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Aug 23, 2008
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Thanks Calvin.
by: Kathy

Dear Calvin:

Thanks for your feedback and support. I know there are so many people out there who are suffering the stress of hair loss. I do, however, feel fortunate that mine will grow back. I visited my hairstylist today, and he said that he could see "lots" of hair growing back in, which made me feel a lot better.

Thanks, again, for your advice and support.

Kathy

Aug 22, 2008
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Understanding Your Condition
by: Calvin

Dear Kathy,
It seems that your hair loss are caused by physical induced stress. Based on your story, you have been undergoing a crash diet course and considering your significant weight loss, your body is really under a lot of stress. As your diet and stress to your body occurs in the February, it’s an obvious sign to see large amount of hair loss in June as it takes 3 – 4 months for your hairs to shed. This condition is called Telogen Effluvium.

As for the hair you are losing, your body cannot distinguish between long or short hairs, just hairs that are growing (ANAGEN) and hairs that are resting (TELOGEN). So when you overstress your body, it stops a lot of growing hairs into the resting phase. Eventually after a few months you will notice that all those hairs that are shocked into rest will eventually fall off. If you notice that most of the hairs are long is because shorter hairs are less noticeable and finer. (Psychological Issue)
As for recovery, you are correct. It does take some time to recover from Telogen Effluvium. In a case by case basis, you should be able to control your hair loss back to the normal 50-100 hairs a day within a few months. Right now all you need to do is really stop crash dieting and take more supplements to help with your hair growth. Try

Vitamin B Complex

Drink plenty of water

Sleep Early

Reduce Stress (Don’t worry too much!!)

Normalize your life back

This should be able to help you Kathy. It’s a sad period to go through but everything should be fine in a couple of months. Hope this helps.

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Aug 22, 2008
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Dear Kathy, It seems that your hair loss are caused by physical induced stress. Based on your story, you have been undergoing a crash diet course and considering your significant weight loss, your body is really under a lot of stress. As your diet and stress to your body occurs in the February, it’s an obvious sign to see large amount of hair loss in June as it takes 3 – 4 months for your hairs to shed. This condition is called Telogen Effluvium. As for the hair you are losing, your body cannot distinguish between long or short hairs, just hairs that are growing (ANAGEN) and hairs that are resting (TELOGEN). So when you overstress your body, it stops a lot of growing hairs into the resting phase. Eventually after a few months you will notice that all those hairs that are shocked into rest will eventually fall off. If you notice that most of the hairs are long is because shorter hairs are less noticeable and finer. (Psychological Issue) As for recovery, you are correct. It does take some time to recover from Telogen Effluvium. In a case by case basis, you should be able to control your hair loss back to the normal 50-100 hairs a day within a few months. Right now all you need to do is really stop crash dieting and take more supplements to help with your hair growth. Try <ul> <li class="custom">Vitamin B Complex</li> <li class="custom">Drink plenty of water</li> <li class="custom">Sleep Early</li> <li class="custom">Reduce Stress (Don’t worry too much!!)</li> <li class="custom">Normalize your life back</li> </ul> This should be able to help you Kathy. It’s a sad period to go through but everything should be fine in a couple of months. Hope this helps.

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Did You Know..: Unmanaged Stress Can Trigger Sudden Hair Loss?; If you are under a lot of mental or pyschological stress, you might face with sudden hair loss known as Telogen Effluvium.. Read more