The Women’s Hair Loss Project

Women’s Hair Loss Project

Founded in 2007, The Women’s Hair Loss Project unites women dealing with hair loss and has been providing help, hope and understanding to women dealing with hair loss for over a decade.

  1. 09/26/2025

    Should I Treat My Hair Loss? - Things You Need To Know

    I’ve been living with hair loss for over 26 years. I’ve tried nearly everything, from medication to supplements to procedures. This isn’t medical advice. It’s my lived experience. My own, and that which has been shared with me by countless women over the past 18 years of connecting online with others dealing with this same issue. There are things I wish I knew and understood when I first started losing my hair, things that I don’t think are often talked about online or off, not even in medical offices. This is our hair and our life. And in order to make the best choices for ourselves, we need to have all the facts so we can feel good about the choices we do or do not make. In this episode I cover:  • Why a treatment for hair loss is often a treatment for life • How legitimate hair loss treatments can sometimes make hair loss worse • The most commonly prescribed treatments for women • Why starting treatment too early might lead to long term regret • The risk of getting stuck on medications, whether or not they work • The one question I wish I asked myself: Can I live with this decision 10 years from now? These are the things I wish someone had told me. 🖤 Thank you for listening. To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit: https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject Visit Me Online: Website: womenshairlossproject.com  Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

    15 min
  2. 09/16/2025

    2 Years Later: Why I Shaved My Head for Hair Loss — Was It Worth It?

    It’s been over two years since I shaved my head for hair loss, and it was by far the single hardest thing for me to have done in my 26 year journey with it. I shaved my head for sanity and striving to live free from my being under the thumb of hair loss or at the mercy of what it does and has done to me over the years. In this episode, I reflect on the moment I finally did it, what led up to it, and what’s followed: grief, relief, maintenance, and unexpected things like how clothes hit differently without hair. Whether you’re contemplating shaving your head due to hair loss, living in the space between bio hair and wigs, or perhaps at the start of your journey and just seeking clarity in your own process, I hope this helps. Some of the things discussed are: • Why I couldn’t pull the trigger for so long • What finally gave me the strength to do it • How wigs and bio hair lived in tandem for years • The reality of scalp care, folliculitis, and the daily grind • Why clothes, self-image, and comfort all shift post-shave • What I wish I’d done sooner, and the loss that’s still real.  No regrets. Just truth, trade-offs, and a path forward. 🖤 Thank you for listening. To see the YouTube version of this episode, visit: https://www.youtube.com/womenshairlossproject Visit Me Online: Website: womenshairlossproject.com  Facebook:  http://facebook.com/womenshairlossproject X: https://twitter.com/whlpnetwork

    17 min

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Founded in 2007, The Women’s Hair Loss Project unites women dealing with hair loss and has been providing help, hope and understanding to women dealing with hair loss for over a decade.