Hair Loss

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  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    To be blunt you are NOT EATING ENOUGH!!!!!! You are too calorie restricted to get enough nutrition to maintain you body in a healthy manner and loose weight. Loosing you hair is a warning sign that worse may be coming if you do not increase your calorie and nutrition intake. At your weight you are eating at less than you BMR - that is the number of calories that you body need to hold itself together. You need to be eating more than this number but less than you TDEE -your total daily energy expenditure. Take a look at the thread below - Dan has explained this well and shows you how to figure you daily numbers for you calorie intake. This will factor in your calories deficit for safe weight loss as well as you exercise burn so you get a single daily target.

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

    Supplements and shampoos will not fix the problem that inadequate nutrition has caused. You will see improvement when you correct your calorie and nutrition targets and begin to eat at the safer levels.

    Thanks 2 Hobbit! I meant to add this to my post. This worked REALLY WELL for me and helped me understand how to make sure I was doing right by my body.
  • CarlaC78
    CarlaC78 Posts: 30
    I lost huge amounts of hair about 3 years ago. Its an awful thing for a woman to go through because we all feel our hair makes us attractive lol I lost so much I had to wear a scarf to hide the bald and thinning patches!

    My iron levels were too low and added to that I had severe stress from family problems at the time.

    All u can do is keep taking the iron tablets and try de stress yourself if nothing else is showing from blood tests etc.

    It does grow back thankfully aswell!

    I have kept my hair short since it happened but its now strong enough that I am growing it into a short bob :)
  • AngelUK1985
    AngelUK1985 Posts: 84 Member
    I have a problem with my hair too but its because of a hormone imbalance that apparently losing weight might be able to help, have you had your hormone levels checked? just incase its an underlying condition you have as ive only had his problem this year so its not like hi symptom was always there. Also just checked your diary thats a really low calorie intake you'll make yourself ill and losing weight so fast isnt always a good thing its harder to keep off, im really talking from experience here.
  • Lmezz11
    Lmezz11 Posts: 619 Member
    I'm going through the same thing! All these answers have been really helpful!
  • xxnellie146xx
    xxnellie146xx Posts: 996 Member
    Thank you everyone for your advice. I have been eating more calories and will continue to increase them. When I first started I was under assumption of less is better and was only eating 600-700 a day and now I am eating double the amount.
    I have a problem with my hair too but its because of a hormone imbalance that apparently losing weight might be able to help, have you had your hormone levels checked? just incase its an underlying condition you have as ive only had his problem this year so its not like hi symptom was always there. Also just checked your diary thats a really low calorie intake you'll make yourself ill and losing weight so fast isnt always a good thing its harder to keep off, im really talking from experience here.

    I have had my hormones checked and they were okay. They only thing the dr was concerned about was my iron level.
  • siliisobel
    siliisobel Posts: 49
    I had the same thing happen to me and it lasted for about a year. It was terrifying and I thought it would never stop but it has thank goodness. I think mine was either caused by stress or recently coming off the contraceptive pill. The contraceptive pill can have a massive effect on hair loss whether you have just started taking it or have just come off it as it changes the hormone balance in your body.

    Chances are yours is caused by inadequate nutricion so up your calories and it should sort itself out. It will take a while for your hair to get back to normal (up to 3 months) so dont panic if it doesn't happen straight away.
  • AlphamaleBAMF
    AlphamaleBAMF Posts: 373 Member
    Does anyone have any suggestions or have experienced something similar?

    Get your thyroid checked.
  • foreversunshine1
    foreversunshine1 Posts: 46 Member
    This happened to me several years ago. It just shed a lot more than normal and was only something I noticed. The dermatologist said that everyone goes through a "shedding cycle" about every 10 years where the hair at the end of it's life cycle. The hair grows back in following the shedding.

    He suggested a good multivitamin and a B-100 complex daily to help. It did the trick. Give it a try
  • svwalter
    svwalter Posts: 21
    You are not getting enough protein in your diet. A nutritionist said you need to have enough protein or that would happen. Good luck and God Bless You!!
  • SaraWo24
    SaraWo24 Posts: 192 Member
    Bump! I too am experiencing the same thing and these answers are very helpful. Thank you!

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