Hair falling out..

How much are you eating? Too little can cause hair loss. Need more details?

How's your protein intake?

If you aren't eating enough and getting the nutrients you need that can happen. It can also be a sign of thyroid problems. You need to see a doctor about it.

I've had this happen, twice now, and both times cutting out aspartame fixed it.

The first time it happened was about 13 years ago. The hair loss started to get extreme, so naturally I turned to Dr. Google and eventually found that some people can be more sensitive to aspartame than others and that one of the potential side effects of aspartame toxicity is excessive hair loss. I cut out asparatame and things normalized. Wasn't totally convinced that was the cause, but my hair stopped falling out, so *shrug*.

Fast forward to last summer when the same thing started happening. I couldn't figure out the cause, and then one day remembered the great aspartame incident of 2013. It started happening after McDonald's introduced their $1 summer drink days: any size drink for $1 (naturally I'd get the jumbo bath sized cup of Coke Zero) and I was having one of those almost everyday.

Again, I cut out aspartame and within a couple of weeks, things were back to normal.

Not saying this is the issue, and yes I'm aware this sounds kinda loopy and like I need to get myself a tin foil hat, but, thought I'd mention it with the hopes that it may help.

My best friend went on the 'Eat to Live' diet. It's extremely low carb and low fat with high protein. It's also mostly vegetarian. After a year or so on the diet she experienced hair loss. Her doc said it was due to her diet and she needed to add meat back into her diet. After she did, the hair loss stopped.

GMAC2016 wrote: »

How much are you eating? Too little can cause hair loss. Need more details?

This.

Mine was over the winter but it was my BC. Wasn't my eating that's for sure.

When my anemia is untreated I get a lot of hair loss. Add iron levels to the list of tests to request from your doctor. (Don't just start supplementing without testing.)

This has happened to me too. City water high in fluoride and chlorine will make you hypothyroid, which makes your hair fall out. Get a good shower filter or move somewhere with well water if you can. Don't drink or cook with city water, use spring water from the store. Take iodine supplements to bromide detox, and to feed your thyroid. This helped me a lot. And it will help you lose weight, because when your thyroid is working right, your metabolism will improve. Good luck.

Be careful, I rapidly lost weight on an almost only proteïne diet 4 years ago. If I would enter the foods into MFP now, I was surviving on about 600 kcals a day for two months. The result: massive hair loss and three days in hospital after I had a stroke-like attack.

sarahfadell87 wrote: »

Hmm... I try to keep my dirt as balanced as possible, and i almost always eat close to my calorie allowance. I did start drinking a lot of diet pop at the beginning of all this (still do)..

I have shortened my intake of red meat and pork but i do eat a lot of chicken, turkey & fish.. But red meat maybe 1-2 times a month..

Thank you all for the feed back.

Also to answer other questions, nope no babies lol, im not sure about the thyroid or pcos havent been checked in a while..

We'll seeeee.

It's not severe so far just seems to be losing more strands than usual

Did you have a stressful event 2-6 months ago?

What's your plan? Are you going to the doctor's to get various levels checked?

Are you wearing your hair pulled back in a ponytail tail more often? We lose about 100 strands a day, if it's pulled back, those strands aren't falling out and when you shower you may be seeing those.

Anyway that's what I experience when I wear my hair pulled back regularly.

See a doctor, doctor Google doesn't know what it's talking about

Iron deficiency can cause hair loss.

I know this struggle! The same thing happened to me multiple times, usually during periods of high stress and poor nutrient intake. The solution? Eat more veggies, drink more water, and use coconut oil as a hair mask every time before you wash your hair. Don't worry... it looks greasy when you put it in but it will wash out while leaving your hair super duper soft, shiny and flexible so it breaks less.