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July 3rd, 2018, 05:00 PM
#1
Dream Vet
Hair falling out
Since four days I noticed my hair is falling out with bunches. Can femara/clomid can cause this? Im doing le diet since 1 February and Intermittent fasting so maybe it’s the diet..
DS1 2010
DS2 2012
DS3 January 2020 - endometriosis - DH low motility
Due Date 23.08.2021
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July 3rd, 2018, 07:27 PM
#2
I'm not using clomid or fem, just LE diet. My hair has been falling out as well. I usually get clumps in my hands while rubbing shampoo in. I haven't had that since the birth of my last child almost 3 years ago.
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July 4th, 2018, 08:03 AM
#3
Could diet really cause a severe hair loss like that? That's scary!
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July 4th, 2018, 08:14 AM
#4
Dream Vet
Originally Posted by
Vanbrunt
Could diet really cause a severe hair loss like that? That's scary!
Yeah it is scary! I haven’t had that since the birth of DS2.
DS1 2010
DS2 2012
DS3 January 2020 - endometriosis - DH low motility
Due Date 23.08.2021
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July 4th, 2018, 01:17 PM
#5
Swaying Advice Coach
Yes, any medication that causes changes in hormone levels can cause hair loss. At any time (after childbirth, coming off BCP, after a loss, stopping breastfeeding) there can be some hair loss. It's not actual hair loss most of the time, it is more that a lot of normal hairs were not falling out for hormonal reasons and then they all decide to fall out at once, which can seem really shocking if you're not expecting it.
If you have been on diet since February and you've had hair loss for 4 days that does not seem very likely to me. I do sometimes have an upswing in reports of hair loss after Ramadan if you were taking part in that.
Thyroid issues are also a cause of sudden hair loss and that can be something that needs to be checked out. NONE of the "normal" causes of hair loss (diet, hormones) would cause your hair to be falling out in clumps all of a sudden over a 4 day period. I think it's worthy of some concern and if it keeps up I'd have it checked.
99 times out of 100 when people report hair loss it's not diet, it's either thyroid or that they've had a change in hormones, but given the sudden onset of this I do think it's worth consulting with a doctor about.
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July 4th, 2018, 01:18 PM
#6
Swaying Advice Coach
Originally Posted by
Vanbrunt
Could diet really cause a severe hair loss like that? That's scary!
No, it can't. the LE Diet done properly cannot and will not cause hair loss for people. Only a starvation diet for a long period can cause SOME hair loss and it would not be of a sudden onset like is being described.
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July 4th, 2018, 01:19 PM
#7
Swaying Advice Coach
Originally Posted by
Mom25boys
I'm not using clomid or fem, just LE diet. My hair has been falling out as well. I usually get clumps in my hands while rubbing shampoo in. I haven't had that since the birth of my last child almost 3 years ago.
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LE Diet will not be causing clumps of hair to fall out of your head. Have you recently come off birth control pills, stopped breastfeeding, or had your first postpartum AF??
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July 4th, 2018, 02:13 PM
#8
I've heard that just like animals (anyone who had horses is very familiar with this!) shed their winter coats in spring/summer, so do humans, just to a lesser extent. So it's normal for women to lose more hair in the summer.
I took Clomid and it did not make my hair fall out. I think it is possible that you lose more hair in the follicular phase than in the luteal phase, because I think it's the progesterone that postpones hair falling out.
born 2017 after girl sway: AI + Clomid
born 2019 after girl sway. : AI + j&d (no Clomid)
Due #3 Nov 2020: AI + breastfeeding
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July 4th, 2018, 05:31 PM
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Dream Vet
Originally Posted by
atomic sagebrush
Yes, any medication that causes changes in hormone levels can cause hair loss. At any time (after childbirth, coming off BCP, after a loss, stopping breastfeeding) there can be some hair loss. It's not actual hair loss most of the time, it is more that a lot of normal hairs were not falling out for hormonal reasons and then they all decide to fall out at once, which can seem really shocking if you're not expecting it.
If you have been on diet since February and you've had hair loss for 4 days that does not seem very likely to me. I do sometimes have an upswing in reports of hair loss after Ramadan if you were taking part in that.
Thyroid issues are also a cause of sudden hair loss and that can be something that needs to be checked out. NONE of the "normal" causes of hair loss (diet, hormones) would cause your hair to be falling out in clumps all of a sudden over a 4 day period. I think it's worthy of some concern and if it keeps up I'd have it checked.
99 times out of 100 when people report hair loss it's not diet, it's either thyroid or that they've had a change in hormones, but given the sudden onset of this I do think it's worth consulting with a doctor about.
Yes i did take part of the ramadan. My thyroid was checked three times and is al ok. I think it’s the femara then because it also caused me hemorrhoids which i never had.
DS1 2010
DS2 2012
DS3 January 2020 - endometriosis - DH low motility
Due Date 23.08.2021
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July 4th, 2018, 06:47 PM
#10
Ok. Sorry, I used the wrong terminology. Not clumps. It started about two weeks into my diet. My hair was super strong and not falling out in the shower. Now I'm getting probably 10 hairs every time I run my fingers through while showering. And I run them through several times. My thyroid is fine and hormones fine as well. Only change is diet and exercise. I'm not concerned as I saw it happened soon after dieting and I'm hoping not to be on this diet long term. I'm not concerned but it is happening.
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Hello, Atomic hopefully you will see this! It has definitely been a while. I am not TTC, my cycles have been MIA for over a year, I'm quite certain. I have not been charting but haven't had it....
Not sure where to ask not TTC