Good morning
I wanted to ask "the panel" does anyone have trouble with coloring their hair? I don't do well with hair color and have not for a very long time going back to the days they suspected lupus. I get sores on my scalp and have chest pain for 2 or 3 days after. I wonder now if it is from the RA. I will very soon be 45 and wanted to get rid of some of the gray. The gray hair combined with my "old lady shuffle" is'nt the 45 I had in mind for myself
Lorin,
My hair has been falling out off and on for the past yr or so. I had seen the Dr a little over a yr ago and mentioned it then, it was better for a while and now it has started up again. Every time I shower there is a handful of hair left at the drain. It amazes me that I still have enough hair to put in a pony tail and contemplate coloring. Was your hairloss much more dramatic than this?? Was it gradual over time or very quick? The DR did'nt seemed to concerned, forgot to mention it to the RD though. I loved your solution, you look beautiful!!
Wishing you all a good day, got to go to work, I'll check in when I can,
Pam; I've been coloring my hair for close to 20 years now...and except for the periods when my shoulders are so bad and I can't physically do it myself I don't have any problems.
Don't know if this answers your question or not.
Good Luck!
Lovie
I do get sores...but not nesscesarily in conjunction with coloring my hair. I don't do mine too often. And because I'm such a clutz...not to mention my shoulder pain...I usually ask for help in doing my hair. Hubby is willing but, well, I hate to insult the poor guy, he's afraid he is gonna somehow cause it to run into my eyes. I've told him let me worry about my eyes. You just help me and do what I say. The last time I did mine, my gimpy friend helped me. We joke that with what she can do and with what I can do....we make a whole person. But seeing as how she lives in Indiana, that's not a great solution. And I'm too cheap to have it done for me. Sorry..back to the sores...I tend to get them anytime I get too overheated and sweat a lot. Or if someone uses my brush. Hubby occasionaly brushes his hair in the dark and grabs the wrong brush. Makes me so mad.I color mine too I use Loreal products they seem to work the best, especially when my scalp was bad with psoriasis. The only other thing I can suggest is going to a hairdresser and see what they have to say about coloring your hair. My only other problem is my hair won't hold a curl anymore I am going to go and see about a body perm just to give the hair some body to it. meme
I don't know if there's a connection or not, but ever since being dx with RA, I have not been able to color my hair without my head turning into a giant blister, one huge sore. I tried the Natural Rinses, which weren't as bad, but I still had problems. I've just resigned myself to the fact that I can no longer color my hair. But like I said, I don't know if there's a connection or not.
Cris
Do you think the intolerance of hair dye is related to meds and not the ra? Damn, I would miss highlighting the gray out of my hair!!!!!!Hi Roxy,Pam; I get the inflamation in my chest. I was having a really hard time with that just a few weeks ago. That's the main reason we increased the Humira to weekly....it's helped it alot!!
That stuff can get scary...but my RD said it was definately RA related.
I have had RA for close to 4 years now and I dye my hair with no scalp problems. I am on embrel, prednisone and relafin. I told my Rd that I will not take mtx anymore because of the hair loss. I may walk with a limp but I refuse to give up my hair to this crappy disease. My doc is a man and of course he doesn't understand my thinking. I told him I have to put my foot down (gently) when it comes to this topic!
Sha
I gave up colouring my hair, the pain in my shoulders was one thing but the burning/itching scalp was another. Apparently... my original hair colour was greyish blonde, so the real grey colour blends right in now.I use the natural instinct and have not had any problems.
Like you Pam, my hair is falling out in clumps, I clean the drain out after every shower and was told this was caused from the RA, not sure if this is true or not but it was one of my first noticable signs other than the foot pain, hair loss, weight loss and foot pain. & nbsp; Does the hair loss get worse when you are in a flare? For me this is the case.
Jen
hi...I have been oth mtx for about 5 weeks and