Has anyone experience hair loss?

[realtor girl]

I've been taking phen for 6 months and have lost 35 pounds. I have 5-7 pounds left to go. I've noticed in the past month that my hair has begun to fall out. Every day more and more is found on the bath room floor. My hairdresser said that sometimes dieting can cause hair loss. I've kicked up my vitamins and started using Nioxin hair product. Anyone else had this problem?

[Tanya in CA]

I've read about this on the message board before, although fortunately I haven't experience it myself. You can do a search for hair loss on this forum, or maybe the side efffects forum... I'm sure you'll find lots of info from other people who have had the same problem. Good luck to you!

[MistyShell]

Yep, weight loss can cause hair loss. Look for a good multivitamin. But, there are other things that can cause hair loss too, so you may want to check with your physician.

Misty

[coco-pebbles-aholic]

Have had hairloss with no regrowth.But I guess for me I can hide the hairloss but not my wide behind so I just have taken it in stride & now wear a short hairstyle so it doesn't pull on my scalp,that way u don't see my thinner hair spots.No amounts of Rogaine for women or vitamins,shampoos,nothing!has helped mine.

[TruLuvin4us]

Oh yeah, ive had hair loss.. In 2 washes ive had a zip lock bag full... *crys* I want to keep me long,cury hair.. everyone says that its a side effect.. So, i take phen onced a week now, instead of every-day. Hopefully it will help since i started my vitimans as well.
Tru Luvin

[monifa]

Vitamins,Biotin,kelp

[realtor girl]

thanks for the support and info ladies. I'm going to give the phen a break for a week, and then go to every other day. Those last 5 pounds are the pits! But I've gotten this far...

[KRISTY1027]

My hair started falling out about 6 weeks ago. Last week I started to notice how dramatic it was becoming though. I actually have a bald spot on the side of my head... well not bald but you can see my scalp through a thin patch of hair. Im scared to brush my hair or wash it because it is crazy the amount of hair I lose. I really dont know if this is because of the phen or just my weightloss in general. I stopped taking the phen yesterday, so we will see if that was the problem.

[MustangSally]

i dont have this problem...are you eating enough calories a day for your body?

[hfw]

O.K.! I have a book that says to take some of the following herbs to prevent hairloss!

to strengthen and increase growth rate:

Sarsaparille, *BURDOCK*,, Nettles, dandelion, caraway, oat straw, horse tail, kelp "Evertyone wants beautifull heathy hair. It's not only attractive, it reflects good health, as well! The herbs that they recomend , will not only give you more hair, but will slow down hair loss.

In many cases hair loss is caused by stress. To relive stress, I recomend adding a good B copmlex. I prefer bee pollen for stress, because it contains the B vitamins and a lot of protien. IT TAKES ABOUT 2 MONTHS TO SEE A BIG DIFF. HOPE IT WORKS!!"