{Prednisone - My Hair Loss & Mason Pearson Brushes}

• Thank you all so much for the lovely comments on my previous blog post about my Short Hair (see link below). 
• Just like to react to one particular comment; that of Bea from Modern Country Lady. 
• Also on my FB Fan Page, Bea did react. She would love to see me once again wearing the Stacked Bob Hairstyle as I have shown in a previous post. 
• For your memory I will use the photo here below:

• Bea even did remember my yellow sweater... This was in April of 1992.
• How I myself would LOVE to wear this Stacked Bob Hairstyle again.

The end of 1988... Thick hair!

Would love to still have full hair like that...

Very full hair...

• This was me while working and living in Indonesia in the 90s - healthy and happy hair!
• My natural curls are still there but my hair is no longer that thick and healthy because of the Prednisone that I have taken for almost two years.
• My favorite hair dresser, Peet Kleeven from Happy Hair in my hometown Horst, The Netherlands told me in September 2011 that the very brittle and dry condition + hair loss when shampooing my hair, or brushing it, was a side effect of Prednisone... SCARY!
• During winter time especially it gets so dry, that's also a reason that I had it cut off this week.
• But I did indulge in the world's best hair brush... purchased at Neiman Marcus, see link below post.

• In August of last year I did invest in these two Mason Pearson brushes; one for travel or in my purse and one for at home. 
• The cleaning brush (left) is included with the purchase of each brush, except for the pocket size that I got for traveling.

• HOW I also WISH to have bought them sooner... 
• Since I brush with those, my hair loss was and is a lot less! 
• Hope it will work as well for step-daughter Liz whom we gifted with exactly the same in the spring of 2014. It was very hard to obtain one as Neiman Marcus, neither Nordstrom had ANY. So I had to order mine from the UK and had it mailed to The Netherlands

Though Liz is always SLOW to react, here she shows that the brush is doing its work!

Now, 1-½ year later this same brush has gone up to $ 205.00...

• This might be a valuable tip for all those women that are going through medical treatment with Prednisone, or any other drug causing hair loss. See listing in link below.
• I can only highly recommend this to anyone; regardless the steep price you pay for them.
• But compared to my healthcare bills it is nothing!
• Also in England they do make similar Kent brushes, for men. See link below.
• Again, I hope this will help somebody else with the same condition!

If any of you has had a similar experience, I would love to hear from you.

No wonder that the Daily Mail UK deze Mason Pearson brush mentions in: 50 things to buy before you die.

They also mention that if cared for correctly, a Mason Pearson brush should last a lifetime!

Vermont Country Store sells them too and they mention them as Princess Diana's Favorite, For a Lifetime Of Beautiful Hair...

Related links:
{Our Irish Blarney Castle Sweaters + Short Hair} | previous post by me
{Did I loose my strength?... Like in Samson and Delilah?}| previous post by me with Stacked Bob Hairstyle
Mason Pearson Brushes: A Beauty Regimen That Has Stood the Test of Time  Gracious Style | Gracious Style blog
Choosing the right brush for your hair | Explaining about boar hair and nylon etc
A Brush for the King of the Castle | Yes, for men too! Blog post by Chris from Easy & Elegant Life
Mason Pearson Popular Mix  Brush (Elle Hall of Fame) | Neiman Marcus where I purchased mine
Drug-Induced Hair Loss | Steroids are mentioned here...

Mason Pearson London - England | link to Mason Pearson in London with history and more info