Hair loss

[Rayrae]

Does anyone know anything about hair loss in relation to the fine hair that covers your body rather than your actual head hair? I seem to have developed 2 circular bald patches from my forehead and now it’s started disappearing from my throat.

Is this related to the thyroid or is an auto immune thing?

I have sub clinical hypothyroidism and Hashimotos and take 25 micrograms of Levo daily.

Thanks 😊

[Clarrisa]

Hi, I wondered if you have had your vitamin D, folate, ferritin & B-12 levels checked recently. I read in a dated book that a folic-acid deficiency can lead to hair loss. This forum clearly recommends folate be tested for & replaced.

Are you on any new medications? I read hair loss generally occurs from prolonged use. You might ask your pharmacist as there is quite a list that can affect hair.

A stressful event, weight loss, especially crash dieting, heavy metal toxicity, malabsorption are some of many causes I see. My hair has been diffusely shedding so your post encouraged me to look it up. I also see iron deficiency, zinc deficiency as further possibilities.

Hopefully someone else will post & shed more light on this.

[Rayrae in reply to Clarrisa]

I had all of these tests yesterday. Just waiting for the results.

[Lora7]

I have lost hair from under my arms (patchy) and my eyebrows are thin, also hair loss in an intimate place. I can't see the fine hair on my body except for some sparse hairs on my forearms.

[Rayrae in reply to Lora7]

Yeah, same here. Outer part of my eyebrows is missing. And body hair is extremely fine or non-existent in places