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Re: Extreme hair loss

Hello,

Please let me weigh in here. I am 57 and have experienced extreme hair loss myself which is still going on. I take 1,000 mgs chia oil and am wondering if that could be a problem too.

I am also taking cortisol saliva tests today and believe this may show that's what the problem is at least in part. I also need T3 but can't start until adrenals are addressed if need be. I sure wish I'd found thi sgroup earlier since a doc diagnosed me with too much T3 2 years ago but I lost touch with him and couldn't find anyone else to treat me.

I do have some natural oils I use on my forehead that help a little. I see new hair growth there. I got a "recipe" from a newsletter by Dr. Lark who specializes in women's issues. Very inexpensive to make. If anyone is interested please email me offline.

In a message dated 7/26/2011 4:40:05 A.M. Central Daylight Time, juliemc9@... writes:

Hi Loren,

So sorry to hear. Just some more suggestions - I lost nearly all my hair but very quickly - over a three week period. It turned out I had hashimoto's and high Reverse T3 and adrenal fatigue but I reversed the hair loss long before I found out what I had and started using thyroid medication.

The two factors that seemed involved in hair loss for me were using cod liver oil or flax seed oil - I ended up with four episodes of hair loss and taking one of these preceded each episode, even though I used good quality cod liver oil on two occasions.

Also, I think gluten may have been a factor.

I have most of my hair back now - definitely enough that it looks quite normal - just missing some along the "sideburn" area where it's still very very sparse and white - but the rest hangs down and covers this up. My hair grew back white but then turned black and is now turning back to the original brown colour.

I hope you find something that works for you.

On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 12:42 PM, Ayah Freed <ayah591@...> wrote:

I have been dealing with severe hair loss for more than 6 years now. I am a 51-year-old woman, and hair loss does not run in my family. It has been falling out, not in clumps but strand by strand, almost continually, and I have lost more than 90% of the total mass. I have been taking Iodoral for several years and it has helped with other issues, but not this. I am also taking nascent iodine and most of the companion nutrients.

I have not had my thyroid checked and can't afford to have any blood work now, but am thinking that I will have it done in the fall (or as soon as I am able). I am opposed to taking Synthroid based on what I have read about it, but am preparing myself for that to be my last option. Or is it? Any ideas out there? I would really like to have my hair back, and keep what I still have....

Loren