Growth is a Slow Painful Process
This is what I keep telling myself. I wish so bad my hair can grow overnight and go back to the once voluminous and curly head of hair i once had. I look in the mirror daily and realize how i took my prime hair days for granted. Now, I can't even run my fingers through my hair. I'm practically just pulling at individual strands at this point. I hate it. My hair loss is at an all time low at this current phase. I trimmed my hair 2 months ago hoping it will help but...I just wish I can recover already. I read it can take 3-6 months until I can see noticeable growth after taking supplements. I started the process in July.
It doesn't look good. I look like a homeless crackhead addict. I hate myself. But I will try to trust the process and continue taking my biotin, iron and vitamin c. I read those are fundamentals in hair growth...or lack of which causes hair thinning. And I also know it takes a while after taking these supplements until my body adjusts to it. Could take months. I am trying not to stress over it as it obviously affects hair loss too!!!!
I know I have to trust the process but even doing everything right like managing stress, massaging my scalp and getting enough vitamins and minerals it is still a struggle. I feel it it worse for a woman to go through hair loss this bad. I don't want to cut my hair pixie cut short but yeah. Women have an unnatural set of standards and hair is everything. It has taken a toll on my self esteem as if it wasn't bad enough already. I have been in a relationship for nearly 8 months now and I constantly find myself struggling to look good for him. He has a bit of male thinning hair himself but that's a part of life. Women losing hair is a lot more damaging. Of course I love my boyfriend and have seen him look completely different compared to when I first met him 15 years ago. I am still just as much attracted to him as I was back then. He definitely says the same to me too. He does make me feel better.
I hate taking showers because coming out of the shower with my hair wet definitely showcases just how bad my hair is. So thin I feel almost already bald. I do look back at my original picture from July so I do see actual growth. Painstakingly slow but at this point I am glad it is still growth. In my previous post I showed how much my hair grew in 3 years so I am hoping by the end of 2025 I can hair more noticeable hair growth and even trim again in a few weeks or so. Right now, I don't feel pretty. Sure. There's growth but I have such thin hairs at my tips that it looks like a mullet. I guess I should he glad my roots are showing healthy growth. It still doesn't feel all the way full head of hair growth at the roots but hey...I'll take what I can get.
Here is what I look like as of August 10, 2025
It doesn't look good. I look like a homeless crackhead addict. I hate myself. But I will try to trust the process and continue taking my biotin, iron and vitamin c. I read those are fundamentals in hair growth...or lack of which causes hair thinning. And I also know it takes a while after taking these supplements until my body adjusts to it. Could take months. I am trying not to stress over it as it obviously affects hair loss too!!!!
Anyway, just thought I'd check in. Hopefully next hair picture check in to compare in the 1st of next month I will be able to see even more growth before I trim again.
This just really sucks because I've always preferred long hair on me. My boyfriend even says he loved that about me when he first met me. I hate having short hair so I so badly want my hair to grow out already!!!! I'm glad he is supportive though and says he loves me no matter what.
