and actually today i did a hair transplant. So i'm wearing my cap but, as you guys know, you know oftentimes i'm just without my cap and just bald right, because i have an advanced form of alopecia areata issues with hair loss. She even showed herself getting a buzz cut now. She'S completely bald. Remember that she's bald because she shaved her head. There are still signs of some follicles there on her scalp, so she could choose to wear that hair. Longer she chooses to to shave it down just keep in mind with alopecia areata, especially with the more aggressive types like totality and universalis. You don't really have a choice. I mean other than taking certain types of pills and doing certain other things, but the follicles are actually being attacked by your own body. So there are no follicles that you, you can choose to allow to grow you're being destroyed by your own body cells to avoid surgery rumors. This is going to be a little bit more difficult for me to hide, so i thought i'd just share it. So you're not asking any questions. The internet is loaded with they're juxtaposing what you're, seeing here with this woman that clearly has alopecia areata these kind of patchy areas of hair loss with what jada has, and i think that they're two very very different things and i'll talk more about that soon. You can't say everyone has the same condition showing their hair loss due to alopecia. So i have a bald patch over here. Alopecia riota is a circular in general, circular type of of hair loss, and sometimes those circles can advance and merge into a bigger area. I honestly felt like she hugged me when she made that pose, because it made me feel like i was not alone. I think it's really courageous that she i was on the dr ross show at this doctor. Dr woolfeld he's publicized it and she talks about it, and i think it's really gives a lot of hope to other women that are out there that may be experiencing something similar. I definitely think it's great that she's out here talking about her hair loss. I just want to hone in on what type of hair loss jada actually has, and i think that would be uh useful information for everybody and again it's speculative i'm not her doctor, but that's what i do for a living is hair loss treatment. This is my hair loss. Actress alyssa milano recently showed off clumps of hair that came out after she was diagnosed with covid. Even so far in this video they've already pointed out several different types of hair loss. They showed a woman with alopecia areata, and that is one type of condition. Then they showed this other celebrity who had hair loss after covid the type of hair loss. There is called telogen effluvium, and that is something common. After many different types of viral infections, she remains upbeat about her ordeal, mama's gon na put some rhinestones in there. I'M just gon na make me a little crown. Definitely she's got this area. What looks to me more like scar than just your natural type of alopecia type of condition, so we're going to cover in this video? What are the most common types of hair loss in women? I actually gave this type of lecture in a more detailed way at the global aesthetic conference last year. We'Ll also touch on what type of hair loss jada might have. What caused that scar? That'S on her scalp. What type of hair restoration options are available to women, and what can jada do now now that she has this scar area and just for her hair loss in general? What might be the options for jada, so watch till the end to find out we're going to start with the hair loss in women. What are the different types? The most common type is androgenic alopecia. This is also sometimes referred to as female pattern. Hair loss. It'S analogous to male pattern: hair loss, the actual pattern of the hair loss is different, but the underlying reason or the mechanism of loss is still androgen-based, which means that it's it's hormonal based there are these male hormones called androgens and they cause a miniaturization process to Occur where your hair gets more and more miniaturized over time and that can cause different types of appearances on the scalp. So for women, it's more of a central parting that we see. So we see a preservation of the frontal, most hairline and then usually just behind that there's an area that starts at the part line of thinning and it starts to widen. It starts to widen very different from what we see in in man where there's recession at the front to temporal areas and then there's a loss at the crown or the vertex. It takes on a different pattern, but nonetheless the underlying reasons are the same. For the majority of hair loss, which again is called androgenic or androgenetic alopecia, another type of hair loss in women is telogen effluvium. Now this comes in an acute form and a chronic form. I mentioned telogen effluvium when we were talking about covalent and different other viruses or stressful events that can occur. They can cause basically a shedding to occur. The hairs most of the hair on the head, 90 of scalp hair exists in the anagen phase of the hair cycle, so in the growth phase, but sometimes it can enter into a resting phase and even a shedding phase. So that's the telogen and the catagen phases of the hair cycle. When that happens, you start to see shedding and that can be like an acute type of problem or it could be something that happens slowly over time. So it's another type of hair loss condition. Then you have sychotricial alopecia, which is a form of scarring alopecia. Now this is very different from what we've mentioned before this is where there's an inflammatory reaction and the body actually starts to sometimes build up scar tissue in areas on the scalp and then sometimes the hairs might never grow back. So that's cyclotricial alopecia! Then you have alopecia areata, and this is an autoimmune type of hair loss that i mentioned earlier. This is what i have. I have the extreme form universalis and there are other you know famous people out there with this type of condition, some of whom you know sport it, some of whom cover things up with a wig, some of whom take medications to try to combat it. And these are generally circular areas of hair loss. It'S not that uncommon for people to have a spot of hair loss on their scalp or somewhere on their body and then that hair grows in over time and they never really think about it again. But in rare cases it can expand, sometimes the spot doesn't fill in at all. You have what actually they showed earlier. Then you also have this frontal fibrosing alopecia, another type of rare, more rare kind of scarring type of condition. An inflammatory state where you have the hairline receding up in women and there's been some speculation that maybe it's actually sunscreen lotion that might be contributing to this. But that's not conclusive and some people agree and some people disagree, but also you get a thinning and sometimes lost complete loss of eyebrows. With this condition - and this can be very difficult to treat, then you also have traction alopecia as yet another form of hair loss. Traction alopecia is when you have tight hairstyles like women who wear their hair back or in tight braids for extended periods of time. You can actually cause pulling on the hair that causes inflammation at the root or the follicle of the hair, and it can cause that hair to fall out. And that is traction alopecia and you can get some thinning and balding in the front and on the sides because of this type of state, so the best treatment is actually to wear more relaxed hairstyles. To avoid something like that. So please make sure to subscribe to our channel. We do a lot of educational stuff for you guys. We do celebrity reviews of different hair type of treatments that they may have had or facial plastic surgeries. We also do a lot of reaction. Videos to other youtube videos and, of course, just purely educational stuff related to the work that i do in my surgical practice. So now, let's go to the types of hair loss that jada might have now. It'S not uncommon for especially women to have multifactorial reasons or explanations for their hair loss. So i think that jada has three potential explanations for her hair loss. I think one there's probably some degree of traction. Alopecia that's happened over time. I was looking back through many photos over over decades and there are plenty of times when the hair is braided and the hair is stretched back and that can lead to some degree of traction alopecia. I also think that she may have chronic telogen effluvium, and this again is worse in situations like covet, but it really can happen from many different types of life stressors, including viruses, but other things can do it too, and i think she may have some component of Androgenic alopecia, it is at the end of the day the most common cause of hair loss in women as it is in men and that causes a miniaturization of the follicles. The hair starts at like a terminal type of hair, so it's nice long straight thick and then it slowly over time as the androgens start to take effect in certain parts of the scalp becomes miniaturized. It grows in shorter, shorter, shorter until it really doesn't even break the skin surface. So what caused the scar on jada's scalp now? Could it be alopecia riota? I think it's a bit too linear to be alopecia. Areata. I'Ve never seen something looking like that. That is alopecia areata. Is there another type of hair loss that causes a linear type of kind of scar-like appearance in one particular area on the scalp? None that i'm aware of there are, of course many rare things out there. I don't know everything, and so perhaps there is, if you guys have heard of something like that, make sure to comment below, but i think something that's a bit more plausible. That again is very speculative, but just i'm going to throw something else into the mix of possibilities specifically for jada's scar. I think jada may have had again it's purely speculative. It could be wrong, but she may have had a coronal brow, lift a brow. Lift these days is often done to just address the temporal part, so the lateral aspect of the brow by making an incision behind the hairline. Also, when you need a complete brow, lift most of the time it's being done through endoscopic type of approaches, whether it's with endoscopes or without, but it's still minimal access, meaning you have three to five ports, these individual incisions behind the hairline to kind of hide the Signs of of any type of surgery in the past there was a different kind of brow, lift which was a coronal bralette. There are also other pre-tracheal types of brow lifts where you're at the hairline, but in terms of what i think jada may have had is a coronal brow, lift which would be essentially the same exact location. Where i see that scar now, she may have not seen it for a long long time until her hair loss became worse. So she may have had hair just covering up that scar and then, as her hair loss worsened, it may have revealed that scar. So she may have been totally shocked. I'M not saying that she's misleading people, but she may have been shocked herself to see like oh, my gosh, and maybe she didn't realize that that procedure of the past, if she even had one may have caused that type of scar. So what are hair restoration options? Specifically for women, because that you know i do a lot of these videos and most of the things i talk about could also as far as far as treatments could relate to women, but i haven't really done a video specifically on a women's hair restoration. So i wanted to touch on this here now before we get into those solutions. There are sometimes tests that we do not just by looking at the scalp. Occasionally we have to biopsy the scalp, we're not sure if there's some kind of scarring or inflammatory condition going on. Sometimes we get lab work looking at things like thyroid levels, iron, ferritin, vitamin d levels, certain types of hormones, and sometimes we look for allergic type of reactions, so sometimes skin testing or patch testing to see if there's some something in someone's hair product, for example, that Might be causing irritation and other problems so getting into hair loss options. We have rogaine, which is a solution or foam, and we have a whole video. Just on on rogaine, the generic is minoxidil minoxidil tends to elongate the anagen phase of the growth cycle, and by doing so it can help increase the growth of the hair. All medical therapies, as i talk about on my channel, are temporary solutions and they need to keep up with them in order to continue to see the impact of all these medical therapies - and you have finasteride, which is propecia propecia is the is the brand name. This is a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor. This will reduce the amount of that dihydrotestosterone or some of those androgens that i talked about earlier that are circulating that are causing the miniaturization. This reverses that process in women. You have to be very careful with the use of finasteride because there could be some birth defects, especially in male fetuses. So generally, it's only recommended for post-menopausal women. Spironolactone is another class of medication. This is also anti-androgenic. It'S actually used more often women for like acne, for example, but you have to be careful also here with electrolyte imbalances, but tyronolactone has been shown in studies to promote uh hair growth. Then you have vitamins biotin-based vitamins like viviscal and neutrophil, and those are b complex. Vitamins that have been shown to strengthen the hair and improve the situation in many patients, and you have low level laser light therapy, and you should check out our video on that as well. These are devices that increase blood flow to the area. There are caps or combs that are worn on the head and they help stimulate hair follicles. Then you have steroid injections or topical steroids too. These are for situations where you have a lot of the inflammatory type of state or very active shed with telogen effluvium and you're. Looking to kind of halt that shed, sometimes steroids can be injected into the scalp in a temporary way can help slow down that process. There'S also prp, which is platelet-rich plasma. These are injections. You get some blood from the vein. You spin it down, isolate the platelets inject, the platelets that have growth factors into the scalp to help promote hair growth. So we'll have a video specifically on that. Coming out. The next month, or so sometimes fat injections are done so just like fat transfer to the face fat can also be transferred to the scalp, and that has stem cells, and it can promote the hair growth to sometimes a nice degree and can also be done prior To a hair transplant to try to improve that underlying kind of fertile bed for for the transplants later and again, most of these medical therapies are improving that balance of the terminal hairs to the more villus hairs, so they're shifting the balance away from villus or miniaturized Hairs to more mature looking hairs. Rarely are they increasing the overall density of your hair, but they are usually helping to promote the increased thickness of the hair and the length and that that all helps other classes of things can be done for hair loss are scalp micro, pigmentation referred to as smp I'Ll be making a video specifically on this, but the idea here, it's like a temporary tattoo. It'S usually little tiny dots that are done on the scalp and that's called smp scalp micropigmentation. It lasts about three to five years. It'S an option for essentially camouflage of a lighter type of scalp. When you have darker hair, lighter scalp, you have that shine through, so it helps surgical, hairline, advancement or sha is a technique. That'S used to lower hair lines. This is in women who or men who have very, very stable hair lines and are looking to lower the entire hairline. So if you have a condition like frontal, fibrosin alopecia, for example, you don't want to be lowering that hairline, because there's a strong chance that those hairs won't survive. And then you have a scar across the front of your scalp. Another way to lower the hairline or just fill in different areas of the scalp is with a hair transplant, and we talk about sometimes well when is it safe to do a hair transplant? What are the conditions so naturally high hairline or someone with these frontal temporal recessions could be a candidate if you're looking to correct different scars and remember that, because that's going to come back as we talk about options for jada correction of scars can be helped with A hair transplant at times slowly progressive, hair loss. You have to be careful because you don't want to do a transplant and the person ends up losing a lot more hair. So you have to stay conservative if they're, slowly continuing to lose hair, scarring, alopecias or alopecia areata. If there's a circular area or an area of scar from say like like in plano polaris, which is this inflammatory state that can cause some scarring, you want to make sure there's stability there over the course of years prior to a transplant and occasionally we'll do what I mentioned earlier a fat transfer prior to a hair transplant in those areas. You want to make sure also that there's good donor area when you're doing a hair transplant, you're borrowing from one place to put to another the place you're borrowing from, has to be good. Hair has to be able to to donate, and you want to make sure you don't exhaust that donor supply. You also want to make sure patients have realistic expectations when it comes to their potential results. So what can jada do now about that? Scalp scar? So one is, you can own it. I mean she's at least brought it out to to the public. Maybe it's not the most, that factual, uh representation of what put that scar there. However, she has talked about it and she could just do nothing right. That'S always an option. Another option would be a wig or a hair piece or some sort of uh cover up which i'm you know, i'm sure she's tried before their scalp micropigmentation. So it's the illusion of hair. So it's it's flat. It'S not three-dimensional, but it can still be a reasonable option for scalp scars at times. There'S scar revision, so sometimes you can remove. You can surgically cut out a scalp scar and then try to re-suture and hope for a much thinner, scar. There'S always going to be a scar, but a much thinner, less obvious one, that's an option, and, lastly, a hair transplant into that scar could be something useful, assuming that she has some reasonable donor hair say in the back of the scalp, but with all the other Types of issues with their hair that she's experiencing she may not want to do anything about that scar and just let it be and hope that i guess people just forget about it. I hope that helped. You guys understand more about women's hair loss and hair restoration options, and also a bit more about jada, pinkett smith and her hair loss situation. Make sure to please check out our hoodies. They are all about body positivity, with proceeds going to the alopecia areata foundation. Incidentally, enough and very much related to this talk, so hopefully you guys enjoyed that summary of things that can be done for hair loss, things that jada smith could consider for her own hair loss and, if you've enjoyed this video, please make sure to check out our Video on eyebrow hair transplants and we included chrissy teigen's experience into that video. It'S also a patient of mine that i share as a showcase video, so click on the card i'll see you there. Thank you so much for watching. I'M, dr gary linkov signing out
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B Griswold: When I was a hairstylist in Beverly Hills a lot of my clients had this scar, in the exact that spot. It's surgical. He's right. Brow lift. Older face-lifts created very thick scars.
Pattee Gee: As soon as I saw Jada's scar on her scalp, I knew it was from a Coronal brow lift. What a disappointment that she is trying to blame it on hair loss instead of owning that she had a cosmetic procedure. I have the same scar from a Coronal brow lift and associated hair loss in the area of the scar. My cosmetic surgeon never warned me of the risk of having permanent hair loss at the scar site. If I had been informed of this risk, I may have elected a different form of brow lift or not done one at all. As I age and my hair thins, I have become self-conscious that my scar is noticeable. Right at the top of my head, front and center. Dark hair with a white scar. Nice. Thank you doctor for your suggestions to correct or cover the scar.
GaryDomaz: Let’s be real. NO ONE can dispute Dr. Linkov’s word. Being a hair transplant professional AND having the condition himself.
9.87 WOKE: Cosmetologist over 30 years, that's a surgical scar... I've seen it on many clients. Furthermore, there's at least 8 types of alopecia and at least 30% of women suffer from this. Dr. Linkov, you're right on point.
Shugar Burke: As soon as I saw her scar, I knew it was from a procedure. You described the situation perfectly. She's very beautiful and whoever her surgeon was did a GREAT job because she still looks like herself even though there was a small change. She's not fooling anyone with that "I don't know how that happened" explanation. But that's Hollywood
Dawn O: She wants to shave her hair, that's ok, but then realized that her browlift scar can be seen...well she needed to find a reason to have a scar and why not say it's alopecia. The problem is people are too scared to call her a liar because I know people who have alopecia and believe me I've never seen it like that. She had a brow lift people, plain and simple.
BB ~: "Before people see my scar and start asking questions I decided to lie about it to preserve my inflated celebrity ego" is what she really meant. It's disappointing she chose to outright lie because I like her.
Sonja Goedde-Lund: So, this aged splendidly. I’ve shown it to multiple people in light of the Oscar drama about her alopecia
IAMANGELIQUE: I knew it! I kept telling people she don’t have Alopecia!!! I have been dealing with hair loss for the last few years, but mine is from stressing over the loss of my fiancé plus I’m going through menopause like most women my age go through. Some go through losing hair some don’t. I’m 51 and I just happen to be the some. Thank you❤️
Nikki Jay Artistry: You confirmed my thoughts. Just looked like a shaved head with a scar on top. You can see all her intact hair follicles on her shaved head. When i think alopecia i think the circular balding or traction balding. Her hair might be thinning and extremely damaged from all the bleaching, but i was definitely scratching my head trying to see where the alopecia was.
Marina Zappettini: I'm 27 and I've been dealing with PCOS-related AGA for at least seven years... Minoxidil really helps the situation a lot, thankfully, but I'm glad there are professionals like you spreading awareness and making us alopecia sufferers feel less alone!
Carmen Suarez: Thank you, Doctor for politely and respectfully calling her out by educating the social media masses of this condition so thoroughly and clearly. There are so many people who are really suffering from this condition and many very severely. Shame on her for thinking her vanity was above the truth. Hollywood is truly spineless, like Jim Carrey so eloquently said. With so much going on in today’s world, here us a platform about this narcissistic woman, who happens to be married to a famous actor and is her way to stay relevant instead if doing something more meaningful and make a true and real change in the world. Pathetic!
Black Metal Candy: I am so relieved to find this because now she has brought so much attention to alopecia, which caused a lot of us to research people that actually have it, as opposed to a narcissist who is trying to claim they have it when they don't.
Arianna McFarlane: My first guess (as a black woman) would be that she had traction alopecia from wigs. I had a similar, but much smaller scar on my head from wearing an install too long and that spot still has no hair. It would explain why it's so linear as well but past surgery makes a lot of sense too.
JunkFood Vegan: Every since Jade came out saying “ I have alopecia” I’ve been hearing people with natural hair loss saying they have alopecia. I’m glad you specify the types of hair loss and the medical differences.
Sarah Riley: Lol Jada: look at my alopecia scar. Oh poor me… Doctor: this is a scar from a coronal brow lift
High Tide Soaps: I have significant hair loss from Androgenic Alopecia and it's really depressing. Seems like I'm the only one struggling with this, so it's nice to hear about other people dealing with the same thing. Almost time to shave my head (again, already did that once) and wear a wig full time. Sigh.
Frank Liu: This is amazing. I thought the video was made after Oscar, but it turns out to be before. Great to see this type of expert insight from a qualified person.
The Seventh: She's lying and saying her scar is alopecia?! Girl, that's from cosmetic surgery! These celebs need to quit with the lies. I'm glad you pointed it out to others who wouldn't have a clue. Lying on alopecias name? Not in this neighbourhood! You can be a positive role model spreading awareness for alopecia, but don't forget about being a positive role model about cosmetic surgery too. Edit: After a few replies I gave them the benefit of the doubt and double checked my conclusion. I even tried researching 'Linear presentation of alopecia' and got nowhere. The only line like presentation regarding alopecia are wide bands of hair loss that travel across the entire scalp. Hers starts and stops in a way alopecia just doesn't present as. I know a scar and I know how alopecia presents, her story is not adding up. I then researched 'cosmetic surgery incision locations' and hers resembles a Brow Lift, I then tried 'brow lift incision locations' and found this.. '' Your surgeon will make an incision behind your hairline across the top of your head, from ear to ear or primarily on the top of your head. '' Her scar is consistent with the incision made during a brow lift procedure. Its a SCAR NOT ALOPECIA. Sorry Jada fans, your queen is unfortunately being untruthful.
safe beauty: I’m 35 and have had massive hair loss in the past 2 years. But I’m so self conscious because I literally look like a balding man right at the front of my hair and I just don’t have the money to be able to treat it. I live paycheck to paycheck. I appreciate the video because it does feel good to be heard and be acknowledged. Hoping for better days
チドリ: It’s a shame people keep talking about “female hairloss” and mixing up a bunch of different conditions, spreading misinformation. Great video doc!
Ashlyn Fears: I believe she has traction alopecia. She mentioned the tight hairstyles and demand for her hair to fit into society's standard for the height of her career during an interview. As a black women there's so much pressure on us to wear our hair in styles/added chemicals that cause damage overtime. Chemical relaxers and heavy braids definitely have to cause damage overtime. Most hairstyles that don't cause tension are just now being widely accepted in the black community/Hollywood.
bruce willis: As someone who also suffers from hairloss, sometimes its caused by entanglements and the universes reaction to it
Jen X: Since what happened at the Oscars this has been everywhere with ppl defending Will due to her "autoimmune disorder" and that "she's actually really sick and worse off than we know"...and it's driving me crazy. I'm prob triggered because I have pretty advanced diffused alopecia and SLE. I saw this video from Inside Edition and a similar one from ET, they both had me fuming. It's like they can't even google anything to do minimum research. Jada laughing in the video about this "autoimmune disorder" she keeps saying she has is the worst. The Dr in the IE video says he thinks "it's really courageous that she publicized it and talks about it, gives a lot of hope to other women who are out there maybe experiencing something similar." I think the key thing in what he said was "publicized it". She sure did! It was everywhere. Her and her "struggle with an autoimmune disorder" that she says constantly. She wore a turban everywhere. She had her full head of hair shaved live on IG. She needs attention and faking having an autoimmune disorder does not give anyone hope. Hope for what? To not have it? Like she doesn't? Yeah. I'm really triggered. Peace out. ✌️
Merry Walsh: Years ago, I was in college with a woman who had beautiful curly hair. Turns out it was a wig, because she had some form of alopecia, but none of us realized it. We found out years later, because her story, with her real name, was published in a popular fashion magazine. So there are good wigs out there, if that is a direction you want to go in.
pocketfulofposey: The field of womens hair loss is bare like the hair we are losing! I’m grateful Jada shared this and hopefully we can hear more. When I started losing my hair I only found mens options. Weird to be on a site called hims for my hair loss. I had some major hair loss after a henna treatment and have always had fine hair. I’m surprised there’s not more out there specifically for women as we are sensitive to any little hair loss and we are good customers for beauty care. I’m just shocked but glad now hopefully I’ll have more options.
MarcelWhy: love your videos. this was a perfect example of using something in the news as a transition into a more in-depth explanation of a common, yet often misunderstood condition (even by those who have it). also a great overview of the topic of female hair loss in general. kudos! ❤
Beth Davis: Jada caused her own hair loss by her own abuse of her hair--When she says Alopecia she makes most people feel sorry for her and think it was all due to an immune disease. She beached often, dyed, stretched it tight for cornrows which were left in for months and shaved her head decades ago. SHE LOVES THE ATTENTION. She still has hair elsewhere.
SmilysPrid: Thank you for the informative video! I’ve had hair loss for years. Ive always had a fear that it could become a “serious condition like alopecia.” I had no idea that alopecia was simply a general term meaning hair loss. I also have severe dandruff that’s gotten worse in my adulthood. I think that could be the cause of my hair loss. Thank you for educating me!
M Mills: My Sister gradually lost the top, front and the entire edges do to Alopecia. When she finally showed me I wanted to cry. She had such beautiful hair. My grandmother lost all of hers as well.
Nonya Biness: My son was killed and I lost over half of my hair. It shed so bad I could no longer wear it down. Severe grief and depression caused whatever hair loss I had. It’s better now since time has passed, but jeez! I just grew it back after chemo, and tragedy hit
john tobin: Gary I hope you are doing well, I always knew you would do big things since highschool! Was shocked to see you are a huge youtuber. Keep it up!
C Vasoyan: I had a co-worker who would say the rudest things to his fellow co-workers; with me he would insult my husbands race, but it was especially disturbing when he would make fun of a female who was losing a lot of her. I addressed my concern with my boss, stating that I didn’t care for his callous way he spoke to myself and my co-worker(s). But sadly, my boss made it seem as if I was the one being too sensitive. Was I? I don’t think this type of behavior would be accepted in the workplace nowadays.
Cindy Bogart: Thank you for covering this topic, Dr. I’ve had a lot of hair loss from Covid & the stress it has created. I’m glad Jada has brought this situation to life & discussed it. She has such a beautiful shaped head & she looks good with it that short. She’s basically always has her hair short anyway.
Nicole Elizabeth: Thank you for this! I'm a woman who's losing her hair so this was useful to me and gave me some hope I can mitigate the damage
Jane Black: Honestly, my first thought in seeing her head..."something happened" in that area ...and the rest of the head was shaven. I've had (and seen) alopecia areata and can say that the hair loss leaves smooth...hairless skin. Not a scar. It breaks my heart for those who truly do suffer from alopecia.
Kelley Pauley: I'm started losing a tremendous amount of hair in November and it hasn't stopped. Went to my family doctor had blood work done and came back as Lupus. Wish I knew more information about this.
Andy: Thank you so much for the clarification. I've had alopecia areata since I was 8 years old and I was wondering what type of alopecia she had, plus she didn't seem to have real bald spots.
Teresa Saunders: 3 days ago, at a haircut appointment, my hairdresser pointed out a circular one inch bald patch at the back of my head. I had no idea it was there, and it wasn't there at my previous appointment. Thank you for explaining the different types of hair loss so well. Interestingly, I am gluten/ dairy and a host of other things intolerant, but my diet has been horrific of late and I have been making myself unwell consuming many foods that I shouldn't. I also had covid this year, then broke out in strange spots, all over my hands, that stayed for about 3 months, thankfully now.gone. Hoping if I take better care of myself, my hair loss won't become worse.
eon001: Well I feel vindicated. I've seen people with severe alopecia, (no eye brows, full bald) but her hair follicles confused tf out of me. She can clearly grow and style around the scar.
Sarah Stroud: It’s amazing that you have used you’re condition to make it you’re life’s work! I have so much respect for you
Melissa Jefferson: Wish I had the ability to share this video 1 million times over. Thank you for both your expert and personal experience explanation of what I’ve been questioning concerning Jada TRULY having alopecia In the form of which she would like people to believe.
Vee of the Weald: This was extremely educational. Thank you so much! I used to have a very full and healthy head of hair but after 18 months of antibiotics for Lyme disease + a genetic disorder (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) that also requires heavy medication + turning 50 in a few months , I now have a receding hairline and very sparse hair… I used to cover my bald patches with brown powder since I used to be a brunette (when I could be bothered)… until I finally stopped covering the greys and the baldness and embraced my Silver Foxiness. But then my hair thinned even more and you can see my scalp quite dramatically (I think)…. So: now I wear wigs! There are amazing wigs out there, ladies! Check Raquel Welch or Bell Tress wigs. They look so real no one will ever detect anything + you look like you’ve just stepped out of the salon with a very expensive cut and a very expensive colour with highlights and low lights. I hope this helps too. Keep your head high, you’re beautiful
Teri Thom: I really like your calm, soothing voice and you are so compassionate. Since I am post menopausal, I have hair fall and have large gaps in my parts. I went to a dermatologist and she said I have non scarring alopecia. Going to start using Minoxidil for women. I hope it works! Oh, Jada is full of *#%*
Kimberly Phares: Thank you for making this content and educating the world on AA. I have AA/AT/(was AU). So many misconceptions. Love your content and keep sending the positivity!
MarvelousSandstone: One of my dear friends has the most extreme form just like Dr. Linkov here and and had it ever since she was a child. It's definitely not easy to deal with mentally more so than physically but she has learned to love herself just how she is. She loves wigs and it's definitely always fun to see what new one she got. Eventually you just have to accept what you got and make the best out of it and I live like that too with my disability I have. Can't do much about it besides not have it drag me down.
Gail: Thanks for this, especially since it came before the slap heard around the world. I was a hairstylist for decades. When I saw Jada’s video saying she has alopecia. I say it is a scar from a brow lift. You say it very clear on the types and Jada doesn’t have a serious form like the kind that men and women lose noticeable amount. Also after menopause women thin out a lot. It’s not alopecia, just hair lose because the hormone levels changing in menopausal women.
Lola Ragola: What do you think happens if you keep repeatedly pulling on hair? That's what extensions and weaves do, they are very heavy, and a strain on the follicle. You are preventing the hair follicle from functioning properly so hair falls out. What do you think happens when you regularly put straightening chemicals on your hair that burn skin? Or bleach the shit out of it? Yes, it becomes brittle and breaks off! She doesn't have alopecia, and shame on her for her pretense. She has a rather bad case of over-inflated importance and chronic narcissism. Just my opinion as a hair stylist.
This&That: Based on the body language of Jada, when she points to the scar, she smiles shyly and uncomfortably, some might say it's because she doesn't like the scar, but to me that makes zero sense, her uncomfortableness speaks more to her being caught for a facelift when maybe she has denied it. Scars do not just appear out of nowhere; some form of trauma occurs first. She wanted to share it because she knows everyone knows what this kind of scar comes from, and wants to divert attention from it. I mean who cares if she has had a facelift. She looks way to young and flawless, to not have had one.
A LT: Thank you so much for this important video Dr. Gary! My mom has FFA (frontal fibrosing alopecia) and it was impossible to any help from Drs. I was the one who figured it out after doing hours of research… she’s lost all her eyebrows and has the very distinctive pattern of frontal hair loss, she’s a textbook case but no doctor wanted to help figure her problem out, they just kept dismissing her saying she was stressed... it’s frustrating. Her scalp is completely smooth with no hair follicles on the front and sides. She wears wigs now and microbladed brows. She did wear sunscreen daily for much of her adult life, after getting a basal cell carcinoma on her nose in her 30’s. I personally struggle with chronic telogen effluvium from hypothyroidism, it’s been over 10 years now. I was told to use Rogaine foam and take iron and biotin, but not much more than that. I did buy a LLLT helmet back in 2013. With telogen effluvium I don’t think I’m a candidate for hair restoration unfortunately. I got my sweatshirt and it looks great! Happy to support your channel and the Alopecia foundation. They’re not oversized, so I recommend going one size up if you like wearing a shirt underneath.
M. Ericsson: Thank you, doc for politely shedding light on the truth about Jada Pinkett 's supposed Alopecia. For this I lost one friend who swears by everything Jada threw out there & for NOT finding an excuse for Will Smith's physical assault on Chris Rock. It's called slapping the wrong brotha, from misplaced anger...Jada doesn't love you , is just staying in the marriage because it keeps her in the lifestyle of luxury , the Witch is a narcissistic USER, get out Will Smith , get the eff outta that toxic relationship
L Jung: I am so glad you posted this video. I knew when I saw Jada Pinkett Smith's hair, I couldn't understand why the hair loss was a perfect straight line. Now I know it was a surgical scare.
Laura C: I had clumps of hair falling out after weight loss and severe stress two separate times in my life that really caused my self esteem to plummet. I’ve always had really thick, long hair so it was like losing a part of myself, I didn’t even want to leave my house! Thankfully it did start to grow back both times but it was a process and a hard one at that
EbonFaerie: My jaw dropped when you brought up the surgery. It would make sense, but I had no idea how many different types of hair loss existed. I have been wishing for thicker hair for years because, after I had my first baby, I lost so much volume to the point where a braid that used to be 2 inches thick is now about half an inch thick. My middle part is also very visible. For years I have accepted it as normal hair loss that every woman goes through, but maybe I need to see a doctor about medical or surgical options.
LandonGendur: I've been experiencing hair loss since my teens & this was very informative. I had no idea that there were so many different types & causes until watching your video.
Francine Thomas: Thank you Dr. Gary, hair loss is very devastating. I really didn’t realize how many women suffer from hair loss.
Lee Weal: This was excellent information! I have the type of alopecia where my hairline is now 3-4 inches back from where it used to be. Additionally, the top of my hair thinned badly and also changed texture from kinky to soft and downy. Haven't been to a doctor because I'm not interested in taking medication and can't afford surgery but I had some idea of what was happening since I'm in my late 60s now. Shaved my head but didn't like the look so now I wear wigs. Thank you for this!
Carrie Carrie: Thank you so much for this video! I always wanted to know what type I have and I never was given a straight answer. Based on watching this seems like I might have a combination. It looks like I have androgenic alopecia (with, I believe some cicatricial alopecia). My grandma also seemed to have androgenic. I still have my hairline but just behind it it is extremely thin, so I wear my hair pulled back in a ponytail or bun to cover it. Also, to note I do have extreme eczema everywhere (including some on my scalp) and have spent my entire life with an extremely itchy head. Additionally as a black person I have pressed and relaxed my hair to straighten it. While I think there might be some scarring from the itchiness, hair straightening, and use of relaxed chemicals.. I think mostly is hormonal… as the most significant hair loss occurred, almost immediately, after starting birth control (bc), when I was 23 years old (I am 46 now, just as a reference), I lost a huge portion of hair the androgenic way, but alerted my GYN and he had me stop the BC. Once I stopped, some of the hair returned but most of it stayed gone and very thin. The Dr explained that it seems that the BC just sped up what would have likely eventually occurred since my grandma, grandad, my dad and my two brothers all have early onset hair loss experiences as well. The things I did beginning in my 20s which seemed to slow this process and promote growth/hair strengthening have been: -I no longer use direct heat to my hair to dry and straighten my hair (I sit under a hair dryer (or a blow dryer cap) to dry, instead of using a handheld blow dryer or hot irons. I also put protection directly on the scalp area where the heat can feel too warm (like cotton rounds) my hair grew back some but most strengthened the existing hair to grow long.. -I take 10k mcg of biotin daily.. I started this may 10 or so years ago and noticed some strengthening of the existing hair, but very little change in the thinning.. but a slight filling in. -Two years ago I added collagen powder to my breakfast and midday green tea (since I started this, I noticed some slight filling in but still very thin. -And last/believe it or not I still continue chemicals to relax my hair (to make it straight) after doing my own research and witnessing my younger brother going through his hair loss). When my brother began to lose his hair at 18 he started growing it out long, in an attempt to save it, by braiding it in cornrows. The extreme tugging on the scalp/tight hairstyle seemed to speed up his hair loss.. as I learned that once the hair is pulled/removed from the root, it can damage the follicle and have a higher chance of hair no longer growing from that follicle. When my hair is coarse (and not straight) there is more pulling/stress on the scalp when styling hair because the comb /brush doesn’t pass easily through the hair.. I noticed more hair shedding when my hair is coarse and less shedding when chemically straightened. There is some trauma still obviously from the straightening, since the chemicals can burn the scalp. but still I have experienced less hair loss from this routine. When I saw Jada’s scalp it looked like a head full of hair follicles to me (with no thinning on the top or patchy on the sides and back, like I have). I know if I shave mine it would be no hair directly on the top and patchy with only hair on the sides and back. She seems to mostly have a full head of follicles still I thought that was a scar too like when my daughter hit her head on the corner of the table and had to get stitches no hair grew back in that spot. I wish I could do the tattooing to make it look full at least on top but I am scared and this seems like I might have to shave my head first, which is something I would like to avoid doing, if I can… also this seems like an expensive cost. I have received a lot of pressure from other women (with no hair loss/full heads of hair) to just shave all my hair off and embrace it) but I prefer to adjust to all the changing phases and deal with the worsening as it comes… than the drastic cut, like jada did. I will figure things out as new issues arise. I know this may sound insensitive, but I don’t think Jada had to cut her hair but she was pressured (like I have been pressured in the past) to just shave it, but there are all sorts of tricks out there nowadays to conceal and I think the drastic change may have caused her to feel more sensitive to the joke, especially if she wasn’t really ready to do that. But both Jada and you look great with no hair though… I’d say being compared to Demi would be a compliment too.. cuz she looks great and without hair as well.... Me, on the other hand, not so much♀️.. I have freckles on my head and wrinkles over my ears..if I can avoid the No hair option I will try to, and will likely eventually resort to a wig eventually. I have a friend that thought she would try to shave to see how it goes (thinking she could just let it grow back if she didn’t like it) but her hair never grew back after the shave. This video was informative and I will look into getting the shirt! ❤️
Pulsonar: Human anxiety over hair loss is a strange thing, I’m a man with hair loss concerns, so no different. But the whole time Jada was showing her scar, I was looking at her gorgeous eyes and skin. I had to rewind and play several times before I could focus on the ‘terrible ordeal’ scar nonsense
heresieirisee: I had alopecia areata for about a year or so, lost something like 1/4 of my hair. It sucked, but my sister was in medical school at the time and her first reaction was to visibly think through her differential diagnosis checklist and ask if I was sure it wasn't scalp ringworm lmao
Pearl: My sister has very thin, fine hair. When she was a baby, my mum put her hair up in a pigtail, and it just fell out. So it is something she's always been a little ashamed of. I also have very thin and fine hair, but I have a ton of it (hair stylists hate me), so it looks very thick. Unfortunately, my sister also has trichotillomania, which has caused pretty severe damage and thinning over time. For a brief time when I was younger, I'd also pick at my split ends, so I get how satisfying it is. And after 30 years of doing it, I'm sure it's incredibly difficult to stop the compulsion. I have my own OCD tendencies, so I feel for her. With naturally thin hair and a compulsive disorder, it's just a bad time for her. She also has hair that is naturally thinning, just normal aging things. For her birthday, our family agreed to pool together and pay for hair restoration of some kind, but the only clinic nearby (halfway across the state, too) said she was not a candidate for any of their procedures. It's really frustrating. I feel they could at least address the natural thinning and overall health of her hair, perhaps with supplements or some kind of therapy to help restore the health of what she has and slow the thinning that comes with age. But they didn't really help. She's a very beautiful person, and this is one area she's so self-conscious about. It really stops her from thriving. There's a ton of research into male hair loss, but very little I could find on female hair loss, so I appreciate this video greatly. Especially breaking down all the different types of hair restoration options.
Oksana Kurei: Thank You very much for the video! As an LPP sufferer myself I appreciate every person talking about types of hair loss in women and ways of treating them. Even as in case with Jada it could be for publicity in some way...
wii3willRule: Thank you for talking about frontal fibrosing alopecia-- I didn't know it existed and thought it was strange that my hair loss seems to take the form of slow thinning at the front of the scalp. I really hope I don't have it, but it's something to bring up to my dermatologist. Thank you! Really!
Candace: Thank you I was beginning to wonder if anybody would get this I’m tired of people acting like she has a disease she needs set the record straight
tan sayno: Cheers to Alopecia Warriors! I also have Alopecia Areata. It comes and goes, but we’re beautiful whether we have full head of hair or we have bald spots
Crystal Karma by Claire: Thanks Doc. I needed to hear this from an actual subject expert. I’ve known many people with alopecia, and none of their heads looked like a smooth peach; it was always patchy with smooth hairless spots throughout the scalp; Jada’s hair simply looks shaved. Jada Pickett has ALWAYS rocked short hair…like she has never been known for long flowing locks; plus she has the perfect head, neck, and bone structure for shaved hair…kinda like Demi Moore in GI Jane. OMG was THAT why Chris Rock told that joke?!?
L C: I suffered recently hair loss. I knew it was uncommon when I saw big chunks. However, there were so many different things happening that I cannot pinpoint what may have cause it. I thought it was stress due to the pandemic, the hormonal problems cause by aging, or Iron deficiency. Thus far I am inclining for Iron deficiency.
Samantha Stephens: thanks for addressing women's hair loss! I know you touched on it, but could you do a video devoted to scarring alopecia: CCCA, LPP etc.? I still don't quite understand it and viable treatment options
Dorothy Kuveke: Thank you Dr Gary for providing hair loss information for women. These days people don't want to speak about things that are going to make you look different especially a woman not having her own hair!!
TheCarlScharnberg: Completely agree with this. I have never seen any alopecia like this before, and felt skeptical about it. But I thought she had been diagnosed, but now I'm thinking she probably hasn't. This is a scar.
Lisa Tutler-Jones: I have CCCA, diagnosed with a biopsy. The hair in my crown started to thin and I also started losing my hairline as a result of styling. A year after my diagnosis, a linear scar appeared out of nowhere it seems. As a result I decided to shave it all. It can be uncomfortable at times but it feels better than trying to cover with expensive wigs and products. Just MY preference. No shade to anyone. It's weird how me and Jada went thru the same exact phases at nearly the same time. I'm not saying she has CCCA but if she hasn't already been diagnosed she should do so if she wants to truly be an advocate for women's hair loss. I heard hair transplants are affordable in Turkey.
JHS: You’re amazing! I really appreciate how thoughtful your explanations are :)
trisia44: Dr. Gary, I'm so thankful that you created this video because there seems to be so much stigma towards women with thinning hair. I see now that it's more common than I realized. I'm 52 and was prescribed finasteride 3 1/2 months ago for what appears to be hereditary hair loss. While I do see baby hairs, the telogen effluvium does not seem to have slowed and I appear to be thinning just as quickly as before taking finasteride. I have a followup visit with my dermatologist in another 2 1/2 months and can't wait to see if this is normal or if he sees some progress during examination.
LadyP: The BEST video ever on female hair loss!. So informative! Thank you so much for mentioning lichen planopolaris. I rarely hear anyone mention that type of hair loss. My dream is to one day get that taken care of. Thank you Dr. Linkov!! There is hope out there for everyone and so many options to choose from.
TheSeedpearl: Thank you doctor for this informative video. I have personally known a friend who had alopecia and there is the case of Princess Caroline of Monaco who suffered for a long time with Alopecia and did shave her hair. Both these women had the circular missing hair. The scarring is unknown to me but calling it traction alopecia makes sense. Enjoy all your videos immensely.
Lisa Cheetham: I was diagnosed with Scarring Alopecia over 10 years ago, I have head scars from biopsies and chicken pox but I don’t have any scars from Scarring Alopecia. Thank you Dr Gary for your informative videos
Paula Monty: Great information Dr. I was completely Bald until I was 7yrs old...my hair grew but was so fine and wispy it could not even hold a Bobby pin, it slid of. I started getting Bald patches in random areas aged 11 to 38. I suffered alot of childhood trauma so put it down to that. It stopped for a few years then started falling out again,, an all over thinning since getting covid. I now wear individual micro bond hair extensions.
Lucy Lastic: Oh my! I said it was a scar and got jumped on. She's had facial surgery. She literally just shaved her head. She's got great coverage except where she had the brow lift...
Angel of mine: Thank you for talking about this topic. Hardly anyone talks about this but a lot of us suffer from that. Thank you so much.
Marie Charlot: Very informative video. Alopecia often occurs to people diagnosed with hypothyroidism and/or hyperthyroidism. Also, hair transplant to hide Jada’s scar would cause her to have another linear scar where the donor hair is taken
Myra: I had alopecia after my dad passed away. I lost about half my hair in smooth circular patterns… :( you can see alopecia even if you shave it. It stressed me so much. I started working on my stress and it eventually grew back! I will still get small coin sized hair loss every now and then if I’m going through something stressful
Hattie Colley: Just love you Doctor. Thank you so much for being so thorough as well. Keep up the great work!
Miss B: Thank you for this. I think I may have the shedding type and the androgen one due to both stress and PCOS. Also I've just found out I'm deficient in vitamin D so I'm hoping improving that may help with the hair shedding.
rieyuki: Great video Gary! It takes a rare temperament (which you have) to succeed in facial plastics. So many medical students and ENT residents "think" they want to go into facial plastics, when they really don't. I did cases with Corey Maas during my training, way back when he was at UCSF, and although I learned so much from him, I concluded I lacked that temperament, and chose something else. Hey, it means less competition for you, right?
Tamlynn: So Jada made this up over a small scar on the top of her head and not alopecia????? ♀️ She allowed her husband to make a complete a$s of himself for a joke that wasn’t because of a condition but rather of her own doing. I’m shook
Anchal Jhand: Thank you for making these great videos. I have no interest in getting any plastic surgery, however recently found your videos which are so insightful, interesting and help people gain confidence in their own look. This is a really interesting one, I’ve had my speculations about Jada. I suffer from chronic alopecia which lead to big bald spots that kept drastically growing. I was so insecure as I have really dark hair long hair and thought I was losing it all, however steroid injections helped stunt the loss and after a few years my hair is back to the previous state.
NaturalBeauty321: Loved this, doc. Thanks for making this, as so few usually do
Imogen: I’m so happy to come across this video. I have a receding hairline. No doubt that it’s traction alopecia. However, about 20 years ago, my stylist found a bald spot the size of a nickel . It’s been getting worse over the years. All the roots are in that area are dead. Now I have bald patches all over my head. Can a person have various types of alopecia?
M Silk: This was very informative. I used to always wear my hair up in really tight ponytails. I stopped when I started developing a lot of soreness around my hairline and the hair there started to thin.
Esther Bradley: Thank you for this video. I was diagnosed with hair thinning due to age and a form of Alopecia in January ‘21. It was a hard pill to swallow but I’m able to share my diagnosis with others now. The steroid shots seems to help and I’m taking Rogaine, use a prescription shampoo, topical solution, and scalp oil. Do you know of any support groups? This has really been taxing on me mentally.
Crazy Dave: Oh man. This makes the whole situation so much better. If she's faking a hair loss condition to explain away her plastic surgery scar.... Bombshell. You need to get on the news and do interviews about this. Hilarious.
Gaba Jamrozińska: I'm 29 and have alopecia universalis since I was 8 (so for 21 years). I still don't feel comfortable talking about it or showing it in public because the general image of a woman is beautiful skin, strong nails, long lashes and amazing hair. I wish that one day I could feel the society is kind enough to share that with them. But for now I'm stuck with wigs and heavy make up, possibly thinking of semi-permanent brow tattoo so I don't need a full fringe. Nobody knows except for my parents, brothers and 2 friends. I'm not even sure the rest of my family is aware. We need more people like you and Jada to normalize this type of issues.
Precious One: I’m dealing with hair loss and it’s very distressing and depressing. I’ve been doing everything including steroid injections from my dermatologist. I think it’s helping but I can tell stress is a trigger for it and I’ve a lot of it lately. I hope my hair grows back enough to sport a short chic haircut. I don’t mind short hair I just prefer it be my choice and not fall out of my head like I’ve been experiencing.
Jacqueline Bradley: Hi Doc. Your videos are vey informative and I appreciate the information that you provide us. I have a question for you. I had a thyroidectomy and I've had trouble finding meds that agree with my system. Well, I finally found a way to physically feel better with a compounded thyroid medicine and hormone replacement procedures. As I stated earlier, these make me feel better but my hair is coming out fast mostly along the temples. I've tried the steroid injections and they helped somewhat, but not enough to continue to pay the money for the shots. It must be said that I am extremely depressed and discouraged about this. I've considered removing these procedures from my life, but I'm afraid of going back to feeling sick daily. Can you please advise me as to what I can do to feel healthy physically AND maintain a head full of hair. Please help. I feel like everyone is looking at me.
Dion Fields: Thanks for mentioning the suspension if sunscreen, the very first time I used a sunscreen, Neutrogena SPF moisturizer, within days half of my eyebrows were gone. I stopped and they grew back. Recently the dermatologist told me to use Cera Ve so I got the day moisturizer with SPF 30 and I'm seeing a few little bald spots in my eyebrows again. I guess I'd better quit.
Marta Womack: Thank goodness I just happened upon your video! I've always had really fine, fragile, thin, caucasian hair and not much of it, either. Now, in my 60's, it's starting to come out by a handful whenever I brush or wash my hair. As a woman, it's been demoralizing. My husband is very kind about it, so that helps, but I can't afford procedures or even products so much right now. Thank you for sharing. Just wanted to say that I think you're kinda beautiful. Magical, even!
MorningMess Edition: I lost a lot of hair after having COVID last august. I’m taking prenatal vitamins, collagen and biotin. I’ve increased my water intake to a little over a gallon a day as well so hopefully this helps. I know it shouldn’t matter, however losing so much hair scares me and made me insecure for a period of time.
Janice with the Tarlov Cyst: Looking forward to this one. I've got alopecia and so far, the only solution for it, at least for me, is to shave my head. I'm so discouraged at seeing bald patches. I'm on a small disability pension, so expensive treatments for me are a pipe dream. Interesting; I suspect that I have alopecia arreata due to the almost circular bald patches. I've got multiple autoimmune disorders, so this makes sense. I'm 62, and my Doctor basically said I have to suck it up. I'm going to insist on a dermatological consult.
Musically: Thanks for vídeo, informative as always. Hair loss is tough, people shouldn't hide it, people should be supportive!