Thinning hair

[LD_DOLL1611]

I am female aged 51 and feel that my hair is getting really thin and fine.
My doctor said it looks normal to him and would not do anything but I know myself that it is definitely not anywhere near as thick as it was this time last year.
I am getting quite obsessed about it now.
Can anyone suggest any herbal remedies or anthing else that might bring it back to normal.

[woofgang]

sadly, at age 51, that's gonna happen :-(

[woofgang]

be careful, I had a mate who had this done as her hair was getting thinner and finer and it made her own hair break off

[smurfchops]

You could try Perfectil or Boots Hair Skin and Nail vitamins. Must admit although it helped my nails my hair is still thinner than when I was younger. Look at a lot of middle aged women, unfortunately the scalp does begin to show ... my hair was never thick to start with, but is thinner now. I think its just a sign of age, some people are just lucky and always have thick hair, pot luck I suppose.

[bld767]

I found the opposite to pixi - I've thin and fine light to mid brown colour hair and I have blonde highlights which definitely make it appear a bit thicker. Unfortunately at 51, nature is going to take her course. If anyone can suggest anything that actually works, please post it, as I have a friend who has a bit of a complex about her hair thinning and has tried lots of over the counter products, thickening shampoos etc, but none really seem to work. Sorry!

[sara3]

I was recommended Sea Kelp when I lost some hair because my iron levels were very low. it was really good. I recommended it to a woman at work who had very thin hair, and she was impressed, too.

you can get it from Holland and Barrett.. or probably any good health food shop.

[queenio]

I believe eating Marmite could help as it's full of vitamin B. You on ly need a thin layer on a piece of toast. I started doing this every day after having radiotherapy, and I think it worked.

[whiskeryron]

Thinning hair!!! Who wants fat hair ?.

[horseshoes]

It's our age honey-pie! I'm very fortunate in that I have (had) VERY thick hair so it's not really noticeable on me. I can feel that it's thinner and I get masses of it wrapped around my fingers when I wash it. You'll probably find that you're getting all sorts of strange "ailments".

[Bambiagain]

Queenio - I wish the Marmite treatment worked, but I eat the stuff all the time and my hair is horribly thin. It has no body and I can only keep it very short or it is appalingly straggly as well. My mother's was just the same, so I think it's in the genes. I wear a hat a lot of the time!