Does anyone know if more rapid greying of the hair is significant to anything other than normal progression of the ongoing saga of treated hypothyroidism. I also have had a rapid negative change in my Vitaligo. could this be down to excessive stress over the last 2 years ? or other endocrine condition.
Thank You
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No, it is one of the signs. My hair has gone quite grey from the front. If I brush it straight back it looks completely grey, if I leave it as it is most of the grey is hidden. My hairdresser loves it, says i am so lucky, says he will never let me dye it and has hours of fun showing it to whoever happens to be in his shop at the same time as I am. I was hyper, don't know if it is the same for hypo.
Liz
I have no idea if it's related to my Hashimotos or not but I am very grey for my age (I'm 45). I have dyed it for several years now.
It appears to be in my opinion as I barely had many grey hairs in 2006, then my health had a massive decline mentally and physically also the darkening patches of pigmentation on my skin mainly arms, hands and like a collar on my neck and upper chest.
This I believe was after a form of psychological distress when my brother died of sudden death syndrome aged only 48yrs and dealing with what I have now discovered from therapy a Mother with Narcissistic Personality disorder 
Alsi meant to be related to pernicious anemia /vitb12 deficiecy and vitiligo if I remember rightly. I have had a streak of grey hair since I was young and my mother had pernicious anemia. ..its gone now as has most of my hair lol!
Thanks Polly.
I have had great advice on my low B12 and red cell folate blood results,so hope things will improve for me and others that receive great advice on here. I'm not expecting a miracle but any improvement would be a relief.
It amazes me how so many symptoms which are never explained to you in the medical field are so related as confirmed by members here.
Is there any treatment for hair loss ? due to thyroid
Too true. The only thing I can find for hair loss is to make sure your ferritin is 60-90 in the range. Evening primrose is supposed to help topically and orally. Our bodies are a fine tuned machines of which mine jo longer is lol!
I have been hypo most of my life, only diagnosed and treated when I was 31 in another country ... I am now 66 and I have only just started getting a few grey / white hair around my temples and a small patch on my crown. I think it depends on the individual and I have also read its a vitimin deficiency but can't remember which one now.
I have white patches of vitilgo the size of of very large freckles all over my body that is exposed to the sunlight and have had them 30 yrs. It was pointless stressing about it even though I didn't know what it was at the time and no one ever commented on it ... it doesn't even change colour if I use self tan.
My grey hair and vitiligo has just gone haywire this last 3 years in particular. I can't turn back the clock BUT I will be very interested to see ALL of my blood tests when I find the emotional strength to request them and all that it involves as Iv'e said many times my GP relationship is very very fragile for me.
I believe mine must have been a vitamin deficiency or major emotional stress and turmoil or a combination.
You mention self tan not covering yours. I haven't tried but strangely when at a ECG hospital appointment the nurse noticed mine and commented. She under active thyroid and has it and said hers is chronic. I asked her where as I couldn't see it on her bare arms. She said no you won't as virtually all her pigment has gone all over! She uses self tan so maybe when more advanced one can use self tan for colour. My one arm is virtually white but the other not.???
I was a little or very sensitive as I innocently asked her how she copes with all that goes with UAT and she looked me and said well I have no choice I HAVE to work full time. I felt like a layabout
I wouldn't worry about what she said everyone is different at different times for different reasons, I got my vertiligo when I was feeling very well.
When I returned to this country my Eltroxin was reduced because of the UK range .... following that I have had 13 years of constant extreme stress not to mention working 12 days out of 14 for eight years .. and my health has gone down hill drastically .. did all this contribute to how ill I fell now ? I dont know.
I would have never thought I could feel as ill as I have especially the last two years and until you get to this point you don't realise just how debilitating it can be .. but I do know there is no way I could have worked 12 days out of 14 feeling like this and I also HAD to work as I am not entitled to any benefits, sick pay , job seekers etc; ....
I am presently waiting for a short synathacin ( dont know how its spelt .and they only do them on a Tuesday and have a waiting list ) test to go with the six tests I had a month ago and then I go back to the Endo in July for the results.
Hopefully the tests will reveal something and he can treat me accordingly.
Yep I'm hopefull 
I'm hoping he knows what he's doing.
Just wondering after reading your comment. I also lived abroad until 2003 when I came home from South Africa. Perhaps then there is a link with Vit D deficiency (The sunshine vitamin) I must say I recall only one patch on my shin before coming home to the UK.
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