biotin, iron, acupuncture

I'm still new to this journey. It is teaching me that life is good, but hard. Before I thought, I'm young, I take care of myself therefore I'm healthy. I'm realizing more than ever that treating my body right is the best thing I can do...and even that sometimes doesn't prevent or cure it all. But at the very least, I can try. My mind is more powerful tool than I ever realized, and I want to try to learn to have it work for me not against me. I will not allow obsessing over hair loss to own me.

My hair is shedding. I don't know why. Tests have been inconclusive.

It may be related to birth control (I've been on many different kinds for 11 years and have gone off and on without trouble before, but Estrostep was the last one I was on and that caused acne and more unwanted hair about 8 months after going off it. The hair loss may be connected?)

I've always had thin hair so in a way feel prepared for having even less hair. My parents called me Kewpie when I was little because I had just a few sparse hairs till I was 2. I never felt that my hair was my 'crowning glory', I've just kept it styled short and colored regularly. I also feel that because my hair is naturally thin I have a lower threshold for the visibly thinning look. I would rather wear hair than have my scalp showing...that is just me.

Besides my hair, which is not the center of my life (although it's a challenge to remember that), I have my dream job, and awesome family, friends and boyfriend. He knows all about my hair woes, and he is balding too so we are (sorta) in the same boat. Or maybe he is in one boat and I'm trailing behind in a raft.

I'm very social and athletic. I will not let losing my hair get the best of me. I would hate to look back at my life as an old woman and think "God, I wish I didn't spend so much time fretting about my hair".