{"id":7301,"date":"2023-05-23T10:32:43","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=7301"},"modified":"2023-05-23T10:32:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T14:32:43","slug":"hair-today-gone-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2023\/05\/hair-today-gone-tomorrow\/","title":{"rendered":"Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The change was subtle enough that I didn\u2019t notice it at first. My hair scrunchies were slipping off my ponytail, and I began to see more hair in the drain after a shower and in my brush. Next, I look in the mirror\u2014where did my eyebrows go? When was the last time I shaved? I asked my hairdresser, who observed that my hair was thinning, and I was losing hair around my ears. She attributed this, potentially, to wearing my hair pulled back tightly for so long or to the fact that I routinely push sunglasses off my nose and onto my head. <\/span><\/p>\n

But I was concerned. I knew older women often suffered hair loss for various reasons, and I didn\u2019t think I should be one of them. <\/span>Hair loss can affect your scalp or entire body (<\/span>sayonara<\/span><\/i>,<\/span> eyebrows) and can be temporary or permanent. (Anyone can lose hair on their head, but it’s more common in men.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Hair loss can result from heredity, hormonal changes, medical conditions, treatments like chemotherapy, or simply as a normal part of aging. <\/span>According to the Mayo Clinic, age-related hair loss is common: about 55 percent of women experience some hair loss by age 70. <\/span><\/p>\n

The most common cause is female-pattern baldness, an inherited condition. <\/span>In women, this often shows up as a widening of the part on the scalp. Other women lose hair in circular or patchy bald spots on the scalp; this is called alopecia areata. <\/span>Based on how my hair was falling out, I wondered if it was from frontal fibrosing alopecia (FFA). <\/span>FFA may be an autoimmune disease; dermatologists are still studying it, with few answers so far, but it is becoming<\/span> more <\/span>recognized in older women. <\/span><\/p>\n

My hair loss has slowed, but I\u2019ll mention it when I go to the dermatologist. I plan to pencil in my brows, use a hairbrush made for wet hair and avoid the hair dryer. <\/span><\/p>\n

Who knows? I may embrace the hat.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The change was subtle enough that I didn\u2019t notice it at first. My hair scrunchies were slipping off my ponytail, and I began to see more hair in the drain after a shower and in my brush. Next, I look…<\/span><\/p>\n

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