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Our annual reader survey revealed blogger-turned-mogulHuda Kattanas one of your “beauty idols.”
It also revealed thathair lossis one of your top concerns.
OCTOBER 2019
I started noticing hair loss in my early 20s, at the front.
I was constantly trying to cover it up.
I can’t tell you how many times I put eye shadow on my scalp.
It was scary to admit that I was losing hair.
But now, in my mid-30s, the shedding starts up again.
And on a campaign shoot for Huda Beauty’s newMercury Retrograde Palette, it gets serious.
I had been wearing a heavy, faux ponytail.
He’s nervous, thinking he caused it.
But that hair loss came fromtraction alopeciacaused by wearing the same style repeatedly.
I realize I have to take it even easier on my hair.
At that point, I tell Dom, “I need to start seriously taking care of this.”
Immediately, I start using a dermaroller called theBeautyBio GloProon my scalp.
It’s a little painful because its really made for your face, but I kinda like it.
I just keep using it over that bald circle.
NOVEMBER 2019
The microneedling seems to be helping and my hair starts growing back in that bare patch.
MARCH 2021
I’m not seeing my scalp as much as I used to.
But I know the reality is that those things don’t work for every person [3].
[4] Like, new places.
But honestly, who cares about hair “down there” anymore, anyway?
It’s totally normal.
MAY 2021
I’ve been able to keep my hair growth steady, but my hair is still frail.
I rarely blow-dry it, and I can’t color it anymore.
It just breaks off completely.
It’s been so much easier since we’ve all been working from home.
There’s shame around hair loss, but almost every woman I know [5] suffers from it.
I’m going to start showing that more in my videos, when we do use extensions.
People need to know.
[1]Dermarollerscreate microscopic wounds with tiny needles, stimulating the bodys healing response.
She is introducing scalp microneedling in combination with topicals into her practice.
[3] That’s because there’s no one cause of hair loss, says Henry.
Visit a dermatologist who can make personalized recommendations.
[4] Viviscal Pro says its product “targets the hair follicles on the head.”
[5] By age 50, about half of all women will have noticed thinning hair.
And were all susceptible to stress-related hair loss, which can come on suddenly and dramatically.
Dermatologists have seena surge in these cases during the pandemic.
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