weight loss/hair loss? 's

suggests your not getting enough nutrients? though could be other reasons. possibly a visit to the doctors?

I have found the same. not enough nutrients. Upping fat in your diet usually helps. But also see your doctor to be sure there is nothing else going on.

Yes, it happened to me too. It is pretty common if you lose a lot of weight really fast. I lost 60 in 6 months. Make sure you are eating lots of veggies and fruit. Take some Biotin to help it grow back. Call your doc and have them run some tests.

First off congrats on your loss. There can be many reasons for hair loss, but assuming your overall health is good I would lean towards lack of protein and nutrients being the cause.

I don't know specifics about your situation, but I do know that when I used to attend bariatric surgery support meetings one of the biggest complains from female patients was hair loss. Without exception, both the surgeon and the nutritionist would suggest higher protein intake and vitamins to prevent/combat this.

With all that said, go see your doctor :happy:

It is very common during rapid weight loss, the best way to prevent it is to get enough protein!!

Next best option is taking Biotin.

Best of luck!!

Yes, I lost 60 pounds on MediFast in about 9 months. It started falling out at about 50 pounds. I was having some other medical issuess at the time as well so I wasn't sure if it was the diet or the medical issues, both of which have been known to cause hair loss. I started taking big doses of Biotin, and now, about a year later, it has started growing back in. I had to cut back on the dieting, add back in some fat, and keep up with the biotin. It was very thin, but it's all good now.

Good luck.

The same happened to me. Turns out that fat cells produce estrogen, and the weight loss resulted in lower estrogen levels producing hair loss.

When I cut waaay down on fat intake, I had hair loss too. Stopped worrying about it, just eating healthy all over and switching to healthy fats, and still lost weight at a happy easy pace and stopped losing my hair. I also added in lots and lots of veggies, which may have helped with missing nutrients.

I would take prenatal vitamins that should help and give you the iron and b vitamins (which includes Biotin)you may be missing as well. I took prenatals until I started menopause they are great little vitamins and have everything you need at a reasonable. price. I have hari loss as well due to Thyroid and Menopause and I have been using Invati by Aveda on my hair and I am now growing hair back that I had lost. Be patient I know how scarey it is to lose hair you can get it to come back

A lot of things can cause this. If it has come on out of nowhere since you began losing weight it would suggest to me that you are not getting proper balanced nutrition. This could be a vitamin deficiency or lack of essential fats or proteins in your diet. Thyroid complications and PCOS can lead to sudden hair loss also. Mine is from PCOS, but it definitely isn't sudden and hasn't gotten worse since I started dieting. If this really has been recent you should go to your doc and get a quicky physical just to be sure you aren't over taxing yourself.

I have been losing my hair too but I had a baby 5 months ago, I'm nursing, taking vitamins still I'm not sure what the issue is. Thinking a visit to the doctor is in order for me too. I hope it is something simple for the both of us.

Just a thought for you because you mentioned just having a baby. Everyone loses hair on a daily basis that replaces itself. From my understanding during pregnancy less hair falls out than for the average person because of all of the wacky stuff going on in your body. Hence a lot of women find they have nice thick hair during pregnancy. Once you have the baby and your body starts to regulate you may find that more hair than normal will fall out. After I had my baby I could run my hands through my hair and 10-15 stands would easily come out. Washing my hair seriously grossed me out because of how much hair would get wrapped around my fingers. It was only like that for a few months and then it balanced back out to normal. So my understanding is that extra hair loss is normal after giving birth,but if you are concerned don't be afraid to talk to your doctor.

causes:
lack of vitamins and protein
hyperthyroidism
stress
even ponytail, so
-take some vitamin supplements for hair loss
-laser hair loss therapy can help
but first you must visit a trichologist and endocrinologist

Doc to rule out thyroid issues. Also, B complex with Biotin and 3 -6 -9 Essential Fatty Oils may help

The only reason you would start losing your hair is if you're not eating enough or getting enough of the right nutrition. My best friend started losing her hair when she was suffering from an eating disorder. So examine how much you're eating and i's nutritional content. If everything there seems in order, it might be something else that just happened to coincide with the weight loss.

My calorie intake is around 1,500. I work out 5 to 6 day's out of the week. 2 days out of the week heavy weight lifting and cardio.
My Doctor said hair loss is normal due to the use of hairspray. But he didn't run any test. And I'm still worried...I take one a day multi vitamins and iron pills.

Hairspray use?? Not sure I believe that one; I am a spray queen and the only time I lost a significant amount fo hair was when I lost 50 lbs about two years ago. Turns out I was also anemic, so I got the Rx strength iron supplements. I also started taking spirulina, krill oil and astaxanthin. Not sure which helped the most, but now my hair is very full and luscious!

I can probably pin point mine to lack of veggies in my diet. I think I will try the super b complex and biotin and start upping my veggie intake. I know its not lack of protein. That is the one thing in my diet that is always high.