I LOVE those updo accessories and used them often….until….my hair fell out too much and couldn’t hold them in.  Mine was post pregnancy thyroid related though-so don’t panic.  I am still struggling with getting my hair to grow back.  I am noticing it is falling out again and it is a bit anxiety provoking.  Not to mention horrid on my vacuum cleaner!!
It would actually be better for your hair to be loose.  Putting it in a contraption or pony tail pulls on it too much and causes it stress and therefore more loss-so says my stylist.  Good Luck!  I would love to hear what others do about this.

I have permanent diffuse hair loss due to hormonal issues. Some things that have helped me look a little less awful (and may help you through this temporary phase):
1) Shorter hair style, like the longest layers chin-length. Much longer than this and the hair hangs, much shorter and the longest layers reveal thin spots.
2) About every other haircut is done with a razor. Razor cuts do damage the ends (which is why I can only get them every other time) but it can give an illusion of fuller hair.
3) I love these head bands from Anthropologie. They are pricy, but I did get one on sale for 50% off and wear it often. I got the ones that look like vintage hats in dark colors. They dress up my hair a little but aren’t too bright to draw attention to my head. The larger ones do conceal quite a bit and I usually stay low profile. http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/category.jsp?id=ACCESSORIES-HAIR&pushId=ACCESSORIES-HAIR&popId=JEWELRYACCESSORIES&navAction=top&navCount=6&templateType=D&startValue=1&itemCount;=-1&displayNumber=8&viewAllOnOnePage=yes&_DARGS=/anthro/catalog/common/highlited_itemcount.jsp_A&_DAV=true&_dynSessConf=2916958793199197665

Hallie, my hair loss always involves a couple of smallish, smooth bald spots (alopecia)—isn’t that just the icing on the cake?!  Because of this, I leave my hair longer, which helps cover those spots a little better.  But I also have a lot of hair apparently according to my hairstylist, so when my hair falls out like you’re talking about, you really can’t tell any difference over all.  I’d have to agree with the above poster about not wearing it up as much to cut down on the stress to your hair, if you can stand it.  You are right about it being one of those small crosses to bear!

I’m starting to go through that now… blah! However, I LOVE the spin pins. I bought them on a whim thinking it would be another hair product that doesn’t really work. I was shocked to find that they are the best little hair thingies I’ve ever used. I’m planning on getting more for my girls to use since their fine hair just slips right out of bobbies.

My hair is not super-thin, but it is fine and the spin-pins just won’t hold it. :(

Oh Hallie I can SO relate!  I have big, poofy hair and so when the little hairs start to grow back it’s just so bad!  My husband always refers to the “Wookiee (as in Chewbacca from Star Wars) in the drain” after hand fulls of my hair fall out after washing.
To boot, I’m one of those long-lasting people - my youngest is 18 months old and I just noticed that my hair has stopped falling out in gobs.
I can’t wait to check out the hair accessories you suggest though - I’m always looking for something new to do.
As far as dealing with the hair loss…I try (try!) to remember what my mom taught me when I was a teenager - that nobody else really notices!  (Though, I have certainly been prone to freak-outs though….haha)

I have the Spin Pins and they work pretty well even in my relatively fine hair—I think the more crucial question is the length of your hair, because you have to be able to twist it into at least a little bun to use them. My hair hits about an inch below my collarbone and they work for me!

Sorry about your situation. :( I don’t have those exact hair accessories but I do have similar ones made by Goody and I love them!  I have really unruly thick, thick, thick hair. I welcomed a little post-partum thinning to be honest. I wear my hair up often simply because I like it off my face. There is something very sophisticated about a woman with a nice, simple up-do, IMO. Goody accessories do the trick for me!

I have very thick hair, but it is fine textured.  I have found mya hair is too thick for most of these fabulous little contraptions or the texture is too fine.  Hair combs have always just slid right out.  I never minded losing a little hair post partum because it always got unbearably thick while I was pregnant and on those prenatal vitamins.  Let me know how they work out!

omgosh after my first dd was born with so many health complications, my level of stress was catastrophic at best—and anyway what I thought was normal pp hair loss was totally not. I thought it was normal to have bald spots. It’s not right!?? lol

least not after my second dd was born and I just shed a bit. I was like… oooooh so you don’t loose huge patches of hair? I mean that’s *not* typical right??

omgosh after my first dd was born with so many health complications, my level of stress was catastrophic at best—and anyway what I thought was normal pp hair loss was totally not. I thought it was normal to have bald spots. It’s not right!?? lol

least not after my second dd was born and I just shed a bit. I was like… oooooh so you don’t loose huge patches of hair? I mean that’s *not* typical right??

I can so relate.  The first time, I thought something was terribly wrong with me.  I can’t wear my hair back because at 10 months post-baby, I now have a fringe of new hair around my hairline in the front.  If I put it in a ponytail, it looks terrible, since I seem to lose mine all around my hairline and have big almost bald spots.  So I’m stuck wearing it down most of the time.  If I do wear it up, I have to pull it down by by ears on the sides first and then sweep up from the bottom in a claw clip, so the bald spots in front are covered.  Oh the joys of hormones!  I just keep telling myself that some day, once we’re done having babies, my hair might actually get a chance to fill back in.  I can always hope!

yuck. I’m living it over here as well. I have never lost this much hair after having a baby!

Maybe when my hair starts to grow back I’ll be able to use some of those clips. Until then, I’m leaving it down and fluffing the heck out of it! *grin*

Oooh! What I really should have asked is where did you get the picture of that hat? I need a new hat for church!

Sigh. I’m having the same problem. I don’t remember it being this much with the last 2 pregnancies. I’m a clip girl…I always have my hair up in a clip, but sometimes it does get loose, and then I have to put it up again and in the process lose a lot of hair. So, next time I go to the store, I will try these out. I think it wouldn’t tie your hair up too tight…keeping it out of the face and out of my hands would be good, because once it’s down, I run my fingers through it and a ton falls out. Sigh. The things we mothers put up with. =)

Mine has been falling out for 9 years, since my first baby.  It takes until I am about 6 months pregnant to stop falling out, then a few months after birth before any new hairs had a chance, there it goes again.  I really hate the hair balls in the laundry that get stuck in everyones clothes.  It has slowed down now that my youngest is 2 1/2, but it is thinner than my 7 year olds.  I love the spin pins - they hold my super thin/fine little pieces when bobby pins slide out.  I have the volume pin thing, but it just slildes right out and I don’t have enough hair to cover it so it looks silly that you can see it.  My docs not concerned (I have had hair loss for so long I don’t thing anyone but me remembers what my hair used to look like) cause thyroid comes back ok and I have those pesky baby hairs sticking out on top of my ears and the base of my neck when my hair is up.  That makes ponies, buns look silly too.  But I like it out of the way with a bun and spin pins, it just makes me so sad to see how little the bun is.  I am on bioidentical hormones now since I just completely stopped making any progesterone naturally after my last baby.  I am taking major vitamins too - the combo seems to be slowing the hair loss now.  I would love any suggestions from anyone who has managed to get their hair to completely stop falling out and to grow back.  Or how you got your hormones to normalize again.

I am waiting to buy these for when they have a sale of free shipping or something like it but these get rave reviews from everyone who has them.  I am looking forward to trying them.  http://www.lillarose.biz/simplybeautiful?dxc=1&mv_pc=RESET