I’ve found maintaining a positive attitude helps so much, but can be so hard when dealing with hair loss for so long. I found this video and it def helped me come to terms with what I’m dealing with and helped me maintain a positive attitude, even through the toughest times. Maybe it can help others too:
Frustrated with chronic telogen effluvium.. any success stories?
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yes.. just met another dermatologist/trichologist last weekend. As expected he diagnosed it as chronic telogen effluvium saying its due to nutritional deficiencies.. says this will take a long time to correct as these deficiencies happen over a period of many years and hair start shedding only when the body reserves deplete badly.... he's put in down to protein .. though i suspect iron to be the culprit too...
Hoping this rectifies soon
Have any ladies had any experience with finasteride or saw palmetto (topical or oral) for androgenic alopecia and pcos? If so, what dosage did you take and what results? I've been on birth control and spirolactone before but they've stopped working on me now. Many thanks!
Hi
I saw your regrowth (the standing up pieces) ?
I have no clue if my hair is growing..just that my roots keep growing.
I am taking the iron that the md told me to get. I have gained weight stressing and hiding eating protein galore.
Just feel like crap. Thank goodness I am not working.
I started giving myself B12 shots ever other day.
Derm apt sept 6
Hoping for cooler weather so I can cover up.
I saw your regrowth (the standing up pieces) ?
I have no clue if my hair is growing..just that my roots keep growing.
I am taking the iron that the md told me to get. I have gained weight stressing and hiding eating protein galore.
Just feel like crap. Thank goodness I am not working.
I started giving myself B12 shots ever other day.
Derm apt sept 6
Hoping for cooler weather so I can cover up.
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Hi Folks,
I just joined. I started intense shedding 10 months ago due to a stressful situation. My scalp hurts, burns and itches - hair fall out wherever it burns and itches.
No derm/doctor has managed to solve this mystery but I think I may be getting to the solving it. Here's what I think happened -
Due to stress, my gut got messed up (I also experienced bloating, alcohol intolerance when I experienced shedding...this had happened twice before during stressful situations in my life). My gut is either causing an autoimmune reaction (leaky gut leading to inflammation and hair loss) or it has lost some key enzymes which metabolize histamine and that huge histamine release in my body causes hair loss. The reason I say that is that I have noticed that my itching and burning increases after I eat.
I now signed up with a holistic but mainstream doctor - she has ordered a stool test that will either confirm or rule out leaky gut. If I don't have a leaky gut, we will need to check for histamine or other key enzyme/bacteria deficiency. In any case, I can see a strict 30 day low inflammation or low histamine diet protocol.
I just did a 24 hour water/herbal teas fast and I felt very low levels of hair pain and itching in the last few hours of my fast. I am tempted to push myself to do a 3 day water fast as that would give a good opportunity to my gut to really heal... anyway, I would love to hear from others and wish everyone all the best in this traumatic situation!
I just joined. I started intense shedding 10 months ago due to a stressful situation. My scalp hurts, burns and itches - hair fall out wherever it burns and itches.
No derm/doctor has managed to solve this mystery but I think I may be getting to the solving it. Here's what I think happened -
Due to stress, my gut got messed up (I also experienced bloating, alcohol intolerance when I experienced shedding...this had happened twice before during stressful situations in my life). My gut is either causing an autoimmune reaction (leaky gut leading to inflammation and hair loss) or it has lost some key enzymes which metabolize histamine and that huge histamine release in my body causes hair loss. The reason I say that is that I have noticed that my itching and burning increases after I eat.
I now signed up with a holistic but mainstream doctor - she has ordered a stool test that will either confirm or rule out leaky gut. If I don't have a leaky gut, we will need to check for histamine or other key enzyme/bacteria deficiency. In any case, I can see a strict 30 day low inflammation or low histamine diet protocol.
I just did a 24 hour water/herbal teas fast and I felt very low levels of hair pain and itching in the last few hours of my fast. I am tempted to push myself to do a 3 day water fast as that would give a good opportunity to my gut to really heal... anyway, I would love to hear from others and wish everyone all the best in this traumatic situation!
Hi
Howz ur condition? Are you still shedding?
I am in same situation like you post partum hair loss for last 4 years... Which is CTE.. Pls update here..
Anyone who gets success over cte,, pls update here
Hi sonal,
Howz ur condition? Are you still shedding?
I am in same situation like you post partum hair loss for last 4 years... Which is CTE.. Pls update here..
Anyone who gets success over cte,, pls update here