Tired of Doing Nothing

I was tired of not really doing anything about my hairloss. I was just kind of waiting for it to come back. But that's not happening. So I finally made the call to a hair restoration place. They use the cool, as in cold, lasers and topical treatments to treat hair loss. I won't lie. It was emabarrassing to even go. But I hate my receding hairline so much that I made myself do it. Even making the appointment was awkward.

"Evolution Hair Centers. How can I help you?"

"I would like to schedule a consultation."

"Is this for you or somebody else?"

YES! Of course it's for me. Umm . . .no it's for a friend?!? Does a female voice on the other end of the phone really throw people off that much. I mean all the "experts" claim that 50% of all women will experience hairloss at sometime in their life. Obviously, either the experts are wrong or us women are too emabarrassed to do anything to treat our hairloss. Isn't even talking about it taboo? That's one reason why I started this blog because through the anominity of the internet I can get my story out there and hopefully come up with a solution that will work.

As I walk into the hair office I'm praying that there is no one there that I know. There was ultimate surprise on the woman's face when I walk in and tell her I have an appointment. Trying to act as normal as possible I take a seat in the waiting room and proceed to bury my head in a book.

Another patient walks in and I don't even look up. Please don't let me know him. I glance over after he sits down and good it's no one I've ever seen before. Finally the sales rep calls me for my consultation. I say "sales rep" because that is what they are I found out later. He asks me all the questions then says, "Let's take a look."

Great, I have to pull back my bangs and expose my BALD forehead to him. I might as well be there for a breast augmentation consult because it was that emabarrassing. Not that I would know but I imagine it would be about the same level of degradation. He looks with his little scalp analysis tool.

"Sorry, nothing we can do for you. That's genetic and your follices are dead. Laser will not make hair grow out of nothing."

While I appreciated his honesty I was devastated. Genetic? You mean it could get worse?

"There are other options though. Have you heard of Bosely?"

Bosely, . . . of course I've heard of Bosely. Every other advertisement on TV is an advertisement for Bosely. He gave me their number and sent me on my way.

Feeling completely depressed about my consultation and learning that it was genetic I called Bosely and made an appointment for Friday.