Hi Everyone,

Got back the results for all my tests. NORMAL, NORMAL, NORMAL. Nothing up with my hormones, no Vitamin deficiencies etc... Part of me is very happy that I am healthy and the other part is despondent cause now I have to go to a specialist. My PCP recommends a dermatologist. For now, I think I will just try to OD on vitaimins and take more than a Fred Flintstone everyday. I'm gonna try ZInc supplements as well. So any other ideas?

No Lisa, I will not shave my head ! LOL

Babs in TX

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Did you say you are already using Nioxin shampoos?

I'm really sorry you didn't get any answers that might have lead you in the right direction.

Babs they have a hair and nail vitamin also, maybe that will help

Babs,

I also am losing my hair it seems I am leaving it on anything and everywhere. I have to actually vacume the bathroom everyday now. Unbealivable! The Doctor said for me to add more Protien but that is not working thus far so I am going to try the Nioxin Shampoo like Leatha added.

Babs Let me know if you find something that works for you.

Hi Leatha,

I am not using Nioxin, but I may pick up some. The only thing I can think of is its gotta be the Zinc. My friend who is a dietician says that zinc deficiencies rarely show up on a test. I am willing to try anything. I want the thick lush hair I once had before.

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Yea. I've heard the Nioxin Shampoos are recommended by some of the docs.

Personally, I went and got myself a perm. I have lost quite a bit, but I'm a strange animal. When I get a perm, it's like a Vitamin for my hair. I don't lose as much and it grows much faster. Some people have the opposite effect - such as breakage etc, but more often than not, that is due to the type of perm used and the technique used to put it in. If I have a perm, I use alot more chemicals, such as conditioners, spray leave-in treatment, then repair mousses or gels etc. Left straight, I can't use all these things due to my hair being so fine and thin to begin with. Maybe this is an option?

Wow Leatha...That's like me...I can't live without my caviar conditioner and mousse! It takes 5 hours for the whole perm treatment and technique used on my hair and I only have the top section done at about every 7 months.

Lately I've thought of the Blow dry style, for just a change, but know it aways drys out my hair.

Babs do try more Vitamins, my stylist says the excess vits go to your skin and hair??

Are you taking beta blockers by chance? I was doing research on hair loss (as I'm losing mine, which started before the band) and since my anemia is in "remission," I had no clue what was causing it. Apparently beta blockers can result in hair loss, which makes sense since mine started falling out shortly after I started on the beta blockers.

I went to GNC today and they have several Vitamin configurations specifically for healthy hair (mostly extra A, B, etc.). Some have Chinese herbal ingredients and before I take those I'll have to see what these herbal ingredients do; others were just pure Vitamins.

I'm going to take a mega-vitamin and increase my Protein and see if that helps.

Also, this may sound silly, but if you have longer hair, try sleeping on satin pillow cases. It really helps keep my hair from tangling, which makes brushing easier. And don't pull your hair back into ponytails or barettes. It puts stress on the hair follicle!

Good luck! Let's hope we get our hair back soon.

I'm going to take a mega-Vitamin and increase my Protein and see if that helps.

Be careful with how much extra protein you get in. Your body can only assimilate so much at a time and sometimes, too much can cause kidney problems. You definitely don't want that.

Good luck!

I still say you should visit the wig shop and explain your problem. They are experts in the hairloss department and might have heard of some things your doctor didn't mention. Couldn't hurt.

I had hairloss 7 months into my weightloss also. if you do a search you might find some of my older post. It's perfectly normal and trust me, it will stop and your hair will grow back. The thing with hairloss is that it reflects back to what your body state of health ( not a medical term lols) was 3 or 4 months ago was. That would be the time you where post op and was on fluids. As long as you keep taking your vitamins and B12 or whatever is recommending, then within a couple of months everything will be ok.

My hair was thinning to a point it seemed i was bolding But everything is back to normal now.

I'm also experiencing alot of hair falling out all over the place. I heard of people using the vitamin Biotin. I am going to do some research on it. BTW I'm 15 months out. I know the fall is a time for a lot of people to lose hair (it's kinda like the animal shedding season for humans.)

Just wanted to say Hi Leo! long time no hear/see...

Babs, You are so stressed...house not sold, travel everyday, stress takes such a told and kids, I know, One has a certain personality and the other...Besides being the caretaker, cook, cleaner should i go on. there are times I just want to stop the train and get off but we can't, bills have to be paid.. We do love our families and want the best... do try and take time for YOU.

Hi Everyone,

Got back the results for all my tests. NORMAL, NORMAL, NORMAL. Nothing up with my hormones, no vitamin deficiencies etc... Part of me is very happy that I am healthy and the other part is despondent cause now I have to go to a specialist. My PCP recommends a dermatologist. For now, I think I will just try to OD on vitaimins and take more than a Fred Flintstone everyday. I'm gonna try ZInc supplements as well. So any other ideas?

No Lisa, I will not shave my head ! LOL

Babs in TX

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Hi there, this is Dr. White, let me let you in on something, your hormone levels can be called normal because they agree with your age group. So, while let's say 65 ng/dl of progesterone is normal for a 20 yr old, for a forty year old it may be 10-20 or less. Still NORMAL, but terribly low. So, not to be fooled, that you don´t have a problem, those low normal levels only fool you into thinking there is nothing wrong. You certainly don't feel better at 40 than you do at 20, why? Those higher numbers of the youthful.

Steadying effect of birth control, well well, it may be so for many, but never for all. Some one will get headaches, some retain water, some get high blood pressure, because some ladies need more than what the pill gives, and others need less. A pill that was NOT made for you, cannot give you exactly what you need. Not when it applies to hormones. Our body is sensitive to hormones, so much so, that the best thing is your therapy generated in a compounding pharmacy. Not taken off a shelf like Aspirin.

Hormones have to be tailor made, Aspirins don't. Don´t be confused, or fooled into thinking that a pill manufacture can cover all those ladies whose needs range so widely.

I'm also experiencing alot of hair falling out all over the place. I heard of people using the vitamin Biotin. I am going to do some research on it. BTW I'm 15 months out. I know the fall is a time for a lot of people to lose hair (it's kinda like the animal shedding season for humans.)

If Biotin works, fine. If not, there is something else going on. Now, not sure if you are male or female, because it matters in the case of falling hair.

You can contact me (Dr, White) if you wish at the following address:

michael.white@prodigy.net.mx should you feel like requesting information or actual assistance.