Weight Loss & Hair Loss!?!

When I was a teen my diet was terrible and I began losing a significant amount of hair. When I went to the doctor it became clear my diet was to blame. Essentially I was starving myself. Are you eating enough? Is your diet balanced? If not, make sure your eating enough protein, veggies, and fruits. If the answer is yes, I would definitely seek out your physician.

Great job on losing 75 lbs!

I had significant hair loss too, but more so from stress. My stress is gone now. Also, I WAS losing all my weight during this time, but eating extremely healthy & clean. (I am not a stress eater) My hairdresser was the one that noticed the hair thinning....which sent me to the dr for plenty of blood work. My bloodwork came back 100% perfect. The dr told me the shedding of hair would go in cycles and didn't do anything different. After talking with my hairdresser, I decided to check out a good multi-vitamin and went to GNC. GNC recommended "Women's Hair, Skin & Nails Formula" vitamin. I take 2 every night along with my calcium vitamin.

Happy to say after 45 days of taking these vitamins, I have new hair growth. My hairdresser pointed out to me the new hair strands (there's LOTS!). AND I have much less shedding in the shower, too! So If I were you, I would go purchase the vitamins. (the 120 caplets are cheaper than the 60 ct.)

See if your diet is balanced, healthy foods - that too is essential for healthy hair. Perhaps you could open up your diary to see if people could help out with suggestions. But I would also recommend consulting your doctor if the problem is grave.

I've had hair loss related to stress before. In fact, during college, I would shed two or three times as much hair as normal when finalsrolled around. it was scary to shampoo and end up with literal fistfuls of hair. And its normal to shed more hair in the summer, beginning in the late spring and peaking late summer. But there are loads of reasons that your hair may be thinning. You may want to schedule a visit with a dermatologist rather than your general practitioner.

One thing to do is check if your hair is breaking or shedding. Because they're two very different problems.

Lost lots of hair with the first 90 pounds, I began eating more calories and a better diet and it started growing back, very slowly. Make sure you eat enough calories and take vitamins.

Several people report hairloss when they lose weight. Its one of your bodies ways of protesting you changing your diet and activity. When things stabilize you should see it recover. Your hormones are fluctuating more when you are changing what you put in your body.

I tried the "Phentermine" diet...I lost weight...and hair! I am one of the few who kept the weight off and had no other side effects. But let's be honest, I would rather lose weight slowly and have hair, then use pills to lose it more quicky and be bald. The hair loss is from extreme diets is most cases.

I had hair loss from stress (8 months ago). And it was falling out in large clumps and when I would wake up in the morning my pillow would be covered in lost hair. It was very upsetting. Way way more than normal hair loss. It lasted for a month. I did pay extra close attention to having a good diet (I was not even eating at a deficit when it happened), and increased my iron (even though I was not even close to being anemic). My doctor said it was the stress. I was experiencing an extreme stress that triggered my PTSD. Anyway, it stopped and is growing back in quickly and thick. Luckily my hair is thick enough that it was only noticeable to me and people that know me really well (and the hair dresser because it was falling out when I was there). I manage my stress much better now. I guess it was a wake-up call for me to really make sure I manage the stress well (even though it's understandably tough).

You should have your iron checked and your hormones. Your doctor will help you.