TUESDAY TIDINGS - Hair Recovery

Today, I'm annoyed with my thin hair, so I thought I'd do a little research on products that might help restore my hair and thicken it up. Almost every reference to thinning hair that I can find talks about a product called Nioxin.

While I was having chemo treatments, a friend gave me some of this kind of shampoo and conditioner. It's a medicated shampoo that helps with thinning hair. I faithfully used this product for months on my bald scalp. My friend claimed that it helped her hair come in faster after chemo. I continued to use it for a few months after chemo, while my hair was starting to come in. Then, something weird happened... the smell of the product started making me sick to my stomach. So, I stopped using it. I think it just reminded me too much of when I was going through chemo. A few months later, I decided to start using it again, because the hair on the top of my head wasn't growing in as much as the hair on the rest of my head. After a few days, I had to stop again! The sense of smell is a powerful thing!!

Well, I was complaining the other day about A LOT of things - among those, my lack of thick hair, my lack of eyebrows, my thin eyelashes. My husband said "Why aren't you using Nioxin?" "I can't stand the smell - it reminds me of chemo." Rolling his eyes, he said, basically, "Get over it." Haha! He's right though... if I can't take the steps needed to overcome this problem, I'll just have to live with it. That's not acceptable to me, so it's back to the Nioxin for me. (I'll just hold my breath). :-)

There are eight different hair care systems from Nioxin. But, I think there are two that will work the best for this kind of hair regrowth. Here are the links to each of those systems...

1. Nioxin System 1

2. Nioxin System 2


One thing I learned about these systems (and I can't remember who told me this), is that you must use the whole system for it to work properly. I used System one, but only the shampoo and conditioner. So, I'm going to try System two, and use the entire thing. This product comes highly recommended - and it doesn't really smell bad, just a little bit medicated. Leave a comment and let me know if you've tried this, if it worked, or if there is something else you've tried.

Here's to hair growth!