Guest guest Posted January 11, 2010 Report Share Posted January 11, 2010 My 24 year old daughter is losing her hair. It's getting real thin and is falling out. there is hair everywhere. she use to have thick hair and now it is so thin. her eyelashes are coming out as well. What is the cause of this and what is the cure for this? She has also lost a lot of weight. I think some of it is stress related to a relationship that has been sour for some time...but can't that also be from diet, or lacking somthing? Any info will be greatly appreciated. sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 The best is a set of lab test instead of guessing. This could be hormonal, or lack of protein or minerals, and also heavy mineral contamination (mercury, etc.) - goldie Monday, January 11, 2010 12:58 PM hair loss on young lady My 24 year old daughter is losing her hair. It's getting real thin and is falling out. there is hair everywhere. she use to have thick hair and now it is so thin. her eyelashes are coming out as well. What is the cause of this and what is the cure for this? She has also lost a lot of weight. I think some of it is stress related to a relationship that has been sour for some time...but can't that also be from diet, or lacking somthing? Any info will be greatly appreciated. sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Most common problem is thyroid. Irene On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM, goldie <SuppyZ wrote: > My 24 year old daughter is losing her hair. It's getting real thin and is > falling out. there is hair everywhere. she use to have thick hair and now > it is so thin. her eyelashes are coming out as well. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 No one loses hair until there is a reason for that. Some high potency Allopathic drugs do that and so does the Syphilis. Grieve or disappointment can be cause also. Homeopathy have the treatment for such individual who restrict to it and follow the instructions of Dr. You may have the right medicine after careful individualization. Dr. --- On Mon, 1/11/10, goldie <SuppyZ wrote: goldie <SuppyZ hair loss on young lady Monday, January 11, 2010, 5:58 PM Â My 24 year old daughter is losing her hair. It's getting real thin and is falling out. there is hair everywhere. she use to have thick hair and now it is so thin. her eyelashes are coming out as well. What is the cause of this and what is the cure for this? She has also lost a lot of weight. I think some of it is stress related to a relationship that has been sour for some time...but can't that also be from diet, or lacking somthing? Any info will be greatly appreciated. sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hi Sue--I ran a story on my blog last year, from a woman who had serious hair loss, hair falling out in clumps. The problem was soy food combined with high dose birth control! My hairdresser confirmed that hair loss often is linked to hormones. Bobbie, a wife and mom screamed when she read about the Weston A. Price Foundation prison soy lawsuit on the internet. She recognized in the description of the symptoms being experienced by a number of Illinois prisoners, the same horrible symptoms that she experienced 3 years ago. After a longtime struggle with heavy and irregular menstrual periods, her OB Gyn prescribed for her a fairly high dose birth control pill in 1996. Ten years later, the doctor recommended surgery, to reduce her periods to 4 times a year. Bobbie, wishing to avoid surgery asked for another option. Unbeknownst to Bobbie, the doctor put her on an even higher dose of birth control medication, 9 weeks on the pill and one week off. It was May 2006. Bobbie started experiencing ringing headaches, upset stomach, she got tired easily, it felt almost like flu symptoms. In mid June, when she complained of these problems to the doctor, she was told to try soy milk to “balance her hormones”, 6 ounces a day. Initially, she felt ok, then her symptoms worsened. Bobbie felt even more tired than before, very lethargic. She was gaining weight. Her headaches were more painful than ever. Within a month, she went back to the doctor and asked, “Could the birth control and soy milk be causing this?” The doctor was sure that it was just menopause, and assured her that weight gain was normal for a 40 year old woman. Bobbie called the doctor’s office back at least a half a dozen times, complaining of her distressing symptoms. Each time, she was assured by the staff, that none of their other patients had ever had a bad reaction to hormone pills or soy milk, and that there must be something else wrong with her. Then Bobbie started losing her hair, a little here and there. But one day while washing her hair, she looked down and her hands were covered in hair. She couldn’t even see her skin for the hair in her hands. Bobbie saved her hair in bags, and put the date them. Her once beautiful tresses were all in Ziplocs. She also began to have difficulty breathing. She often panted like a dog to get air. She experienced heart palpitations and at night would wake up in pools of sweat. She had to sleep with a wind tunnel fan next to her bed to make sure she got plenty of air and to cool down her body. She ended up in the Emergency Room a few times. Aside from receiving fluids, and many tests that showed nothing was wrong from a doctor’s point of view, she was left with more questions than answers. In August, she visited her family physician complaining that it felt like someone was pinching and twisting her heart. Her body was breaking down, she was losing cognitive skills, and had difficulty functioning in her daily routine. She suffered from diarrhea for 3 straight weeks, fainting spells, super low blood pressure, and a bad rash on her chest. She was then constipated and her abdomen was hard. The medical professionals she saw were all stumped. They sent her to other specialists, 2 neurologists, a surgeon, a second gynecologist, it was suggested that she needed a psychiatrist (as though the problems may be all in her head). Bobbie had cat scans, blood work, a colonoscopy, HPV tests, and she had her gallbladder checked a couple times. The general surgeon did discover that she had a huge amount of fecal matter built up in her system, pressing on other organs. A dermatologist that she went to for help with the hair loss, and rashes, suggested she up the soy milk, from 6 to 8 ounces a day. He had no explanation for the rashes and hair loss, only said that soy milk is helpful for hair loss. After only two weeks on the higher dose of soy, Bobbie passed out behind the wheel of her car. She felt like she was having a heart attack. She managed to drive herself home and then collapsed on her kitchen floor for two hours. Her body was bloated, her weight shot up from 127lbs to 142 lbs in two weeks time. She became a couch potato, spending all day on the couch after her daughter left for school and until her daughter and husband came home at night. She cried constantly, her joints ached, her heart palpitations continued. She was exhausted, physically, emotionally, and not able to process information or figure out the answers to a problem or help her daughter with homework. Her husband brought home take out dinners, because she was unable to cook. In September, Bobbie’s stomach was burning, even the least drink of water felt like acid, it was torture. She quit eating and drinking. She stopped the soy milk along with everything else. It was too painful to consume anything. She would spend two hours trying to get down a Wendy’s baked potato or a junior vanilla frosty, or, she would just let a cracker melt in her mouth. On September 22, 2006 she stopped the birth control pills for good. No more pills, no soy. Surprisingly, she began to feel a little better. By November, she realized that her initial instincts had been correct. Soy was the problem. The doctor had poo pooed the idea, which had made her doubt her own judgment. “After all, this doctor saw patients every day. This doctor must know more than me,” she thought. In December 2006, Bobbie found a natural health doctor. Dr. Bob is a chiropractor, who calls himself, The Drugless Doctor. He has been working with her ever since to help restore her health. He discovered through a hair analysis, that Bobbie was malnourished, and her body was feeding off of its own muscle tissue. Before all this happened, Bobbie exercised 6 days a week, ate healthy, organic food, lots of fresh fruits and veggies. She describes herself before May 2006 as “the picture of health”. An overdose of hormone pills and the plant estrogens and anti-nutrients found in soy milk took her to hell and now she is back. Her hairdresser says her hair is 90% back to normal. Bobbie feels 95% better, although to this day she struggles with joint pain, occasional constipation/diarrhea. http://www.westonaprice.org/Soy-Alert/ Kimberly , " goldie " <SuppyZ wrote: > > My 24 year old daughter is losing her hair. It's getting real thin and is falling out. there is hair everywhere. she use to have thick hair and now it is so thin. her eyelashes are coming out as well. > > What is the cause of this and what is the cure for this? She has also lost a lot of weight. I think some of it is stress related to a relationship that has been sour for some time...but can't that also be from diet, or lacking somthing? > > Any info will be greatly appreciated. > sue > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 hair loss can also result from low iron ... go to doctor and get some blood tests done. best regards Lisa - " Dr. DHMS " <dr.dhms Tuesday, January 12, 2010 9:29 PM Re: hair loss on young lady No one loses hair until there is a reason for that. Some high potency Allopathic drugs do that and so does the Syphilis. Grieve or disappointment can be cause also. Homeopathy have the treatment for such individual who restrict to it and follow the instructions of Dr. You may have the right medicine after careful individualization. Dr. --- On Mon, 1/11/10, goldie <SuppyZ wrote: goldie <SuppyZ hair loss on young lady Monday, January 11, 2010, 5:58 PM My 24 year old daughter is losing her hair. It's getting real thin and is falling out. there is hair everywhere. she use to have thick hair and now it is so thin. her eyelashes are coming out as well. What is the cause of this and what is the cure for this? She has also lost a lot of weight. I think some of it is stress related to a relationship that has been sour for some time...but can't that also be from diet, or lacking somthing? Any info will be greatly appreciated. sue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Although supplementing your daughter's diet with iron, zinc and the vitamin B group will help with hair loss I think there is perhaps an underlying psychological as well as physiological problem. I have found with my own daughter that their lives can become stressful in their late teens, early twenties which can result in a lower immune system and poor diet and sleep patterns. Perhaps this is definitely a problem that needs a holistic approach rather than trial and error with random vitamins and minerals etc. Suzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2010 Report Share Posted January 15, 2010 Kimberly, thanks for that article. Scary. I am glad it had a happy ending at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2010 Report Share Posted January 18, 2010 I want to thank you ALL for your helpful answers to my daughter. Blessings to all of you goldie (sue) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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