I tried scalp massage this morning...

and I lost a lot of hair while washing afterward. Sigh. Oh, well. I think my scalp needs increased circulation...and I want my hair to grow! Like you, my hair is thin (1.5" ponytail). It got thicker a couple of years ago when I started eating healthfully, but then the added post-adoption stress made me lose a lot more, so I'm back to not much hair. Recently, I haven't lost as much with each shower, so I am encouraged. But today...I may need to do something differently.

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June 2009 in Odessa, Ukraine, by the Black Sea


October 2008 (21"); April 2011 (~22.5") BEFORE; April 2011 (~16") AFTER -- now need new pics!

2C-3B/N/i (1.5")
16"/18.5"/26" (BSL)
bangs down to nose tip
brown with grays, thinking about henna/indigo
43 years old

[I originally found the Loom and started measuring back in April 2007 (17.5"), but with such thin, scraggly looking hair, I've been so disappointed and have gotten a few big cuts, only reaching 23.5" at the end of September 2010. Now I'm starting all over again!]

wash 2x a week with Chagrin Valley shampoo bars / AO honeysuckle rose conditioner / ACV-and-water/infusion rinse
EVCO overnight or for 30 minutes on scalp and ends before washing 1x a week
starting scalp massages
trying extremely light EVCO oiling for flighty canopy when needed
wooden comb, air drying, some scrunching, not much fussing, no products, no brushing, finger combing between washes

battling autoimmune hypothyroidism and the major shedding it has caused for the last five years or so