Hair falling out?Patty

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Patty I would appreciate any suggestions? Its falling out worse than

ever?

Carpenter

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There are several angles or approaches you can take in trying to

address this issue. My guess is that it is hormonally related, and

may be due to just having whacked out hormones after getting sick from

implants. It seems that men and women both experience hair loss from

hormone imbalances, but balancing them again is just so hard, not to

mention determining which ones are way off. The hormones can be

thyroid related as well as reproductive related hormones. So, one of

the first steps is to make sure you don't have a thyroid problem.

Beyond that, there are several ideas to try, including vitamin

supplements (especially biotin), herbs, kidney tonics, estrogen

enhancing herbs, scalp massage and essential oils. I've tried the

essential oils therapy and loved it. I thought that it worked well

for me, and my husband even made comments about my hair looking better

finally after several months of using them. There is a valid study

out that shows the esssential oils work. I think you can see it

somewhere in this link....this is a great website with info on various

therapies to use:

http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/herbsvitaminsek/a/Alopecia_2.htm

There are two things that they don't mention that I might add. one is

the use of homeopathics. One of our members mentioned a few months

ago that she got results with a homeopathic silica remedy. It's

definitely worth a try. You can get the homeopathic remedy at any

health food store that carries homeopathics for about $8. Homeopathic

supps are very safe.

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g2603/is_0006/ai_2603000663

Everybody is so afraid of silica supplements, understandably so, but I

think we need to be prudent in thinking it through. The herb

horsetail is reputedly very high in natural plant silica, and silica

is necessary for strong hair and nails. I think there is a big

difference in plant based silica vs man made silicone, and perhaps we

need to be supplying our bodies with the right stuff while getting rid

of the icky stuff? Just a thought. I bought some natural vegetal

silica made by the Flora company (a very good company, by the way) and

added it to my shampoo. i've taken it internally with no serious side

effects. You can look this one up on the net too.

http://www.florahealth.com/Flora/Home/usa/Products/R61434.asp

The only other thing they don't mention that I might add is the

estrogen enhancing herbs. I include this due to the fact that many

women experience hair loss after pregnancy and childbirth. This is

from a drastic drop in estrogen levels apparently. Estrogen enhancing

herbs include fenugreek, fennel, saw palmetto, wild yam, cumin, red

clover and others. It might be something to try, but you may want to

do more research. If you take estrogen enhancing herbs, it would also

be prudent to include the progesterone creams, since you should never

supplement estrogen without also supplementing progesterone.

Remember, balancing hormones is very, very tricky, so you may want to

get a doctor to help with this, but generally, I tend to prefer herbs

over prescription drugs and most doctors don't think this way.

Anyway, those are my suggestions. Take what you want and leave the

rest! I hope some of these ideas work for you.

Hugs,

Patty

> Patty I would appreciate any suggestions? Its falling out worse than

> ever?

> Carpenter

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Here's one more great suggestion. I take EPO and plan to for the

rest of my life!

Patty

http://thyroid.about.com/cs/hairloss/a/hairloss_2.htm

Consider an Alternative Treatment

When I have had major bouts of hair loss (despite low normal TSH and

being on a T4/T3 drug), I took the advice of a doctor I interviewed

for my book, [MI]Living Well With Hypothyroidism. Here's an excerpt

from the book:

.. . . evening primrose oil (also known as EPO) is a nutritional

supplement that is frequently mentioned. In his book, [MI]Solved:

The Riddle of Illness, Langer, M.D. points to the fact that

symptoms of essential fatty acid insufficiency are very similar to

hypothyroidism, and recommends evening primrose oil -- an excellent

source of essential fatty acids -- as helpful for people with

hypothyroidism. The usefulness of evening primrose oil, particularly

in dealing with the issues of excess hair loss with hypothyroidism,

was also reinforced by endocrinologist Blanchard. According

to Dr. Blanchard:

" For hair loss, I routinely recommend multiple vitamins, and

especially evening primrose oil. If there's any sex pattern to it --

if a woman is losing hair in partly a male pattern - -then, the

problem is there is excessive conversion of testosterone to

dihydrotestosterone at the level of the hair follicle. Evening

primrose oil is an inhibitor of that conversion. So almost anybody

with hair loss probably will benefit from evening primrose oil. "

As someone who has had a few periods of extensive hair loss since I

became hypothyroid, I can vouch for the fact that taking EPO was the

only thing that calmed it down. It not only slowed, then stopped my

hair loss over about two months, but new hair grew back, and my hair

was no longer straw-like, dry and easily knotted. When I take EPO, I

usually take 500 mg, twice a day.

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