Not a happy camper, hair edition

Long story short, or maybe not so short: about 6 months ago my hair started changing texture pretty drastically. My hair was super soft and super healthy all last summer and all of a sudden BAM, it turns brittle and super super dry and starts breaking off at the ends. I told my hair lady about it and she recommend I get blood work to done to check for thyroid, etc. So...that was done and nothing was wrong. Then my Doctor took a "sample" of my hair to check for a fungus, and again nothing wrong there. Well, in the meantime...my hair is getting worse. There are some days where the front is so bad I can't even tuck it behind my ear. (see picture above...today is one of those days...I am having to use a bobby pin to keep it in place = looks ridiculous) There are several places underneath top layer and then at the front of my head where the hair is just breaking off really bad. I use straightening creams, smoothing creams, extra conditioner, spray in conditioner; you name it! Nothing works. I finally went to the dermatologist last week and he wants me to go have another blood work test done, for some sort of low blood count something that could lead to a protein deficiency?? He also wants me to start taking these two products:

1. Progaine

2. Biotin

He said it could take about 6 months to determine if these things are working...ugghhh, how do I live with my hair like this for 6 more months? Anyone out there have any advice? Ever heard of such a crazy thing?

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