I am not sure if its stress, hormone flux or aging in general but...

I am really losing my hair to the point where I now struggle to do comb-overs to hide my expanding scalp-line.

I am on an Rx medication that is supposed to lower the androgen-hormones that become dominant when the estrogen declines. Supposedly, this androgen dominance accelerates hair loss in women who are susceptible to it.

I knew it was a problem but I was ignoring it...until my husband, who rarely notices ANYTHING actually said something to me at dinner last night along the lines of, *Um, is your hair falling out? Do you want to maybe see someone about that?* I was humiliated, and it was worsened when my daughter chimed in with her agreement that *Mom, you are sort of going bald*

I set a consultation with a salon in town that specializes in hairpieces, extensions and wigs for women with hair loss. Ironically, I learned of this salon when they hosted a fundraiser for a friend who is going through chemotherapy for breast cancer. I am hoping that whatever solutions they offer are not fake-looking (I am not going to spend $$ to look like Kim from RHOA) or super-expensive (weaves and extensions can run into the thousands for the pieces and *installation*.)

But the fact is that they are talking *hairpiece*. A Lady toupee? Gah, I hope not. My current situation is embarrassing enough; I don't want to make things worse with something silly perched upon my noggin.