Re: Re: arm hair falling out

[Guest guest]

Yes, a woman.. Its falling out, like I have patches of no hair and where

there is hair it takes little to no effort to pull out what is there..

I am not nearly as concerned as if it was hair on my head.. as its just on

my arms (not underarms).. the rest of my hair seems

Staying put (relatively..) I am postpartum so I am losing a bit more than

normal on my head too.. but I always get hairloss

Postpartum, just never on my arms.. its really weird.

I know my iron is low, but I don't know if low iron causes hair loss on the

arms. I have heard about eyebrow hair and thyroid though.

Thanks!

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On Behalf Of agirlnamedsuess21

Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:09 PM

Subject: [ ] Re: arm hair falling out

If it is a woman speaking here, then the two main causes of hair loss in

women are anemia and thyroid.

I do want to mention that as you age, you tend to grow less hair as well (on

legs and underarms).

That said, some medications can cause hairloss.

Not sure why someone would care if underarm disappeared (I wish mine

would...LOL)?

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> Anyone know why this would happen? Thyroid?

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> Thanks

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[Guest guest]

Hair loss is common postpartum, haven't heard of it on the arms though (I'm

a pediatrician so have less experience in this area). I suspect it's both a

mineral and a (female) hormonal issue. Both of these can be related to

thyroid also.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:16 PM, and Teraza Real <jtreal@...>wrote:

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>

> Yes, a woman.. Its falling out, like I have patches of no hair and where

> there is hair it takes little to no effort to pull out what is there..

>

> I am not nearly as concerned as if it was hair on my head.. as its just on

> my arms (not underarms).. the rest of my hair seems

>

> Staying put (relatively..) I am postpartum so I am losing a bit more than

> normal on my head too.. but I always get hairloss

>

> Postpartum, just never on my arms.. its really weird.

>

> I know my iron is low, but I don't know if low iron causes hair loss on the

> arms. I have heard about eyebrow hair and thyroid though.

>

> Thanks!

>

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> On Behalf Of agirlnamedsuess21

> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:09 PM

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> Subject: [ ] Re: arm hair falling out

>

> If it is a woman speaking here, then the two main causes of hair loss in

> women are anemia and thyroid.

> I do want to mention that as you age, you tend to grow less hair as well

> (on

> legs and underarms).

> That said, some medications can cause hairloss.

> Not sure why someone would care if underarm disappeared (I wish mine

> would...LOL)?

>

>

>

> >

> > Anyone know why this would happen? Thyroid?

> >

> > Thanks

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> >

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> >