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Does women's Rogaine work?

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Topic: Does women's Rogaine work?
Posted By: whitefire776
Subject: Does women's Rogaine work?
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2006 at 11:31pm
I am losing a lot of hair everyday for the past 5 months after I got my hair Japanese straightned. I am really worried and was wondering if any of you have any suggestions regarding what products I could use. Does anyone use women's rogaine? If so, does it work well? Does it make your hair grow?



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Posted By: whitefire776
Date Posted: Dec 1, 2006 at 11:31pm
I am losing a lot of hair everyday for the past 5 months after I got my hair Japanese straightned. I am really worried and was wondering if any of you have any suggestions regarding what products I could use. Does anyone use women's rogaine? If so, does it work well? Does it make your hair grow?


Posted By: Carolredskirt
Date Posted: Dec 3, 2006 at 8:11pm
I am not sure. Have you gone to your doctor to find out if you could possibly have alopecia? If you are losing alot of hair you should do that, it is good to know, then you can deal with it one way or the other.
It could be just a temporary thing. You should find out though.
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Posted By: whitefire776
Date Posted: Dec 4, 2006 at 11:39pm
Thanks so much for replying Mia. I'm going to try the stuff you recommended. I really hope it works. Do you still straighten your hair or have you stopped completely?


Posted By: Sharyg11
Date Posted: Dec 7, 2006 at 3:26pm
I feel your pain. The same thing happened to me when I had thermal reconditioning done. My hair was falling out in clumps. I mean, my bathroom floor looked like a rug whenever I would brush my hair. Now, are you sure the hair is falling out or just breaking off? If you can see a white bulb on the hair strand, the is falling out. If not then is breaking off. If you can see the bulb then damage has been caused to the actual hair bulb and I doubt even rogaine will help. Another thing even if rogaine was to help, you have to keep using it forever, because as soon as you stop the hair you have managed to grow will fall out again.
 
Now, if it is just breakage, protein treatments and deep conditioning will help keep the hair you still have. Redken Deep Fuel, Redken Cat, Nexxuss Emergencee, or Joico Deep reconstructor are all great. Start doing the protein treatments once a week for the first 4 weeks and then once a month after that. Also deep condition after the protein treatments. Try Redken All soft heavy cream. Put it on your hair, cover it with a shower cap and apply heat for 15 minutes. If you don't deep condition after the protein treatment your hair will feel like straw.
 
There is nothing you can do about the hair that has broken off, except wait for it to grow back. I know is horrible. It took me two years to grow my hair back. I had patches of broken hair and a bald spot on my frontal hairline. I couldn't wear my hair down for about a year, because the hair was visible uneven. So I had to wait for it to be long enough to add layers and blend it in.
 
That happens when the stylist performing the service is not an expert. The process was done incorrectly. I never had it done again. I now use Rusk Radical Anticurl. It is thio based just like the products used to perform TR. However is more gentle. No heat is used. The curl is texturized not permanently straighten like with TR. Once I blow dry and/or flat iron, my hair stays super straight, smooth and frizz free no matter what. It is healthy and beautifull.
 
Don't stress over, it will just make matters worse. Start doing the treatments and slowly cutting off the damaged hair. Your hair will get back to normal.
 
Good luck and great hair
Shary



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