Hair Loss and Weight Loss

Sounds like an under eating symptom (malnutrition). Your body will start doing stuff like that.. I would see a Dr.

Sounds to me that you are not eating enough protein...

I had wls lost 143 lbs in 14 months I have about 1/4 of my hair left What I can say increase protein take biotin use a keratin shampoo take a multivitamin everyday good luck!!

As well as eating more get your thyroid checked and a full blood panel... hair loss can be a sign of many different medical problems.

It could be lack of certain nutrients, or hormonal imbalance. Thyroid problems can also cause hair loss as well as certain medications. Check with your doctor.

IF you aren't getting enough calories (does MFP tell you that?), that could cause the malnutrition & hair loss as another poster said.
IF you ARE getting enough calories, but not enough protein (check your daily totals), then that could also cause it.
That said, there are a number of things that could cause hair loss...stress (of losing so much weight so fast, or from other things), hormonal changes, hypothyroidism (very common in females who are over 40 & overweight), medication changes (you mentioned stopping the meds), & more. I'd definitely consider checking the above.

BUT in the meantime, to help slow the loss, I can recommend the following. I've always lost a lot of hair over the years, for a while it was so bad that when I washed my hair I had to stop to rinse the hair off of my hands, & had people think I was on chemo. But the lady that cuts my hair recommended Nioxin products & within a week I saw a HUGE improvement. It helps your hair to be healthier, so encourages group & helps prevent loss, & it makes the hair you have develop more volume, so it looks better. I couldn't believe how fast it helped. You can only get it at beauty salons & it's kind of expensive, but you just use a little bit, so it lasts a long time. You can buy a starter kit to see if you like it. You can read about it & find locations to buy at this link...

www.nioxin.com

Also, it really spurred my hair growth when I just added an egg to my breakfast, my hair stylist even noticed it. I also take Green Tea supplements & biotin, which are supposed to help & did seem to improve it a little.

Hang in there, I know it's no fun, especially to women.

Def lack of nutrients and maybe iron???

I would see your doctors and they will probably put you on iron tablets, Or up your fish, Omega oils, Cod liver Oil etc,

Are you eating plenty of fruit and veggies on your 1300 calories, Maybe up them for a while and see if you notice less hair loss???

Sounds like you're malnourished. Something important is missing from your diet, and considering the fact it's hair loss I'm gonna say protein.
My hair has actually grown by a few inches in the last to months alone.

sounds like malnouishment. It could be too low of calories...or it could simply be that you're not getting the proper nutrition with the calories you're eating. This also tend to happen when people cut out fat and go all low fat/no fat on everything. It's a very essential macro, but one that many have a bad relationship with (thanks in part to the '80s)...so a lot of people cut out the fat when they diet because they think it's "bad" and malnourish their bodies. Might also be protein deficit.

So many people are saying it's malnourishment... It could also just be from the stress you're putting on your body. How long into your journey did your hair loss begin (or I guess when you really started to notice it?) Having such a stressor on your body can cause short-term hair loss. I myself have lost 40lbs over the past 9 months and about 3 to 4 months in I started noticing a huge increase in hair fallout. Believe me, I'd actually been CRYING over my thinning hair. For the most part I don't think I've been malnourished, netting between 1600 to 2000 per day, staying close to my macros, etc. Yet the hair just started coming out in handfuls.


When your body goes through something traumatic like pregnancy, child birth, malnutrition (supporting the others in this thread), a severe illness or infection, major surgery, or extreme stress (like going from no fitness to a fitness fiend), it can impact your hair. Many of the 90% or so of hairs in the growing (anagen) or transitional (catagen) phases can actually shift all at once into the resting (telogen) phase.

About SIX WEEKS TO THREE MONTHS after the stressful event, the shedding phenomenon called Telogen Effluvium may begin. It is possible to lose handfuls of hair at a time when in full-blown telogen effluvium. For most who suffer with this, complete remission is probable as long as severely stressful events can be avoided. (Which means I should just sit on my butt and eat chocolate all day, right?)

Other things can cause hair loss like Vitamin D deficiency, Vitamin B deficiency (like B9 which is folic acid, and B7 which is biotin), hormones (exercise can cause hormonal shifts, especially a drop in testosterone if you're doing primarily cardio.)


One thing that seems to be helping is I began massaging extra virgin coconut oil on my scalp. Coconut oil is great for preventing protein loss from your hair through shampooing and styling, thus preventing breakage. I've also started taking a multivitamin that has Vitamin D, folic acid and biotin in it (no, not a prenatals, though I've considered. Vitafusion Women's vitamin gummies have been great. Only thing they're missing is iron.)