Phew. Good to know. I only wash my hair twice a week, but when I do, I feel like so much falls out.

My stylist noticed my hair falling out in big clumps shortly after I started losing weight. She said it's really common for someone with a fatty diet who starts to cut back. My doctor said it was important to get some healthy fats in with "good" oils since I'd cut back to mostly low fat and fat free options.

I was stressed out when my hair was falling out, too. It got to where I could see more of my scalp. I went to the doctor and found out I had Hashimoto's Thyroiditis. I got on levothyroxin and now I have so many baby hairs that have grown back. Hair loss is one of the first signs of an underlying problem, so go get it checked out.

Beaner, I have that problem too. I used to wash it more often and it seemed like I wasn't loosing as much hair as I am now. So when I realized I was loosing "more hair" I started to think about it and I've come to the conclusion it's just b/c I don't wash out the lost hair as often anymore ... it stays on my head even when I brush it. Then when I wash a whole lot comes out. lol that make sense?

I had this problem. It was scary! I went to the doctor and had all the blood tests run. Everything was normal. Eventually they said it was just stress --- I was in a bad job and so unhappy, but I had no idea that stress and depression could cause such physical manifestations. It was a good thing though, because losing hair was what got me to get help for my stress and depression, and get a new job. Until then I was just "coping" with it, but not very well. My hair loss cleared up a couple of months later.

Hmm, my hair is falling out a little too, I'm a vegetarian, that might be something, I'll try to get more iron and see how it goes.

kristin, I'm a long-time vegetarian, too. I was shocked that my iron level was normal since I don't eat meat or take vitamins!

Good luck to you.

I went through a year of really awful stress and depression with relationship and job, and I lost a ton of hair. I'd easily say a third of the volume. (granted I had more hair than most people so you dont' notice at all) I could tell how much I lost when I used to use the giant hair clip, and then had to switch to the smaller ones. It was really traumatic, on top of an even more traumatic time. (I also got hives on my legs a lot) I never knew that stress could cause hair loss like that. I'm sad that I lost so much hair, but I'm so much happier after getting rid of both the job and the relationship. Stress finds it's way out of your body somehow, somewhere.

Oh my. That's must be why my hair is falling out. My antidepressant; screwed with it and without it I guess.

I'm going to start taking a hair skin and nails vitamin because I heard it helps.

I'm really worried about my hair. I was on a really bad diet last summer (a year ago) and lost too much weight. My hair started falling out about November and to this date (October 08) its still falling out. I have been running to my family doctor who couldn't figure it out and then sent me to a dermatologist in June. To date they put me on a pill form to take twice aday. He even increased the strength of the pills because it won't stop falling out. My family doctor did blood work to check my thyroid, B12 and folic acid levels, which all came back normal. I even take multi vitamins and bioten every day and it doesn't help. Can anyone out there tell me what I can do about this? Should I see a gastroencrolost doctor. Could it be a digestive problem?????

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Break the silence!

i used to get really worried when i saw that i was 'losing' a lot of hair but i realized that this is the truth, you need to lose some to grown healthier hair

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