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I want my hair back!
by Anonymous Hair Loss Sufferer
Crash Dieting Dangers About last Spring I suddenly had clumps of shedding hair in the shower and it was no stopping for about two months. The thinning was fast and quick. I had been dieting...well actually skipping meals a lot and in the previous year I lost about 30 or more pounds with dieting and exercising. I had been afraid to get it back so I started not eating enough I think. When it first came I panicked and felt like I was going have a nervous breakdown. In fact I did crash and got into a tailspin of gloom and doom! Went to doctors and instinctively I started eating more and filled up on red meat!!! Blood tests came back good and found a thyroid nodule but the thyroid levels were all ok and so were the hormones. I am 41 and I had been having per menopause symptoms prior to this but never any hair issues. In fact, since this mess I have not gotten any hot flashes and am wondering if my menstrual abnormalities were even part of the not eating enough issues. Both of my dermatologists both said it looked like TE and not FPB or anything as it was sudden and diffuse and a lot in the back and sides. I have regrowth and my shedding is way down but I still feel such anxiety over how long it is taking to have full hair again. I can say that I have been shedding normal since August and there are fluctuations that come with menstruation but never more than an increase of 10 hairs or so. My question is ......how long does this take? When I was younger I dieted and never lost my hair! I am really worried that the little hairs I see are taking FOREVER to thicken my hair! I get a sore scalp on and off that now flakes and can get very sore especially near PMS but the two dermas I saw think it is not to be worried about. Somehow I think this traumatized my scalp but I am told my follicles look very healthy! I have hair sticking up throughout my head but I want to say that 6 months does not seem reasonable to say hair grows back in that much time. I am now four months with normal shedding of no more than like 30 a day. Some days I feel like I am making progress and others I feel like OMG is this ever going get back to normal? How long do you think? Seems more like it takes at least a year for these little hairs to grow to a length I can see making my hair look thicker. Oh yeah and do you know if you were always a big shedder in life do you still shed during recovery and does it interfere with regrowth? Editor’s Comments Hello hair loss sufferer, Interesting story you have there and it seems that all your problems started from Crash Dieting. When you go into an excessive diet mode, you will not only hurt your hair but also your general health because usually during this period, your body faces deficiencies in all sorts of vital nutrients and minerals that keep your body from operating normally. You will also jeopardize your immune system leading way to all sort of viral attacks and infections. Skipping meals are never advisable and usually it can be really dangerous too. As a matter of fact, crash dieting is a way to really cause damage to your body and sometimes it can take months not to mention years to get your body back into balance. As your body is already hurt by the ordeal, replenishing your body with large amounts of red meat is not a way to go about it. You will need to progressively heal your body and mental state affected from the period of dieting. I think your sudden hair loss condition is pretty obvious, it’s Telogen Effluvium caused by a sudden shock and stress triggered by your extreme dieting. Sudden shock like this will usually trigger massive hair loss within 2 to 3 months from the start of the crash diet. Since you are experiencing symptoms like this, it’s pretty safe to say it’s definitely related to your diet. I do hope that you will practice more restraint in crashing your diet in the future as it might further hurt your hair not to mention other implications to your health. One thing that you should be at ease about is that your hair shedding rate is returning to normal which is less than 100 hairs a day. It looks like your body is normalizing and the hair is starting to grow again. As your hair can only grow around ½ inch a month, it will probably take at least 1 year to see a growth of 6 inches. I do believe that your hair is much longer than that so a little patience will help. Try not to worry too much as it will add on to the burden your body is already facing. Relax and calm down as I am sure that things will look much brighter in days to come. Your PMS problem might cause hormonal fluctuations that can lead to additional hair loss but not everyone faces serious hair loss problems with premenopause. Since your dermatologists suggested that you should not need to worry about it, then you should heed to the advice. If you still think that you will need attention on that issue maybe your dermatologists can offer you some nutritional supplements and well as dietary plan to assists you. You might want to try Vitamin B Complex, a good organic shampoo as well as some steps in my Preventing Hair Loss Section to help boosts your hair growth. I don’t think you will need any significant medications for your condition because it looks like it’s getting back on track. However, if you want to experience faster hair growth, a marine supplement known as Viviscal can help women with hair growth problems. Just to stress further, crash dieting can really harm you and it brings more harm than good to your body. You might be able to shed a sizable amount of weight is a short time but the complications that comes with it is definitely not worth it. Have a nice day!
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