Hair of The Day 1 and 2 plus Trichodynia

I have noticed lately my day 2 and day 3 hair are better than they've been in months, which makes me really happy. This starts with great wash days, of course. I finally took pictures of my early week wash day, something I've been slacking a bit on. I also went back to my trichologist with an emergency and talk about that. Read on for more.

Day 1 
-Pre-Poo: The Innate Life Scalp Treatment - Problematic Scalp and Herbal Hair Mask...both left on overnight
-Cleanse 1: Ouidad Superfruit Renewal Clarifying Shampoo (sadly this was discontinued)
-Cleanse 2: The Innate Life Shampoo
-Conditioner/Mask: Curls and Potions Deep Moisture Potion Mask mixed with The Innate Life Conditioner
-Stylers: Save Me From Age Acceleration Hair Reboot, Olaplex No 6 Smoothing Creme, Original Moxie Shape Shifter Re-forming Creme, Ouidad Tress Effects Gel, Olaplex No 7 Bonding Oil

-Technique: Applied products in small sections after gently squeezing out excess moisture. Roped them in and used "praying hands" and then scrunched. Removed more water with my Aquis towel, added in more gel and oil and air dried. As usual, clipped my hairline pieces down the stretch them out.

This was a great wash day. I'm loving the Ouidad Tress Effects Gel. I notice more definition when using this gel and then using it on top of Shape Shifter brought that up another notch. Thank you to my friend Daniel, who inspired me to layer it on top of the Original Moxie Shape Shifter. Original Moxie's Shape Shifter is an elasticizing and curl defining moisturizer made with natural conditioners and proteins to moisturize and strengthen while styling. I didn't need much at all and my hair drank it up.

Day 2
After my work out, I used Original Moxie's Scalp Therapy on my scalp and on my lengths I used the Ouidad Advanced Climate Control Restore and Revive Bi-Phase and Featherweight Styling Cream. This was my first time trying the Bi-Phase, which is a refresher spray and the first time I tried the featherweight styling cream myself. Jason at the Ouidad salon previously used the featherweight cream on me when he did my hair is January and I loved it. I'll have a detailed review on both with more use.

Day 3
I could have revived it again, but I went to the trichologist in the morning and then had another doctor appointment in the afternoon, so I just tied it back in a loose low pony to not need to think about it.


Trichologist Visit
I went to see my trichologist the other day again. I just went in the beginning of January for a follow up, but my scalp felt weird and after the whole Devacurl Disaster, I'm a bit paranoid. The feeling I felt on my scalp I didn't even experience while using Devcurl following. It was slightly painful, a bit burny and tender. It started about a week and a half ago. I of course stopped using the products I was using to see if I was having a reaction, but that didn't help. I double clarified the last two beginning of the week washes, that also didn't help. I was really scared that this was an after effect still from using DevaCurl. Not wanting to take any chances, I went to see what she had to say. Turns out, I have Trichodynia, which is in the nerves of your head and brought on by hormones, extreme stress and anxiety. The hormone thing was spot on, my doctor asked if it was my time of the month and sure enough, it was and I have been under EXTREME stress and my depression and anxiety have been extra bad lately for reasons beyond my blogging and online presence. I was relieved to have an answer. Though my scalp has been uncomfortable, I haven't noticed any excess hair fall (thank dog) and when we looked under the microscope camera, though the area was a bit pink and red, she said it wasn't super severe and there were no bumps or open skin or anything. She said I need to calm down and try to minimize the stress and it should go away in a week or so. In the meantime, she gave me a soothing scalp serum that has been working well. I use that and night and have been reaching for Original Moxie Scalp Therapy in the morning, even using it instead of my dry shampoo and it helps give me relief. She also said it is safe to use whatever I was on my scalp to help stimulate growth, but apply the soothing serum after to minimize the irritation, or I can wait for my scalp to completely feel better. I stopped anything I was using on my scalp, including dry shampoos, for about a week. More good news coming in, the trichologist even noticed my curl pattern returning and commented about all of the new growth I have all around my head! She said my progress since the hair loss is going great, and even faster than she expected it to go! That make me feel good. We also saw less dormant follicles and more new growth under the microscope, so I have hope!!


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