Great hair loss fact/question

c_gargano · March 13, 2011

Hi again,

So I started thinking a lot about this whole Hair loss thing and based on most of the responses, it seems like the hair loss is basically due to the shock that your body goes through in the weight loss process, right? Well, being a person that has battled obesity since I was 13 years old, I wonder...I've gone through so many different diets and exercises that lead to substantial weight loss, as much as 80 lbs in a short time of about 4-5 months! Of course, my age and metabolism lead to the rapid weight loss as well as the super duper crash diets I would put my body through. However, throughout it all, I know I didn't lose any hair. Not during or after! For obvious reasons, I gained it back but does anyone have a clue as to why it didn't happen then, yet it's so prone to happen now?

snowfie9 · March 13, 2011

The only time I've ever lost my hair was this one time I used a store bought hair dye.

Still, Hair loss can be caused by many things. You hear stories of yore when people caught scarlet fever and lost their hair from the fever. And I used to work with a woman who lost her hair due to a REALLY bad crash diet.

It can happen for many reasons. But it's not inevitable.

Tiffykins · March 13, 2011

It's not ONLY about the weight loss and the dietary change. Throw anesthesia, hormonal changes due to rapid weight loss, drastic cut in calories (meaning we go from 3000 to 600 calories in a matter of days), and then the actual recovery from having a huge portion of a major organ essentially amputated.

Here's 2 articles that explain it:

http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1071566-overview

http://www.follicle.com/section2/5.html