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Hair Stopped Growing

By January 29, 2011 - 11:22am
 
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Hi, the hair on the right side of my head has stopped growing it has been over a year, I have seen a dermatologist and he said my scalp and hair were clean, no skin problems. I got pregnant when I was 40, had a great pregnancy back into my clothes in 5 weeks! After I stopped breastfeeding it seems all my problems started, gained 80 lbs, my blood pressure and cholesteral all started rising after tests the doctors said I had PCOS put me on Metformin, the weight gain stopped but I have been unable to lose any. I keep myself on a very strict diet so my cholesteral and BP have dropped to a high normal but I don't know what to do about my hair, it is visibly shorter and thinner on the right side. I waited about 9 months to cut it and it was 2 inches longer on my left side, from the front right to the back. Any help would be great!

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Anonymous

I'm going through the same thing right now. HELP!!!! this is sooo annoying. I want to cry. I love hair sooo much but mines is literally making me depressed. It won't grow in the middle/bottom of my head but grows fine everywhere else. I keep it moisturized but it's still not growing. I'm even taking hair pills, but nothing seems to work.

April 24, 2017 - 6:09pm
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Hi. I have the same problem. In 2015 my hair was cut into a chin length Bob. When it grew out, the left side grew inches longer than the right. I didn't notice it until the fall of that year (it was a long bob by then past my shoulders in the front) and was perplexed. It's only in the front. I have very thin fine hair. I was at work one day and someone asked me if I cut my hair. I said no. I was sitting at my desk and went to swipe my hair behind my shoulders and somehow realized that it was shorter on the right side, like muscle memory made me realize it wasn't as long as before when I would brush it back behind my shoulders. I verified this with the girls at work and my family and they all said they had recently noticed it over the past months but had thought it was just cut that way. At that time, I really thought someone in my household cut my hair as a prank of something, it was that obvious. But no one had. At the time my scalp was clear and had no issues other than thinking maybe it was our well water or the shampoos I was using. So I started using different products. My family thought it was my flat iron burning off the hair so I bought a new one. But it never did it anywhere else. I even had my hair trimmed to even out the length. Fast fwd to fall 2016, still having the same issue. The right side of my hair in the front will not grow. It is noticeably inches shorter than the rest of my hair. Now, since last year, I have issues with my skin and scalp. I have no idea if it's related or not. I have what I am calling a cyst on the right side of my scalp where the hair isn't growing. It is pea sized and flesh colored and is under the scalp. it's not hard like bone, but not movable or super squishy either. Sometimes it will get flaky and scabish around that area. It's located on the top front right side of my scalp close to my middle part. also since last year, I have had changes to the left side of my crown part of my scalp. Areas that feels flaky but won't peel and have gotten worse. it's not dandruff or pests or anything like that. It doesn't itch although sometimes I will get dry scalp unrelated to this area. on top of all this I also have several moles that I has removed when I was 13 on my back that have re growth starting inside the margins of the scars and new moles. I have a weird patch of what looks like freckles (no dimpling) near one changing removed mole on my back. This is the only place on my body that looks like this. It itches occasionally and I have pain behind it in that area intermittently. In Oct. 2016 I had been eating a normal diet of basically anything I want. I didn't have any other current health concerns like high BP or diabetes etc. I've always been small and had a high metabolism. I got sick and had a two week hospitalization with multiple tests. I had been having issues after eating certain foods over the course of 6 months but hadn't realized any common denominators. I ate pizza one day for lunch and got so sick with pain between my shoulder blades and sternum as well as esophageal spasms that I couldn't eat or drink for days. I was hospitalized and tests run, EGD, upperGI, CT scan, echo, X-rays, labs, U/S, HIDA scan, barium swallow x2, etc. My Gallbaldder didn't have stones or thickening, normal labs, but did have slow motility. I lost 10 pounds over the course of a week and 5 more up to this point. It took me from 2008 to 2016 to gain 6 pounds eating anything I wanted, but I've lost 15 pounds since being sick in oct and down to 95 currently. I have radically changed my diet and avoid foods that bother me but the weight loss is very apparent. I've had fatigue recurrently and try to pace myself if I schedule too many activities in the weekends. I have a Derm appt scheduled for April, the earliest they could get me in. I have no idea if any of this is related but I will let you know what I find out. Has anyone else gotten any answers?

March 5, 2017 - 5:46am
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Anonymous

You should calm down and not worry cause I had exactly the same problem and I found a solution for it. Doctors said everything was fine but definitely it wasn't (since my hair was growing less and less as time went by). I decided to take my hair issues into my own hands and that's when I ran into an article in a magazine talking about hair health and improving hair quality, and eureka, I found out what it seemed to be the be-all end-all of hair health, and that is biotin. Since this was also an important thing for me, I didn't just want to get any Biotin out there, I have always sworn by Certified products when it comes to supplements, and I immediately purchased my biotin from here www.certifiedbiotin.com . Great quality and not only my hair would benefit from it but also my skin and my nails! I took it - and still take it - twice a day. To tell you the truth my hair didn't just recover its growth rate right from the next day but after 8-12 weeks of regular use I could see a noticeable improvement. In fact, people started giving me compliments about my hair and some friends were even asking my how was it that I achieved it.

August 24, 2016 - 5:08pm
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

I too have the same issues. I have been on biotin for two years with no results. I scheduled a dermatology appt. Dr. tells me menopausal women sometimes have this issue and that I am pretty much " hosed" his word not mine. I don't believe that there is not an option. In the mean time when my now short hair grows on the left side it looks I picture someone jokingly took "before" and "After". By the way my husband has said a number of times over the last two years who's been cutting your hair?
NOT FUNNY ANYMORE!

August 2, 2017 - 10:53pm
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Anonymous

Well I'm no professional but I have been looking for answers for this too since I cut my hair pretty short last year and I'm having a hard time growing it out on my left side. The hair is a different texture than my right.. Its more damaged and dry. I use a lot of moisturizing products and oils for this but its still not growing. The answers I found were that I either fried my hair with all the coloring I do to it (which I make sure to treat extra nice and give it time between doing this) or what I think it really is, is that I sleep on my left side. This would explain why my hair is damaged since I was using a cotton pillow that sucks the moisture out. Also my hair follicles are being deprived of oxygen at night when my heads jammed up against a pillow. I just recently purchased a silk pillow case to help with my moisture problem but I don't think my hair is growing much faster.. Pretty sure I need to sleep on my back for that.. Too bad I can't really help how I'm laying after I fall asleep. Hope this might help anyone else!

December 28, 2015 - 11:57pm
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Anonymous

I don't have a cure, but know this: Everyone's hair is dead. Hair is not a living thing. It's therefore the health of the follicle, scalp and other things we need to focus on. Taking isolated vitamins like biotin does not cause hair growth (manufacturers love that we think it does). Hair loss/growth cessation could be from autoimmune issues or other causes. If you want to use nutrients, make sure they come from food, not a pill or shampoo. Vitamins and minerals found in whole foods can help with hair growth. That's why salmon, walnuts and carrots are recommended. Look up nutrients associated with hair. Don't go broke buying biotin.

December 28, 2015 - 6:43am

Please help. My hair has always been my pride and fucking joy. I figured since it is pretty damn healthy, it could deal with some bleach damage. And I figured the master stylist who did all the color-corrections would know how much would be too much. I was wrong, and now I want to burst into tears every time I look at my hair or touch it. I just don't know what to do. my hair has also NEVER been shorter than this and it breaks and falls out. What should i do to regrow hair?

October 14, 2015 - 5:55pm
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Anonymous

I have had the same problem for over 2 years - I have tried Nioxin shampoos, Tea Tree Oil Shampoos, Romaine, etc. It is not a matter of hair loss - which so many people seem to give advice for - but no hair growth. I have not gone to any hairdresser that is knowledgeable about this - they all think I am cutting my hair between appointments. My right side of my hair is growing like crazy so I have to constantly cut it. Also, I don't know if you have the same issue but my hair also appears to dead and needs extra conditioner to make it look healthy. I know how frustrating this is for all of us trying to find an answer because so far there does not seem to be any help for this condition. I was thinking of sending in a question to Dr. Oz or the show The Doctors since they sometimes look for answers......

October 6, 2015 - 5:46am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Sorry - it should be Romaine not romaine!

October 6, 2015 - 5:48am
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Anonymous (reply to Anonymous)

Ok - lets see if I can get past the spell check ....it is Rogaine that I have used.

October 6, 2015 - 9:13am
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