Update: Ouch, I�ve Become Even More Tender-headed!

 �I�ve always been tender-headed and I was so happy when I learned how to braid my own hair as I can regulate the tension to suit how tender my head was at any one time.�

I remember back to the days when my mum used to braid my hair and I would complain the whole time about how much it was hurting me. I used to dread getting my hair done on a Sunday night. Over the years this improved but I was definitely at the high end of the tender scalp scale.


In the past, both my hair-dresser and beauty therapist (when I used to frequent such establishments before becoming a DIYer of everything beauty related!) both informed me that the skin/scalp can become more sensitive in correlation to where you are in your monthly cycle. As such, my beauty therapist advised ladies against waxing the week prior to �their special time�.

Anyway, since my illness I have noticed both an increase in shedding in recent months (that much is obvious, seeing as it�s all I keep harping on about!) AND scalp sensitivity. Although my scalp isn�t painful it is definitely more on the tender side even to the lightest of touch when so much as finger parting my hair. I�ve read that neutropenia (low white blood cell count) can have that effect on the scalp.

It is so annoying that after I seemed to get my anaemia related shedding better controlled and understood, I then get hit with this new set-back. It�s a surprise I�m not snatched-bald headed right now! I will be speaking to my doctor about the shedding but she�ll probably say that there�s not a lot that can be done to reverse it. I am of the opinion that it will just take time. Luckily I am now used to looking out for this kind of issue so I�ve been onto it pretty quickly. So far the density hasn�t been ravaged the same way it was when I suffered low iron related shedding.

I am now pre-emptively taking my supplements again in a hope that it will slow down the shedding a bit and /or make the new hair that starts to grow back in, healthier and stronger.


Luckily I�ll be protective styling big time in the coming months so the results of this shedding onslaught won�t be felt to strongly � otherwise, I could end up looking like a black version of this stunner!

Souce: Michelle Pfeiffer the witch in the movie Stardust

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