Hair Scares - ladies I need your help!

[glowing]

Does anybody know whether or not the treatment for pid or the fact of having a pid could affect the condition of hair. I've never considered myself an oil painting, more a smudged water colour, but have always been happy-ish with my hair. Do any of you ladies have hair colour or perms and does your hair react badly? I know it's a personal question but I need to know whether or not to blame my hairdresser for what has happened to my hair. It isn't even a case of 'silk purse and sow's ear' it's not as simple as that. If it was just a case of vanity I wouldn't be asking becasue of the many poorly people losing their hair but if my pid has bearing on the health of my hair then at least I'll know why I'm walking around with a brillo pad on my head.

Thank you for bothering to read this.
Gloria

[mims]

hi Gloria,
I do sub-cut and have been receiving immoglobin for almost two years. haven't noticed any problem with my hair and i have it coloured every 5weeks. best of luck.
maria
x

[glowing]

Thank you Maria. I think it must be the hairdressers mistake as they are supposed to do tests before using a new product. As she knows about my pid her first reaction to anything is always that it's just my condition. As I've only recently changed to subcut I wasn't confident to say it has nothing to do with it. Anyway at least it will grow out, unless of course it falls out before it has the chance. She assured me it won't so I hope she's right.
Thank you for getting back to me.
Gloria x

[aryani]

Hi Gloria,

These are my experiences.

If I have a lot of infections, my hair is in a bad condition as well. Normally, I've got quite thick, strong hair. Then, it's very thin. When my thyroid is off, I'll be loosing hair (and it is very thin).

Antibiotics effect my hair. Colouring my hair is no use then, because the colouring won't stick or will be different from what it's supposed to be. Mostly, the first option.
My hairdresser also refuses a perm when you were anesthetized. I don't know what the interval between anestesia and a perm should be.

And for the record: things can always be worse. Loosing your hair is indeed terrible. But that doesn't mean that walking around with a brillo is fun...

All the best,
Aryani

[glowing]

Thank you Aryani. It's not nice for you either when you're under the weather. It's difficult for me to know exactly what is to blame but at least I know it will grow back. You're right in that it's not much fun walking around with a brillo pad for hair. I have to laugh about it because a few people (men) that I know are very amused that it happened at all I'm not letting them see or I'll never live it down. Like most women I've experience 'a bad hair day' occasionally but this one is likely to last about six weeks.
Gloria