The Women’s Hair Loss Project https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com Founded in 2007, The Women’s Hair Loss Project unites women dealing with hair loss and has been providing help, hope and understanding to women dealing with hair loss for over a decade. Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:06:21 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2022 All rights reserved. Health & Fitness 1440 episodic Founded in 2007, The Women’s Hair Loss Project unites women dealing with hair loss and has been providing help, hope and understanding to women dealing with hair loss for over a decade. Join the founder “Y” as she chats with women who share their own hair loss journeys, struggles and triumphs, as well as invites medical and alternative hair professionals to join the discussion to provide greater hair loss education/awareness and understanding, to both women dealing with hair loss and to anyone who is seeking to learn more about this often very misunderstood and isolating disorder. Women’s Hair Loss Project Women’s Hair Loss Project No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/7281166/whlpcover_artwork.jpg The Women’s Hair Loss Project https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com 144 144 Buying Wigs Online: Avoid Getting Ripped Off Buying Wigs Online: Avoid Getting Ripped Off https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/buying-wigs-online-avoid-getting-ripped-off/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/buying-wigs-online-avoid-getting-ripped-off/#comments Fri, 10 Oct 2025 06:06:21 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/86124b08-5d9f-35fe-ae56-54d4ec8c8b2d There’s a lot to learn when buying a wig, but one thing that often gets missed is how easily you can spend thousands… and end up with something you can’t even wear.

Understanding the fine print of a return policy is critical. Add ons like lace cutting, color, face framing layers may seem helpful, but they often void your return, before you’ve even tried the wig on. Every lace front fits differently, even from the same brand. You can’t assume anything will fit until you check it... properly and thoroughly.

A glueless lace front wig should be exactly that: glueless. But many women end up needing glue or tape because they weren’t shown how to check lace fit in advance.

Wigs can be empowering, or defeating. Protect your peace (and your wallet) by getting informed before you cut, part, or customize anything.

 

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To watch the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject

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]]> There’s a lot to learn when buying a wig, but one thing that often gets missed is how easily you can spend thousands… and end up with something you can’t even wear.

Understanding the fine print of a return policy is critical. Add ons like lace cutting, color, face framing layers may seem helpful, but they often void your return, before you’ve even tried the wig on. Every lace front fits differently, even from the same brand. You can’t assume anything will fit until you check it... properly and thoroughly.

A glueless lace front wig should be exactly that: glueless. But many women end up needing glue or tape because they weren’t shown how to check lace fit in advance.

Wigs can be empowering, or defeating. Protect your peace (and your wallet) by getting informed before you cut, part, or customize anything.

 

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To watch the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject


Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 913 24 full Owning Your Hair Loss Before It Owns You: Reclaiming Your Power Owning Your Hair Loss Before It Owns You: Reclaiming Your Power https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/owning-your-hair-loss-before-it-owns-you-reclaiming-your-power/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/owning-your-hair-loss-before-it-owns-you-reclaiming-your-power/#comments Wed, 01 Oct 2025 16:46:46 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/15d81cf4-8fbf-38fe-97ab-2fbb72e08fff Dealing with hair loss can be overwhelming, confusing and scary, but the ability to heal within this is real, it exists. It is easy for hair loss to overtake our lives if we don't make proactive steps towards reclaiming our power within this.

This episode shares what that process has looked like for me, even present day. I lived at the mercy of hair loss for years... wanting to hide, unable to feel free in any way. That began to change when my perspective on this shifted, when I started making the small but necessary choices to slowly take back control from the very thing that had crippled me for so long.

Whether you're just beginning or years in, you are not alone. Healing doesn't mean pretending it's easy, but it does sometimes mean making the hard choices for ourselves. It means pushing against our own comfort zones so that the grip hair loss has had on us can begin to loosen, and in that loosening we start to find our way to live with this, to smile, to laugh. To feel more free.To no longer be held captive by hair loss.

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject

Visit Me Online:

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]]> Dealing with hair loss can be overwhelming, confusing and scary, but the ability to heal within this is real, it exists. It is easy for hair loss to overtake our lives if we don't make proactive steps towards reclaiming our power within this.

This episode shares what that process has looked like for me, even present day. I lived at the mercy of hair loss for years... wanting to hide, unable to feel free in any way. That began to change when my perspective on this shifted, when I started making the small but necessary choices to slowly take back control from the very thing that had crippled me for so long.

Whether you're just beginning or years in, you are not alone. Healing doesn't mean pretending it's easy, but it does sometimes mean making the hard choices for ourselves. It means pushing against our own comfort zones so that the grip hair loss has had on us can begin to loosen, and in that loosening we start to find our way to live with this, to smile, to laugh. To feel more free.To no longer be held captive by hair loss.

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject


Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

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]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 862 23 full Should I Treat My Hair Loss? - Things You Need To Know Should I Treat My Hair Loss? - Things You Need To Know https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/should-i-treat-my-hair-loss-things-you-need-to-know/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/should-i-treat-my-hair-loss-things-you-need-to-know/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2025 06:35:49 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/abe5f82a-8371-3299-8779-d84b4093a9c0 I’ve been living with hair loss for over 26 years. I’ve tried nearly everything, from medication to supplements to procedures. This isn’t medical advice. It’s my lived experience. My own, and that which has been shared with me by countless women over the past 18 years of connecting online with others dealing with this same issue.

There are things I wish I knew and understood when I first started losing my hair, things that I don’t think are often talked about online or off, not even in medical offices.

This is our hair and our life. And in order to make the best choices for ourselves, we need to have all the facts so we can feel good about the choices we do or do not make.

In this episode I cover: 

• Why a treatment for hair loss is often a treatment for life

• How legitimate hair loss treatments can sometimes make hair loss worse

• The most commonly prescribed treatments for women

• Why starting treatment too early might lead to long term regret

• The risk of getting stuck on medications, whether or not they work

• The one question I wish I asked myself: Can I live with this decision 10 years from now?

These are the things I wish someone had told me.

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

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]]> I’ve been living with hair loss for over 26 years. I’ve tried nearly everything, from medication to supplements to procedures. This isn’t medical advice. It’s my lived experience. My own, and that which has been shared with me by countless women over the past 18 years of connecting online with others dealing with this same issue.

There are things I wish I knew and understood when I first started losing my hair, things that I don’t think are often talked about online or off, not even in medical offices.

This is our hair and our life. And in order to make the best choices for ourselves, we need to have all the facts so we can feel good about the choices we do or do not make.

In this episode I cover: 

• Why a treatment for hair loss is often a treatment for life

• How legitimate hair loss treatments can sometimes make hair loss worse

• The most commonly prescribed treatments for women

• Why starting treatment too early might lead to long term regret

• The risk of getting stuck on medications, whether or not they work

• The one question I wish I asked myself: Can I live with this decision 10 years from now?

These are the things I wish someone had told me.

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject


Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 925 22 full Hair Loss and Wigs: What's Really Holding You Back Hair Loss and Wigs: What's Really Holding You Back https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/hair-loss-and-wigs-whats-really-holding-you-back/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/hair-loss-and-wigs-whats-really-holding-you-back/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:18:17 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/a1b3e6f1-7026-3dfc-8254-619ed45b42c8 If you’ve been living with hair loss and want to try wigs, but something keeps stopping you, this episode is for you. I’m not talking about which wig to buy or the perfect brand. This is about the emotional barriers that can keep us frozen. The fear. The shame. The weight of other people’s opinions, before we’ve even taken the first step. I’ve lived with hair loss for 26 years. I’ve worn wigs since 2012. I shaved my head in 2023. And I know how hard it can be to feel like yourself again.

In this episode, I talk candidly about:

•The fear of what other people will think

•The first time I saw myself in the mirror again

•Why wigs aren’t perfect, and that’s okay

•Living the “dual hair life” (bio hair + wigs)

•Why 5% of life (the gym, the beach) shouldn’t block 95% of your freedom

•What made me rip off my wig in public,  more than once

•Why the validation you’re waiting for may never come (and why that’s okay)

Wigs aren’t the answer for everyone. But if you want to try them, don’t let fear decide for you.

 

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> If you’ve been living with hair loss and want to try wigs, but something keeps stopping you, this episode is for you.

I’m not talking about which wig to buy or the perfect brand. This is about the emotional barriers that can keep us frozen. The fear. The shame. The weight of other people’s opinions, before we’ve even taken the first step.

I’ve lived with hair loss for 26 years. I’ve worn wigs since 2012. I shaved my head in 2023. And I know how hard it can be to feel like yourself again.

In this episode, I talk candidly about:

•The fear of what other people will think

•The first time I saw myself in the mirror again

•Why wigs aren’t perfect, and that’s okay

•Living the “dual hair life” (bio hair + wigs)

•Why 5% of life (the gym, the beach) shouldn’t block 95% of your freedom

•What made me rip off my wig in public,  more than once

•Why the validation you’re waiting for may never come (and why that’s okay)

Wigs aren’t the answer for everyone. But if you want to try them, don’t let fear decide for you.

 

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject


Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1012 21 full 2 Years Later: Why I Shaved My Head for Hair Loss — Was It Worth It? 2 Years Later: Why I Shaved My Head for Hair Loss — Was It Worth It? https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/2-years-later-why-i-shaved-my-head-for-hair-loss-%e2%80%94-was-it-worth-it/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/2-years-later-why-i-shaved-my-head-for-hair-loss-%e2%80%94-was-it-worth-it/#comments Tue, 16 Sep 2025 15:48:00 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/fa0734f3-cc5d-32b7-8ec8-d53509721a04 It’s been over two years since I shaved my head for hair loss, and it was by far the single hardest thing for me to have done in my 26 year journey with it. I shaved my head for sanity and striving to live free from my being under the thumb of hair loss or at the mercy of what it does and has done to me over the years.

In this episode, I reflect on the moment I finally did it, what led up to it, and what’s followed: grief, relief, maintenance, and unexpected things like how clothes hit differently without hair.

Whether you’re contemplating shaving your head due to hair loss, living in the space between bio hair and wigs, or perhaps at the start of your journey and just seeking clarity in your own process, I hope this helps. Some of the things discussed are: • Why I couldn’t pull the trigger for so long • What finally gave me the strength to do it • How wigs and bio hair lived in tandem for years • The reality of scalp care, folliculitis, and the daily grind • Why clothes, self-image, and comfort all shift post-shave • What I wish I’d done sooner, and the loss that’s still real. 

No regrets. Just truth, trade-offs, and a path forward.

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> It’s been over two years since I shaved my head for hair loss, and it was by far the single hardest thing for me to have done in my 26 year journey with it. I shaved my head for sanity and striving to live free from my being under the thumb of hair loss or at the mercy of what it does and has done to me over the years.

In this episode, I reflect on the moment I finally did it, what led up to it, and what’s followed: grief, relief, maintenance, and unexpected things like how clothes hit differently without hair.

Whether you’re contemplating shaving your head due to hair loss, living in the space between bio hair and wigs, or perhaps at the start of your journey and just seeking clarity in your own process, I hope this helps. Some of the things discussed are:

• Why I couldn’t pull the trigger for so long
• What finally gave me the strength to do it
• How wigs and bio hair lived in tandem for years
• The reality of scalp care, folliculitis, and the daily grind
• Why clothes, self-image, and comfort all shift post-shave
• What I wish I’d done sooner, and the loss that’s still real. 

No regrets. Just truth, trade-offs, and a path forward.

🖤 Thank you for listening.

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject


Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1020 20 full I Lost My Hair, I Lost Myself, and I Had to Heal Alone I Lost My Hair, I Lost Myself, and I Had to Heal Alone https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/i-lost-my-hair-i-lost-myself-and-i-had-to-heal-alone/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/i-lost-my-hair-i-lost-myself-and-i-had-to-heal-alone/#comments Mon, 08 Sep 2025 08:05:03 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/82697087-c4fb-3b66-b925-4477a758443b I started losing my hair in 1999. I was 21 years old. I’m 47 now. That’s over two decades of living with hair loss, adapting, breaking down at times, and continuing on when no answers existed, and in the absence of validation and understanding.

This episode isn’t polished. It’s not a tutorial. It’s a reflection on identity, silence, and what it means to keep showing up when your body no longer feels like yours… when the mirror feels like betrayal.

Your feelings are real.

Your feelings are valid.

You’re not vain.

And you’re not alone.

 

🖤 Thank you for listening.

 

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> I started losing my hair in 1999. I was 21 years old. I’m 47 now. That’s over two decades of living with hair loss, adapting, breaking down at times, and continuing on when no answers existed, and in the absence of validation and understanding.

This episode isn’t polished. It’s not a tutorial. It’s a reflection on identity, silence, and what it means to keep showing up when your body no longer feels like yours… when the mirror feels like betrayal.

Your feelings are real.

Your feelings are valid.

You’re not vain.

And you’re not alone.

 

🖤 Thank you for listening.

 

To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit:

https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject


Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1670 19 full Women’s Hair Loss: Why The Shame? Women’s Hair Loss: Why The Shame? https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/women-s-hair-loss-why-the-shame/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/women-s-hair-loss-why-the-shame/#comments Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:49:04 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/8bc1c949-df12-3365-8646-ec87a82da584 Let’s challenge our thoughts on why we feel shame for something we didn’t do or cause to ourselves. I think shame keeps us from moving forward, it keeps us down, and it’s worth exploring why we feel this way as it pertains to our hair loss. 

This was a FB / YouTube Livestream yesterday, to watch the stream visit: https://www.youtube.com/live/UdoHdKPitog

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

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X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Let’s challenge our thoughts on why we feel shame for something we didn’t do or cause to ourselves. I think shame keeps us from moving forward, it keeps us down, and it’s worth exploring why we feel this way as it pertains to our hair loss. 

This was a FB / YouTube Livestream yesterday, to watch the stream visit: https://www.youtube.com/live/UdoHdKPitog

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1362 18 full Why I Tell People I Have Hair Loss and Wear Wigs Why I Tell People I Have Hair Loss and Wear Wigs https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/why-i-tell-people-i-have-hair-loss-and-wear-wigs/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/why-i-tell-people-i-have-hair-loss-and-wear-wigs/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2024 11:24:30 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/9dc35810-c2e7-3e07-900e-39b516053e70 I've had hair loss for 25 years, not one type but two. In 2012 I started wearing wigs and had to make a choice for myself on how I would choose the rest of my life, and it was a choice.  In hiding? Or liberate myself and just be open about my situation. While it's not for everyone I found tremendous value and freedom in my openness, in pulling my hair off at will, and not making apologies for something I cannot control. This is me, it's a part of me life. I share this part of my journey to let people know, YOU get to decide how you want to live with this, there is no right, there is no wrong, but there is so much power in taking back your power from hair loss. Podcast also available to watch on YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/PYvKXaE91So?si=jnJAk47tk-1Mu46L

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> I've had hair loss for 25 years, not one type but two. In 2012 I started wearing wigs and had to make a choice for myself on how I would choose the rest of my life, and it was a choice.  In hiding? Or liberate myself and just be open about my situation. While it's not for everyone I found tremendous value and freedom in my openness, in pulling my hair off at will, and not making apologies for something I cannot control. This is me, it's a part of me life. I share this part of my journey to let people know, YOU get to decide how you want to live with this, there is no right, there is no wrong, but there is so much power in taking back your power from hair loss. Podcast also available to watch on YouTube: 

https://youtu.be/PYvKXaE91So?si=jnJAk47tk-1Mu46L

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1222 17 full We Get Choices In Hair Loss: Finding Strength and Self Acceptance To Reclaim Your Life We Get Choices In Hair Loss: Finding Strength and Self Acceptance To Reclaim Your Life https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/we-get-choices-in-hair-loss-finding-strength-and-self-acceptance-to-reclaim-your-life/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/we-get-choices-in-hair-loss-finding-strength-and-self-acceptance-to-reclaim-your-life/#comments Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:20:40 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/40d37e85-f198-3513-af9a-77c9cbe99431 In this episode I discuss some personal stories and reflect on how I came to accept and learn to live with hair loss, the path that helped to get me to where I am today. Hair loss is ever-evolving, and my own journey has been just that. I have 25 years of hair loss, since the age of 21, and I got a 2nd type of hair loss (inflammatory alopecia ) in 2022. I shaved my head May 2023 and I have worn wigs since 2012. 

My hair loss journey has not been easy, and finding out that lightning does strike twice definitely impacted me, but one thing that has never changed over the years, is my desire to never want to live a hostage to hair loss ever again, and staying in front of that, whatever that means and whatever that takes. We get choices in this. 

So many women and men are struggling day in and out to just get through the day and process this entire thing, the devastation, and I understand. In this episode I share my thoughts on all this and I hope it helps in some way, to at least know the ability to get through this exists, the ability to reclaim your life exists. That is real, and you can do it. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> In this episode I discuss some personal stories and reflect on how I came to accept and learn to live with hair loss, the path that helped to get me to where I am today. Hair loss is ever-evolving, and my own journey has been just that. I have 25 years of hair loss, since the age of 21, and I got a 2nd type of hair loss (inflammatory alopecia ) in 2022. I shaved my head May 2023 and I have worn wigs since 2012. 

My hair loss journey has not been easy, and finding out that lightning does strike twice definitely impacted me, but one thing that has never changed over the years, is my desire to never want to live a hostage to hair loss ever again, and staying in front of that, whatever that means and whatever that takes. We get choices in this. 

So many women and men are struggling day in and out to just get through the day and process this entire thing, the devastation, and I understand. In this episode I share my thoughts on all this and I hope it helps in some way, to at least know the ability to get through this exists, the ability to reclaim your life exists. That is real, and you can do it. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1144 16 full Learning To Live With Hair Loss: Accepting The Unacceptable Learning To Live With Hair Loss: Accepting The Unacceptable https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/learning-to-live-with-hair-loss-accepting-the-unacceptable/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/learning-to-live-with-hair-loss-accepting-the-unacceptable/#comments Mon, 29 Jan 2024 12:03:25 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/6a47b596-c6d1-34e7-9415-76e792f94c72 How do we get comfortable in a life with hair loss?  How to we accept the unacceptable ? How do we get comfortable with our hair loss with the choices we make to live with hair loss, including treatment and / or wigs.

How do we move forward and let go of what holds us back, which often times is the options of others. 

It has taken me a long time to learn to accept this, accept less, accept change, and learn to accept this was my reality. Fighting it only hurt me, denial stole years of my life, it didn’t help me.

The ability to be okay, exists, it doesn’t happen overnight, but it does involve being honest with ourselves, it does involve US evolving, and learning all we can to make empowered and educated decisions for ourselves. No one can tell you how to live your hair loss life, the right way is the way that works for you. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> How do we get comfortable in a life with hair loss?  How to we accept the unacceptable ? How do we get comfortable with our hair loss with the choices we make to live with hair loss, including treatment and / or wigs.

How do we move forward and let go of what holds us back, which often times is the options of others. 

It has taken me a long time to learn to accept this, accept less, accept change, and learn to accept this was my reality. Fighting it only hurt me, denial stole years of my life, it didn’t help me.

The ability to be okay, exists, it doesn’t happen overnight, but it does involve being honest with ourselves, it does involve US evolving, and learning all we can to make empowered and educated decisions for ourselves. No one can tell you how to live your hair loss life, the right way is the way that works for you. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1096 15 full I Shaved My Head Due to Hair Loss | History, Thoughts & Reflections I Shaved My Head Due to Hair Loss | History, Thoughts & Reflections https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/i-shaved-my-head-due-to-hair-loss-history-thoughts-reflections/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/i-shaved-my-head-due-to-hair-loss-history-thoughts-reflections/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2023 13:24:06 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/566ab866-7837-3937-9868-00808342e0a4 I shaved my head May 7, 2023, due to a second hair loss I got last year, an Inflammatory alopecia. I have had female pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) for 24 years since the age of 21.

I began wearing wigs 11 years ago at the age of 34.

I never expected to get a second hair loss, I never thought I'd be forced to NEED to make this choice for survival, to be able to continue to live with hair loss without it stealing any more of my life from me. 

I don't love this, I don't love seeing myself with a shaved head, but it is better than the alternative, it is better than the creaturish loss that was more obvious before. In the months prior to shaving, I had reached a place I could no longer look at myself in the mirror, at all. 

We have to do the things we need, to move forward, whatever those are in our life. Starting to wear wigs 11 years ago was life changing for me, and I thought I had it figured out, and I did, until I got a second hair loss that changed everything again and I was forced to adapt and evolve again.

Thank you for listening, thank you for being here. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> I shaved my head May 7, 2023, due to a second hair loss I got last year, an Inflammatory alopecia. I have had female pattern baldness (androgenetic alopecia) for 24 years since the age of 21.

I began wearing wigs 11 years ago at the age of 34.

I never expected to get a second hair loss, I never thought I'd be forced to NEED to make this choice for survival, to be able to continue to live with hair loss without it stealing any more of my life from me. 

I don't love this, I don't love seeing myself with a shaved head, but it is better than the alternative, it is better than the creaturish loss that was more obvious before. In the months prior to shaving, I had reached a place I could no longer look at myself in the mirror, at all. 

We have to do the things we need, to move forward, whatever those are in our life. Starting to wear wigs 11 years ago was life changing for me, and I thought I had it figured out, and I did, until I got a second hair loss that changed everything again and I was forced to adapt and evolve again.

Thank you for listening, thank you for being here. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 1238 14 full Life Update & A New Hair Loss - Diffuse Alopecia Areata (Incognita) Life Update & A New Hair Loss - Diffuse Alopecia Areata (Incognita) https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/life-update-a-new-hair-loss-diffuse-alopecia-areata-incognita/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/life-update-a-new-hair-loss-diffuse-alopecia-areata-incognita/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2023 16:25:51 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/591b79ce-cda5-333f-908a-a49926a52045 This episode focuses on recapping the last year of my life. This is my life and hair loss update, they tie together. I now have a new type of hair loss in addition to the one I’ve had 24 years - female pattern baldness. The events of last year triggered this new hair loss, and so, here we are. I share about discovering I now also have diffuse alopecia areata (Incognita). 

I feel like this update is messy and all over the place, but my life is messy and all over the place, so it works perfectly.  

I had no idea it was possible to get more than one type of hair loss, but it is. 

I vacillated over the last month on how I would treat it, if I would treat it. After a lot of reflection, I have made the decision I can live with, and I’m declining the use oral minoxidil, (and Dupixent, and Olumiant for that matter). I had previously refused oral minoxidil for my androgenetic alopecia, and I stopped systemically treating my female pattern baldness in 2013. I have only utilized PRP hair loss treatments since 2009 (done every 4-5 months). 

This is new, and it is different, but the reasons I’m choosing to not treat it with medication are the very same as I made for my androgenetic alopecia, I am however trying a round of steroid injections, and I’ve already done those two times. 

This podcast is a lengthy deep dive into how this came to be, and my thought process behind all of it. This is my life and hair loss update. Reference links to the things discussed in this podcast can be found at the bottom of this post:

https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/alopecia-areata/life-update-and-a-new-hair-loss-diffuse-alopecia-areata-incognita/

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> This episode focuses on recapping the last year of my life. This is my life and hair loss update, they tie together. I now have a new type of hair loss in addition to the one I’ve had 24 years - female pattern baldness. The events of last year triggered this new hair loss, and so, here we are. I share about discovering I now also have diffuse alopecia areata (Incognita). 

I feel like this update is messy and all over the place, but my life is messy and all over the place, so it works perfectly.  

I had no idea it was possible to get more than one type of hair loss, but it is. 

I vacillated over the last month on how I would treat it, if I would treat it. After a lot of reflection, I have made the decision I can live with, and I’m declining the use oral minoxidil, (and Dupixent, and Olumiant for that matter). I had previously refused oral minoxidil for my androgenetic alopecia, and I stopped systemically treating my female pattern baldness in 2013. I have only utilized PRP hair loss treatments since 2009 (done every 4-5 months). 

This is new, and it is different, but the reasons I’m choosing to not treat it with medication are the very same as I made for my androgenetic alopecia, I am however trying a round of steroid injections, and I’ve already done those two times. 

This podcast is a lengthy deep dive into how this came to be, and my thought process behind all of it. This is my life and hair loss update.

Reference links to the things discussed in this podcast can be found at the bottom of this post:

https://www.womenshairlossproject.com/alopecia-areata/life-update-and-a-new-hair-loss-diffuse-alopecia-areata-incognita/

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project false No 1563 13 full Living With Hair Loss: The Choices We Make - Taking Back Your Power Living With Hair Loss: The Choices We Make - Taking Back Your Power https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/living-with-hair-loss-the-choices-we-make-taking-back-your-power/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/living-with-hair-loss-the-choices-we-make-taking-back-your-power/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2021 20:47:10 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/7488b241-d0b5-3ce2-9b28-a855cfbb3e3a This episode focuses on moving forward through hair loss, and what that looked like for me. I know a lot of women are in a place of feeling they will not be able to accept, they will not be able to live with hair loss - but you can, I know you can. I am living proof of that.  I share different parts of my story and journey to let you know it took different things along the way to get me to the place I am today. 

Believing YOU CAN emotionally get past hair loss is so important.  Removing the fixed mentality that things have to be a certain way - that fixed mentality kept me stuck in my own prison for over a decade, till the one day things changed. I changed. My mindset changed. I learned I could be okay even though my hair wasn’t going to come back. I accepted my hair loss, I accepted what is, I accepting wearing wigs.  I found a new way to live, and I found it when I was open to it. It was there along, but I wasn’t open to it. 

I sat down today to speak to you, to speak to the woman who needs to hear these words from the person who has lived through it, and who knows deeply all the emotions and feelings that hair loss brings with it. 

We don’t always feel like we have any choices, but we do. It’s not always the choices we want, but we do get choices. Those choices empower us, and bring us closer to reclaiming ourselves and our power.

When I stopped feeling like everything was happening to me, out of my control, without any say of my own whatsoever, and began to make the choices I needed to,  and take action over how I dealt with my hair loss - everything changed. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> This episode focuses on moving forward through hair loss, and what that looked like for me. I know a lot of women are in a place of feeling they will not be able to accept, they will not be able to live with hair loss - but you can, I know you can. I am living proof of that. 

I share different parts of my story and journey to let you know it took different things along the way to get me to the place I am today. 

Believing YOU CAN emotionally get past hair loss is so important.  Removing the fixed mentality that things have to be a certain way - that fixed mentality kept me stuck in my own prison for over a decade, till the one day things changed. I changed. My mindset changed. I learned I could be okay even though my hair wasn’t going to come back. I accepted my hair loss, I accepted what is, I accepting wearing wigs.  I found a new way to live, and I found it when I was open to it. It was there along, but I wasn’t open to it. 

I sat down today to speak to you, to speak to the woman who needs to hear these words from the person who has lived through it, and who knows deeply all the emotions and feelings that hair loss brings with it. 

We don’t always feel like we have any choices, but we do. It’s not always the choices we want, but we do get choices. Those choices empower us, and bring us closer to reclaiming ourselves and our power.

When I stopped feeling like everything was happening to me, out of my control, without any say of my own whatsoever, and began to make the choices I needed to,  and take action over how I dealt with my hair loss - everything changed. 

Visit Me Online:

Website: womenshairlossproject.com 

Instagram https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork

Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

Twitter: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

 

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 1482 12 full PRP/ Exosomes Update - Got Results, Lost Results and The Importance In Confronting The Denial Of Our Hair Loss PRP/ Exosomes Update - Got Results, Lost Results and The Importance In Confronting The Denial Of Our Hair Loss https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/prp-exosomes-update-got-results-lost-results-and-the-importance-in-confronting-the-denial-of-our-hair-loss/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/prp-exosomes-update-got-results-lost-results-and-the-importance-in-confronting-the-denial-of-our-hair-loss/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2020 12:33:06 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/52881432-f2cf-340f-8f3f-9596d5612492 Although I have been doing PRP therapy to treat my hair loss for nearly a decade, earlier this year was the first year I had the treatment locally in Beverly Hills by Dr. Baubac Hayatdavoudi, in addition to the PRP, I also had an Exosomes treatment. After 6 months I want to provide my thoughts and where I am at currently.

I also discuss the importance or confronting the reality of our hair loss, whether or not we choose to treat it. In my opinion, living in denial can make the journey more difficult and at times also, practically and logistically problematic. 

Visit Me Online: Website: womenshairlossproject.com Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject Instagram @whlpnetwork YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

]]> Although I have been doing PRP therapy to treat my hair loss for nearly a decade, earlier this year was the first year I had the treatment locally in Beverly Hills by Dr. Baubac Hayatdavoudi, in addition to the PRP, I also had an Exosomes treatment. After 6 months I want to provide my thoughts and where I am at currently.

I also discuss the importance or confronting the reality of our hair loss, whether or not we choose to treat it. In my opinion, living in denial can make the journey more difficult and at times also, practically and logistically problematic. 

Visit Me Online:
Website: womenshairlossproject.com
Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject
Instagram @whlpnetwork
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/WomensHairLossProject

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 1208 11 full My Hair Loss Story / The Cause of My Hair Loss & Learning To Accept Our Own Journey My Hair Loss Story / The Cause of My Hair Loss & Learning To Accept Our Own Journey https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/my-hair-loss-story-the-cause-of-my-hair-loss-learning-to-accept-our-own-journey/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/my-hair-loss-story-the-cause-of-my-hair-loss-learning-to-accept-our-own-journey/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2020 21:57:32 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/6f26aa21-3cde-5504-89eb-2aba3dfed7d8 This episode is raw and personal.  In this podcast I share with you in more detail the cause of my hair loss, and provide a deeper look into my hair loss story/ journey. Last week I had posted a video on my YouTube Channel that was meant to really just share the cause of my of my hair loss, and open the dialogue for others to comment on the cause of theirs or if they didn’t know what the cause was, to share that too.

While I cannot advise what others should or should not do, I think there is benefit in sharing my story so that others can get a deeper look into a 21 year journey of hair loss, beginning at the age of 21,  and caused by the birth control pill Loestrin FE.  The podcast takes a few tangents, but my journey is like one giant tangent, so perhaps it works. I share some of my hair loss treatment regrets, and the things I tried over the years.  It took me a very long time to accept anything and get to the place I am at. It didn’t happen over night, and I think it’s important for others to know that, so they are more patient and kind and loving towards themselves when dealing in what can often seem like the impossible…. Hair loss. 

Visit me online via my website: womenhairlossproject.com - Via instagram @whlpnetwork 

The link to the YouTube Video I spoke of in the podcast: What Caused My Hair Loss?

]]> This episode is raw and personal.  In this podcast I share with you in more detail the cause of my hair loss, and provide a deeper look into my hair loss story/ journey. Last week I had posted a video on my YouTube Channel that was meant to really just share the cause of my of my hair loss, and open the dialogue for others to comment on the cause of theirs or if they didn’t know what the cause was, to share that too.

While I cannot advise what others should or should not do, I think there is benefit in sharing my story so that others can get a deeper look into a 21 year journey of hair loss, beginning at the age of 21,  and caused by the birth control pill Loestrin FE.  The podcast takes a few tangents, but my journey is like one giant tangent, so perhaps it works. I share some of my hair loss treatment regrets, and the things I tried over the years.  It took me a very long time to accept anything and get to the place I am at. It didn’t happen over night, and I think it’s important for others to know that, so they are more patient and kind and loving towards themselves when dealing in what can often seem like the impossible…. Hair loss. 

Visit me online via my website: womenhairlossproject.com - Via instagram @whlpnetwork 

The link to the YouTube Video I spoke of in the podcast: What Caused My Hair Loss?

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 1528 10 full My PRP Journey Update and The Power In Decision/ Action My PRP Journey Update and The Power In Decision/ Action https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/my-prp-journey-update-and-the-power-in-decision-action/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/my-prp-journey-update-and-the-power-in-decision-action/#comments Fri, 08 May 2020 08:26:50 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/3b79d46d-ed0d-51bd-942b-c470125b9871 An update on my experience with PRP is long overdue, and over the last couple months I have tried to record a segment on this, each time only finding that I was left with a question mark and a position of inaction and indecisiveness as to how to continue forward. I found myself stuck. I was already being confronted with the fact that I was no longer experiencing the same benefit of PRP during the last couple years, as I had in my prior years. My hair loss shedding / decline was occurring more rapidly and after my last treatment in November,  I was actually debating on whether or not the time had home to close the chapter of that treatment in my life. 

Well, life changed for us all, choices changed. A week ago I finally decided on how to proceed forward, and provided myself with a plan. There is so much power in making a decision, and taking an action towards that decision. The minute I decided to do so, I instantly found relief within myself. This podcast is definitely one giant clump of a run on thought, it's a little all over the place (so my apologies in advance), but I really wanted to get all my thoughts out to you, about where I have been at with all of this.

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> An update on my experience with PRP is long overdue, and over the last couple months I have tried to record a segment on this, each time only finding that I was left with a question mark and a position of inaction and indecisiveness as to how to continue forward. I found myself stuck. I was already being confronted with the fact that I was no longer experiencing the same benefit of PRP during the last couple years, as I had in my prior years. My hair loss shedding / decline was occurring more rapidly and after my last treatment in November,  I was actually debating on whether or not the time had home to close the chapter of that treatment in my life. 

Well, life changed for us all, choices changed. A week ago I finally decided on how to proceed forward, and provided myself with a plan. There is so much power in making a decision, and taking an action towards that decision. The minute I decided to do so, I instantly found relief within myself. This podcast is definitely one giant clump of a run on thought, it's a little all over the place (so my apologies in advance), but I really wanted to get all my thoughts out to you, about where I have been at with all of this.

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 901 9 full Ricki Lake On Her Hair Loss Struggles/Journey & Path To Freedom Ricki Lake On Her Hair Loss Struggles/Journey & Path To Freedom https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/ricki-lake-on-her-hair-loss-strugglesjourney-path-to-freedom/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/ricki-lake-on-her-hair-loss-strugglesjourney-path-to-freedom/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2020 14:19:13 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/555d069b-c0d6-5ca0-8066-4ea17ade472a Jan 1st of this year Ricki Lake came out to the world revealing her secret battle and struggle with hair loss that she had been dealing with for nearly 30 years. I met Ricki in 2012, she had joined my site, The Women’s Hair Loss Project, in search for help, support and understanding. We connected through hair loss. 

I am so honored to be able to be joined by Ricki, from her home in Marina De Rey, for this episode of my podcast. It was an unbelievable privilege to sit down with her and listen to her tell her story as she shares how her hair loss started and takes us along for an inside and intimate look at what it was like dealing with hair loss while being in the public eye. 

She also shares some never before seen personal footage from from the day she shaved her head, (which you can seen the videocast on my website) and also snippets of documented clips from when she revealed to her boyfriend for the first time (after dating for 20 months) about her hair loss struggle. Spoiler alert, he embraced her with loving and open arms, as any good man would… good news for those women who are concerned about dating and hair loss. 

Ricki is truly a beacon of strength, and hope for others, and I am inspired by her courage to be able to step forward, and put a face (a very public face ) to this debilitating and devastating disorder that so many women like myself have had to deal with and often having to have done so suffering in silence.  Ricki Lake’s Documentary Site: https://www.thebusinessof.life

And on instagram: @rickilake

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> Jan 1st of this year Ricki Lake came out to the world revealing her secret battle and struggle with hair loss that she had been dealing with for nearly 30 years. I met Ricki in 2012, she had joined my site, The Women’s Hair Loss Project, in search for help, support and understanding. We connected through hair loss. 

I am so honored to be able to be joined by Ricki, from her home in Marina De Rey, for this episode of my podcast. It was an unbelievable privilege to sit down with her and listen to her tell her story as she shares how her hair loss started and takes us along for an inside and intimate look at what it was like dealing with hair loss while being in the public eye. 

She also shares some never before seen personal footage from from the day she shaved her head, (which you can seen the videocast on my website) and also snippets of documented clips from when she revealed to her boyfriend for the first time (after dating for 20 months) about her hair loss struggle. Spoiler alert, he embraced her with loving and open arms, as any good man would… good news for those women who are concerned about dating and hair loss. 

Ricki is truly a beacon of strength, and hope for others, and I am inspired by her courage to be able to step forward, and put a face (a very public face ) to this debilitating and devastating disorder that so many women like myself have had to deal with and often having to have done so suffering in silence.  Ricki Lake’s Documentary Site: https://www.thebusinessof.life

And on instagram: @rickilake

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 3456 8 full Low Level Laser Light Therapy & PRP Therapy | Joe Tillman Low Level Laser Light Therapy & PRP Therapy | Joe Tillman https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/low-level-laser-light-therapy-prp-therapy-joe-tillman/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/low-level-laser-light-therapy-prp-therapy-joe-tillman/#comments Sun, 29 Mar 2020 14:27:40 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/60e02ad8-b9d9-5225-bd7a-54f6b503cacc I am joined again by Joe Tillman, The Hair Transplant Mentor to discuss the validity of Low Level Laser Light Therapy and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Therapy for the treatment of hair loss. 

I have personally chosen to never try low level laser light therapy for my hair loss and discuss my reason for that, however, over the years I have heard some women say they received some benefit and others say they received none. 

I have been doing PRP Therapy since November 2009 with Dr. Joseph Greco in Sarasota Florida. Side note, I live in Los Angeles and have chosen to take the trip from LA to Sarasota (with no direct flights) to see him every 4-5 months for this treatment (not sure that's the exact prescribed timeframe to go for treatment, but it’s what I felt made me feel most comfortable). I have personally have found value in this treatment, but like I mentioned above with LLLT, I’ve also heard from women who have felt they received no benefit at all. As with all therapies, our bodies are unique in how they respond, and if they respond at all. 

Joe shares his knowledge and insight on these two very popular treatments often being promoted online.  It’s important we have all the information needed before we can decide whether or not we want to try any hair loss treatment.

Joe Tillman is The Hair Transplant Mentor, he has been working in this industry for 18 years, helping both men and women that are considering hair transplant surgery. He was one of the first people to ever document his hair transplant journey beginning March 18, 2002. Eventually what was his passion became his career, and he is now a full time independent guide for both patients and clinics. Joe is also the co-host of Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, which airs Fridays Live 5pm EST on his YouTube Channel

To learn more about Joe Tillman, visit his website: https://www.hairtransplantmentor.com

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> I am joined again by Joe Tillman, The Hair Transplant Mentor to discuss the validity of Low Level Laser Light Therapy and PRP (Platelet Rich Plasma) Therapy for the treatment of hair loss. 

I have personally chosen to never try low level laser light therapy for my hair loss and discuss my reason for that, however, over the years I have heard some women say they received some benefit and others say they received none. 

I have been doing PRP Therapy since November 2009 with Dr. Joseph Greco in Sarasota Florida. Side note, I live in Los Angeles and have chosen to take the trip from LA to Sarasota (with no direct flights) to see him every 4-5 months for this treatment (not sure that's the exact prescribed timeframe to go for treatment, but it’s what I felt made me feel most comfortable). I have personally have found value in this treatment, but like I mentioned above with LLLT, I’ve also heard from women who have felt they received no benefit at all. As with all therapies, our bodies are unique in how they respond, and if they respond at all. 

Joe shares his knowledge and insight on these two very popular treatments often being promoted online.  It’s important we have all the information needed before we can decide whether or not we want to try any hair loss treatment.

Joe Tillman is The Hair Transplant Mentor, he has been working in this industry for 18 years, helping both men and women that are considering hair transplant surgery. He was one of the first people to ever document his hair transplant journey beginning March 18, 2002. Eventually what was his passion became his career, and he is now a full time independent guide for both patients and clinics. Joe is also the co-host of Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, which airs Fridays Live 5pm EST on his YouTube Channel

To learn more about Joe Tillman, visit his website: https://www.hairtransplantmentor.com

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 1465 7 full Joe Tillman - Women and Hair Transplant Surgery Joe Tillman - Women and Hair Transplant Surgery https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/joe-tillman-women-and-hair-transplant-surgery/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/joe-tillman-women-and-hair-transplant-surgery/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2020 16:21:12 -0700 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/c04b59d1-076c-504c-857e-8d9fbc93bf98 In this episode I am joined by Joe Tillman, The Hair Transplant Mentor, to discuss the topic of women and hair transplant surgery. Do women actually make good candidates for this procedure? It is my understanding based on my what I’ve read over the years, and also based on the experience I have with my own type of hair loss - female pattern baldness aka androgenetic alopecia, that women like myself are NOT candidates for hair transplant surgery. I wanted to dive deeper into this topic and get the facts from an expert, so that women can be empowered and educated when making decisions on treating their hair loss. 

While I wasn’t surprised to hear that in Joe’s opinion, 90% of women are not candidates for hair transplants, I got educated in learning about which procedure would be preferable for a woman if she was in fact a candidate, the controversial industry topic of Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) vs Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) for women's hair restoration surgery.

In this episode, Joe will discuss all the reasons why 90% of women are not candidates for this procedure, and he will also discuss the other 10% of women that could potentially be a viable candidate.

Joe Tillman is The Hair Transplant Mentor, he has been working in this industry for 18 years, helping both men and women that are considering hair transplant surgery. He was one of the first people to ever document his hair transplant journey beginning March 18, 2002. Eventually what was his passion became his career, and he is now a full time independent guide for both patients and clinics. Joe is also the co-host of Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, which airs Fridays Live 5pm EST on his YouTube Channel

To learn more about Joe Tillman, visit his website: https://www.hairtransplantmentor.com 

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> In this episode I am joined by Joe Tillman, The Hair Transplant Mentor, to discuss the topic of women and hair transplant surgery. Do women actually make good candidates for this procedure? It is my understanding based on my what I’ve read over the years, and also based on the experience I have with my own type of hair loss - female pattern baldness aka androgenetic alopecia, that women like myself are NOT candidates for hair transplant surgery. I wanted to dive deeper into this topic and get the facts from an expert, so that women can be empowered and educated when making decisions on treating their hair loss. 

While I wasn’t surprised to hear that in Joe’s opinion, 90% of women are not candidates for hair transplants, I got educated in learning about which procedure would be preferable for a woman if she was in fact a candidate, the controversial industry topic of Follicular Unit Transplantation (FUT) vs Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) for women's hair restoration surgery.

In this episode, Joe will discuss all the reasons why 90% of women are not candidates for this procedure, and he will also discuss the other 10% of women that could potentially be a viable candidate.

Joe Tillman is The Hair Transplant Mentor, he has been working in this industry for 18 years, helping both men and women that are considering hair transplant surgery. He was one of the first people to ever document his hair transplant journey beginning March 18, 2002. Eventually what was his passion became his career, and he is now a full time independent guide for both patients and clinics. Joe is also the co-host of Spencer Kobren’s The Bald Truth, which airs Fridays Live 5pm EST on his YouTube Channel

To learn more about Joe Tillman, visit his website: https://www.hairtransplantmentor.com 

Visit me online via my website: womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram @whlpnetwork

]]> Women's Hair Loss Project true No 1870 6 full Diane Williamson - Alopecia Universalis Diane Williamson - Alopecia Universalis https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/diane-williamson-alopecia-universalis/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/diane-williamson-alopecia-universalis/#comments Sat, 29 Feb 2020 08:40:29 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/29ec117a-b6e0-5d63-9c94-91f7c41fcf8e Diane Williamson is a full time voice over talent professional for Fortune 500 companies, phone systems and also broadcast. She is a veteran hair wearer and deals with Alopecia Universalis (total hair loss, from eyebrows, eyelashes, to leg hair). 

Diane has been following my Facebook page since 2012, and has been a tremendous support to myself and other women dealing with the incredibly difficult affliction of hair loss. 

Dealing with Alopecia Universalis since the 80’s, she discusses dealing with hair loss and hair wearing, while working in the very public industry of broadcast reporting. Diane has dealt with hair loss and searching for hair, during a time period where information was even less prevalent and accessible, than when I started my own journey. She has experienced total hair loss, transitioning into wearing wigs in the workplace, and dealing with the devastating emotional impact of hair loss in all aspects of her own life. She has battled through and as I like to call it, “made it to the other side, where there is life after hair loss.” It is a thing, it does exist. Her story is inspiring and I absolutely loved speaking with her. 

Please join us for this episode, while we discuss her hair loss journey, and as she shares her knowledge and insight to people dealing with hair loss now. 

You have visit me online via my website: www.womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork/

]]> Diane Williamson is a full time voice over talent professional for Fortune 500 companies, phone systems and also broadcast. She is a veteran hair wearer and deals with Alopecia Universalis (total hair loss, from eyebrows, eyelashes, to leg hair). 

Diane has been following my Facebook page since 2012, and has been a tremendous support to myself and other women dealing with the incredibly difficult affliction of hair loss. 

Dealing with Alopecia Universalis since the 80’s, she discusses dealing with hair loss and hair wearing, while working in the very public industry of broadcast reporting. Diane has dealt with hair loss and searching for hair, during a time period where information was even less prevalent and accessible, than when I started my own journey. She has experienced total hair loss, transitioning into wearing wigs in the workplace, and dealing with the devastating emotional impact of hair loss in all aspects of her own life. She has battled through and as I like to call it, “made it to the other side, where there is life after hair loss.” It is a thing, it does exist. Her story is inspiring and I absolutely loved speaking with her. 

Please join us for this episode, while we discuss her hair loss journey, and as she shares her knowledge and insight to people dealing with hair loss now. 

You have visit me online via my website: www.womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork/

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 2376 5 full Finding The Right Wig Takes Time Finding The Right Wig Takes Time https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/finding-the-right-wig-takes-time/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/finding-the-right-wig-takes-time/#comments Thu, 20 Feb 2020 06:59:30 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/7fab4fff-fc9b-51ea-a581-5a6522eefd85 The journey to finding the right type of alternative hair for yourself takes time, whether it’s a topper or a wig. Much of this will not only be determined by our level of hair loss, but also our comfort level. 

Often times I get asked if I jumped right into wearing Follea (the brand of wigs I wear) or if I tried other methods of alternative hair/ or brands.  I definitely tried several other things over the years and had what I called many “Failed Starts,” where I’d get an item of alternative hair, find it was a total failure for whatever reason, and then I’d give up YEARS. I definitely did not accept my hair loss easily and certainly didn’t accept hair wearing easily. My first failed start to wearing alternative hair dates back to 2001 (my hair loss began in 1999) and I did’t start wearing hair full time till 2012. 

In episode 3 of The Women’s Hair Loss Project podcast I discuss a couple of my "failed starts" throughout the years, and share the importance of being patient with yourself when attempting to wear hair for the first time or finding the right piece for you.

You have visit me online via my website: www.womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork/

]]> The journey to finding the right type of alternative hair for yourself takes time, whether it’s a topper or a wig. Much of this will not only be determined by our level of hair loss, but also our comfort level. 

Often times I get asked if I jumped right into wearing Follea (the brand of wigs I wear) or if I tried other methods of alternative hair/ or brands.  I definitely tried several other things over the years and had what I called many “Failed Starts,” where I’d get an item of alternative hair, find it was a total failure for whatever reason, and then I’d give up YEARS. I definitely did not accept my hair loss easily and certainly didn’t accept hair wearing easily. My first failed start to wearing alternative hair dates back to 2001 (my hair loss began in 1999) and I did’t start wearing hair full time till 2012. 

In episode 3 of The Women’s Hair Loss Project podcast I discuss a couple of my "failed starts" throughout the years, and share the importance of being patient with yourself when attempting to wear hair for the first time or finding the right piece for you.

You have visit me online via my website: www.womenshairlossproject.com and also via instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whlpnetwork/

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 876 4 full Sophie Hafner - Master Wig Stylist | Part Two Sophie Hafner - Master Wig Stylist | Part Two https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/sophie-hafner-master-wig-stylist-part-two/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/sophie-hafner-master-wig-stylist-part-two/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2020 14:06:11 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/eb52b128-4766-5ea9-b22a-962f4dfab525 In part two of this episode, I continue my conversation with the amazing and talented master wig stylist, Sophie Hafner. In this episode we discuss the following topics:

-Coloring Your Wigs Is The Key In Making Them Look More Real

-Our Fear of People Noticing Our Wig Transition In The Workplace

-How To Deal With People Wanting to Touch “Your Hair”

Sophie also answers the following questions asked through Instagram:

1- Do you do short wigs?

2- What is the most popular wig length?

3. Tips for altering the wig cap size

4- How to prevent inversions 

5- How often should you wash your wig?

6- How do you remedy wig build up?

7- What products do you recommend for a wig shampoo, conditioner and heat protectant?

You can find Sophie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hairdesophie/ and through her website https://www.sophiehafner.com/

 

 

]]> In part two of this episode, I continue my conversation with the amazing and talented master wig stylist, Sophie Hafner. In this episode we discuss the following topics:

-Coloring Your Wigs Is The Key In Making Them Look More Real

-Our Fear of People Noticing Our Wig Transition In The Workplace

-How To Deal With People Wanting to Touch “Your Hair”

Sophie also answers the following questions asked through Instagram:

1- Do you do short wigs?

2- What is the most popular wig length?

3. Tips for altering the wig cap size

4- How to prevent inversions 

5- How often should you wash your wig?

6- How do you remedy wig build up?

7- What products do you recommend for a wig shampoo, conditioner and heat protectant?

You can find Sophie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hairdesophie/ and through her website https://www.sophiehafner.com/

 

 

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 2020 3 full Sophie Hafner - Master Wig Stylist | Part One Sophie Hafner - Master Wig Stylist | Part One https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/sophie-hafner-master-wig-stylist-part-one/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/sophie-hafner-master-wig-stylist-part-one/#comments Sun, 09 Feb 2020 14:01:15 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/9647d029-4a0d-52ac-a7d0-ac7512389969 Sophie Hafner is an amazing and talented wig stylist based in Los Angeles, CA. For the last 5 years she has been the only person I entrust with coloring and cutting my wigs. Meeting her transformed my wig wearing, and took it to a whole new level I didn’t know possible. Her passion and calling has always been in helping women with hair loss discover the hair that works best for their specific needs and individual stages of hair loss. She accomplishes this by customizing the very highest quality pieces to be unique, personal and most importantly natural to every woman she works with. 

I’m excited to have her share her wig knowledge with everyone seeking to learn more about hair wearing. In part 1 of this 2 part episode, we discuss the consultation process as well as the technical aspects of wigs, including:

-Wigs vs. Toppers

-Adjusting to Wearing Hair by Learning To Treat It Like Your Own Hair

-Lace Front vs Closed Front (How to Choose) 

-The Follea Gripper - What Type of Hair Loss Is Best Suited For This Wig?

-Sizing of Wigs

-Handtied vs. Wefted (open wefts/ closed wefts) 

-French Top/ Natural Skin Top vs Lace Top

-Coloring Your Wigs

-Styling, How To Achieve Volume and Bounce in Your Wigs

Please check out part two of this episode. You can find Sophie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hairdesophie/ and through her website https://www.sophiehafner.com/

]]> Sophie Hafner is an amazing and talented wig stylist based in Los Angeles, CA. For the last 5 years she has been the only person I entrust with coloring and cutting my wigs. Meeting her transformed my wig wearing, and took it to a whole new level I didn’t know possible. Her passion and calling has always been in helping women with hair loss discover the hair that works best for their specific needs and individual stages of hair loss. She accomplishes this by customizing the very highest quality pieces to be unique, personal and most importantly natural to every woman she works with. 

I’m excited to have her share her wig knowledge with everyone seeking to learn more about hair wearing. In part 1 of this 2 part episode, we discuss the consultation process as well as the technical aspects of wigs, including:

-Wigs vs. Toppers

-Adjusting to Wearing Hair by Learning To Treat It Like Your Own Hair

-Lace Front vs Closed Front (How to Choose) 

-The Follea Gripper - What Type of Hair Loss Is Best Suited For This Wig?

-Sizing of Wigs

-Handtied vs. Wefted (open wefts/ closed wefts) 

-French Top/ Natural Skin Top vs Lace Top

-Coloring Your Wigs

-Styling, How To Achieve Volume and Bounce in Your Wigs

Please check out part two of this episode. You can find Sophie on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hairdesophie/ and through her website https://www.sophiehafner.com/

]]> Women’s Hair Loss Project true No 2169 2 full Ashley, Age 28 - Episode 1 Ashley, Age 28 - Episode 1 https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/ashley-age-28-episode-1/ https://womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/e/ashley-age-28-episode-1/#comments Sun, 26 Jan 2020 06:53:20 -0800 womenshairlossproject.podbean.com/80105c30-250e-5a2a-94ad-4cb4d0552ae2 Ashley from Nashville discusses her journey 5 years into hair loss. I met Ashley though Instagram…After replying to a question of hers via video and posting it to my instagram account @whlpnetwork -  I was pleasantly surprised (and shocked) to find she sent me a private video response back via YouTube sharing more of her story. I connected with her struggle in dealing with hair loss at such a young age, and felt she would be a wonderful guest to have  on for my first podcast. I am super appreciative to have had this beautiful and bright young woman on the show, she was candid and real about her struggles and the place she’s at in learning to accept and deal with her hair loss. 

 

]]> Ashley from Nashville discusses her journey 5 years into hair loss. I met Ashley though Instagram…After replying to a question of hers via video and posting it to my instagram account @whlpnetwork -  I was pleasantly surprised (and shocked) to find she sent me a private video response back via YouTube sharing more of her story. I connected with her struggle in dealing with hair loss at such a young age, and felt she would be a wonderful guest to have  on for my first podcast. I am super appreciative to have had this beautiful and bright young woman on the show, she was candid and real about her struggles and the place she’s at in learning to accept and deal with her hair loss. 

 

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