OMG help!!

Maybe it is time to indeed seek professional advice.
The natural supplement/treatment for hair and nails is nutritional yeast, which you can sprinkle on salads or eat in yogurt.

With all respect of your diet choice I have been told by several nurses the most sick people they get are vegans and vegetarians. I would seriously look into your diet, because it might well be there is your problem! Actually I know for sure it is.

Here is a top 10 of healthy foods for your heair, note the fats!

http://www.webmd.com/beauty/hair-styling/top-10-foods-for-healthy-hair?page=1

Nutrional yeast is not active yeast, it wouldn't make a dough rise and i don't think it can be found in 'normal' foods. You could get the fortified version for a nice fix of B12 vitamin.

I'm not sure if I ever told you, I have suffered from severe hair loss. It started about 10 years ago. I had such beautiful thick hair, so much in fact I had a hard time pinning it all up for work. I am a cosmetology graduate, and know everyone sheds hair, but mine was extreme. I went to a dermatologist, who did a biopsy of my scalp. When the results came back, she told me my hair would probably start growing back in about 6 months. 6 months later, it was still coming out! I went to a different dermatologist who tried a blood pressure med on me, since hair growth was a side effect of that med. It didn't work. I was told to make an appointment at Cleveland Clinic here in the states with the world renowned dermatologist there who specializes in hair loss. I was so sure she would be able to figure out the cause. Lots of blood work later, she had determined I was very healthy, but needed a little iron, and I needed to see an endocrinologist because she thought I had Hashimoto's ( problem with thyroid ). I went to the endocrinologist who confirmed I had a thyroid issue, and he put me on a med to help balance things out. He did inform me that usually it would not help my hair loss. I was completely devastated! I have been to countless doctors, have had full bloodwork, and my hair is still falling out 10 years later. I have lost about 80% of my hair. I am no longer on iron supplement, but still on thyroid med. My hair doesn't fall out as bad, but it is so thin now I have to wear makeup on my scalp. I purchased a very expensive laser comb a few months ago that works for some people with hair loss. I am hoping it might work for me as well. I feel like I have tried any suggestion, shampoo, supplement, vitamins, foods that anyone gave me. I had to seek therapy at one point because of how it was affecting my life. I pray you are able to get to the bottom of your hair loss. For me, 10 years later, I am still hoping today will be the day it stops!

I also had extremly thick hair as a kid. It started falling out from about the age of 18. Over the years I've also tried many things and seen many doctors. For me it's hormonal and unless I take the contraceptive pill Diane which gives me major migraines there has been nothing else that can help. For personal reasons I went vegetarian 15 years ago and as I'm now 42 I know the hair loss for me has nothing to do with my diet. I would suggest to go and see your doctor and not leave it just in case it is something else.

For those of you who are losing hair, here's an odd question: do you also have racing thoughts at bedtime? Like, can you sometimes not fall asleep because you can't quiet your brain down? If you have racing thoughts at bedtime, AND your hair is falling out, you are deficient in Vitamin Bs.

B vitamins help a lot with your stress response (not just emotional stress, but also metabolic and physiological stress, like dieting or not getting enough sleep or whatever).

I'm a huge fan. Before Vitamin B, I had hair loss and it took forever to fall asleep. Stresses felt like a flock of birds invading my space and pecking at me all at once. After Vitamin B, I still had all the same stresses, but they were at enough distance that I could pick and choose what I wanted to deal with and what I wanted to ignore.

Try a good B complex, and see if it does the trick for you. Vitamin Bs are hard to absorb, so they pack tons more into a tablet or capsule trusting that you'll get as much as your body needs. The undigested/unabsorbed Vitamin B turns your pee fluorescent yellow. But no need to worry, there's no level of toxicity or anything.

Hope some of this info helps!

not to freak you out or anything, but I had a problem with this as well. After a visit to the doctor, I found out I was T2D. Got my sugar under control & the hair stopped falling.

Hormone issues are notorious for this sort of thing :ohwell: I wish I went to the doctor sooner. Good luck :flowerforyou:

I so agree with the other posts. Your hormones could be out of whack now. Have you have your thyroid tested recently? Hypothyroidism can cause your hair to fall out as well. Good luck!!

see your doctor. There may be other symptoms you are not aware of (i mean - you may be experiencing other symptoms that you are not aware are all related). it could be your diet, it could be your shampoo, it could be a hormone related issue. it could be many things. your doctor should be able to help

(for example, i had some hair loss when i had thyroid issues. but i didn't even notice it that much - as you all say, some hair loss is "normal" - but the endo asked me other questions and did the blood work and scans and there you had it).

I had a major hairloss episode in my life, because i change job and worked in a start up. it was a toxic environment and with people bickering all the time.
And diet wise about an earlier post. Vegetarian and vegans is not the ultimate solution. I know vegetarian that have heart attacks because the meat substitute are highly processed as well. but this is your body's way of telling you something is not right. and do examine your life as well as your body. Also check your environment see if any factory moved in around you and your water stream too.

Stay well