Hair loss help

(Barbara) #7

I am looking forward to that day…

(Consensus is Politics) #8

When your body begins to adjust to being fat adapted, your insulin levels should be dropping to normal low levels. When that happens, the other hormones in your body that are affected by it, tend to bounce around as they find a new equilibrium.

So don’t stress over it. Just keep calm and keto on :sunglasses:

Keto Vitae! :call_me_hand:t3:

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #9

Just make sure not to restrict calories. You don’t want to give your body reason to skimp on non-essential processes in order to save energy.

(Pass the butter, please!) #10

This was helpful for me! I’ve been doing keto for six months exactly (today is actually my 6-month keto birthday!) and about six weeks ago, my hair started falling out. Every time I wash it, or brush it, or blow dry it, or…well…touch it, several strands fall out. I started on vitamin D3 about a week ago, but haven’t seen any big change yet. Someone suggested it might be linked to weight loss - I lost 22 lbs in the first 3 months, but have been stable since then.

(Barbara) #11

I have been doing Keto since Jan and yes I continue to lose however my own hair feels so healthy… I added Biotin to my supplements…

(Pass the butter, please!) #12

I haven’t tried biotin. I’ll get some and give it a try. Thank you!

(Linda) #13

I feel your pain. If my part gets any wider I’m gonna look like Peter Boyle. Biotin didn’t do squat for me.

I’ll let you know how the minoxidil works out. I’m coming up on 2 months now of using it.

(Taleisha Collins) #14

I use coconut oil as a scalp treatment … it keeps my hair shiny and healthy, and I haven’t had any hair loss. Years ago, when I worked a fairly high stress job, my hair would come out in clumps in the shower … I started using coconut oil way back then as a remedy, and have been in love with it since. I have two jars - on in the kitchen, one in the bathroom :wink:

(Pass the butter, please!) #15

Do you massage it in and then shampoo it out? I have very fine hair and my hair looks terrible whenever it gets even a little oily.

(Taleisha Collins) #16

I use a really small amount and massage it into my scalp, but I have really thick hair… so I don’t wash it out.
Do you use shampoo with sulfates? I have heard those can cause hair loss issues for some people if you have an allergy to them. :expressionless:

(Pass the butter, please!) #17

I bought some special shampoo for hair loss - I’ll check the ingredients. I do have loads of allergies, which being keto has helped tremendously.

(Clara Teixeira) #18

Are you eating enough protein? I was not and lost half my hair in the first 6-8 months. Once I upped my protein and was eating enough calories the problem went away. It is growing in thicker than ever before and oddly enough I have no gray hairs any more. I did take dessicated beef organs as a supplement for several months to give my body a boost. Also make sure you are taking K2 with your D3 supplement!

(Bunny) #19
  1. Keto Hair Loss: 6 Reasons Why It’s Happening + How to Prevent It

Minimizing Temporary Hair Loss on Keto:

7 Nutrients To Take (Lorenz Mac did not list 7 only 6 coconut oil being the last will not help):

•Biotin

•MSM

•Bone Broth (DO NOT “skip” the bone broth as the author of this article suggests and take the collagen directly; that’s where problems of processing a substance starts) MSM (methylsulfonylmethane)===>Vitamin C===>Bone Broth = to bind keratin and collagen===>beautiful hair and nails!

•Zinc

•Collagen

NOTE: MSM Sulfur (white organic powder sitting on the shelf in a clear plastic bag {usually}, stay away from pill forms of this substance; they are processed with preservatives) and the grass-fed-finished Bone Broth are the most important on this list, your are probably getting adequate amounts of zinc and biotin already?

  1. “…One of the body’s major detoxification pathways is through sulfur conjugation. …” … Sulfur is a component of insulin, the protein hormone secreted by the pancreas…” image “…The OXIDIZED (inorganic) form of sulfur is SULFATE. Dietary sulfate is poorly absorbed. Instead sulfate is produced in the body primarily by oxidation of the sulfur-containing amino acids …” …More
  1. MSM (methylsulfonylmethane/Dimethyl Sulfone)
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(Maura hAGERTY) #20

Same for me. 5 months and hair fall starting to happen.
Also looking for solutions.

#21

Happened to me, not enough protein, and take Biotin. Hair is all back now.

(Lois) #22

I, too, am having drastic hair loss. Am taking Biotin 1000 mcg daily for well over a month and no improvement. How much biotin did you take?

#23

5000mcg and I still take it daily even though my hair is back, because some days I just don’t feel like eating

(Consensus is Politics) #25

I haven’t lost any hair at all with keto. If anything it’s been growing in. My forehead seems to be shrinking. Read that as the hair seems to be getting closer to my face.

I did have a brittle nail problem. The edge of my nails were extremely brittle and were chipping constantly. Trimming them was horrible as they would crack apart and not cut. The cure for that was biotin. As my nails grew back over the next couple of months I could see the difference. Finally, they are as strong as they ever were, and no longer brittle.

(Bacon is a many-splendoured thing) #26

I find that the pectin in meat gristle helps keep my nails strong.

(Carolyn aka stokies) #27

10,000 of Biotin didn’t help me at all. :crying_cat_face:

Neither did Vitamin D. Thyroid is fine. Protien is good.

Gonna try MSM and collagen/bone broth next.

Here’s hoping…