Hair loss Advice required please

[Wired123]

Any advice for hair loss. Thyroid tests all ok TSH below 1, T3 and T4 quite high.

Vit D, B12 and Ferritin all in the right area - mid to high. Zinc, chromium, magnesium also all good.

Anything else worth exploring?

[Serendipitious]

Can you post your results with reference ranges. What thyroid medication are you taking? How long did you leave between your last dose and blood draw? Somebody can then comment.

[Reed2]

Hello what about hair texture do u notes any changes like coarse or straw

[Wired123 in reply to Reed2]

It’s thinner, dryer and more knotty. But losing hundreds of strands daily.

[Wired123 in reply to Wired123]

Ongoing for 6 months and not stopping

[1Artist1]

I am having the same problem and would find any advice helpful

[Wired123 in reply to 1Artist1]

Have you tried anything so far?

[1Artist1 in reply to Wired123]

Only biotin shampoo and have just started vitamins in the hope that might help

[Wired123]

Thanks for the replies. It’s definitely not thyroid or iron related. Hence I’m asking if anyone has other suggestions. Those things have already been explored. Appreciate this is a thyroid forum but there could be secondary reasons, possibly related to thyroid, but not directly attributed to thyroid hormones.

Are there any other tests anyone can suggest?

[Wired123]

Is there a hair loss site you can recommend and I can also see if any good advice there?

[Wired123 in reply to Wired123]

Thanks in advance

[Serendipitious]

What’s your digestion like? You need good levels of protein but you need to be digesting it properly too.

Just checked your last post. You’ve got positive thyroid antibodies which means you have Hashimoto’s. Your FT4 is over range.

Your Ferritin at 46 is too low. It needs to be around 50 to stop hair loss and between 70-90 to grow new hair. Moreover you need a Ferritin of 90-110 for your thyroid to work properly. This last statement is according to Dr Izabella Wentz.

[Serendipitious]

Yes I’ve been eating chicken liver regularly as a means to improve Ferritin levels And it has helped. By the way this response didn’t go to the original author.

Spatone did nothing for me. Too low a dose for me. I’m taking Thorne Ferrasorb.

[Serendipitious]

No worries I’m sure the original author will see all this if they want to

[Thenightowl]

Yes I think my chronic low ferritin might be causing my hair loss, raising it now at long last. Fingers crossed I'll have a luscious long mane one day!

Probably not though, just a bit less falling out would be lovely.

[Wired123]

Hi thanks for all the replies. As I said Ferritin is not relevant here as I have alpha thallasaemia. What this means is that my ferritin will never go that high, hence a red herring,

Any other ideas?

[Wired123]

I think it’s worth pointing out that whilst there’s a reference range not everyone can get their iron that high even if they are supplementing.

It can be harmful to push more iron into the body when it’s not required.

[Serendipitious in reply to Wired123]

Reference ranges are made up of the general population which includes people who are sick and have too much iron. So yes the aim isn’t to reach for the highest level of iron or Ferritin.

Hope you’re able to find the root cause of your issues and resolve them. All the best.

[Serendipitious]

Gosh yes that’s very high. Hope you’re able to resolve this.

[Wired123]

Hoping someone can help with some ideas other than those discussed above.

[Redlester]

how frequently did you take the Spatone Lora7again? - I also have hair loss and ferritin measured 3 weeks ago was only 20 [up from 13]

[Redlester]

I had been thinking of trying it - I read something on the Restless Legs Forum where the advice was that if you take it at night [bedtime] there is less of a problem with competing with other stuff in the stomach from an absorption point of view and that if you take it every other night [as opposed to every night] it gets levels up quicker for some reason. I'm going to try the pate and hope my digestive system can cope with it - which form of spatone did you use Lora7again?

[Wired123 in reply to Redlester]

So if I’m reading this right, taking supplement every other day works better than every day? Is there any science to support this?

Agree on eating liver, it’s a superfood and not just for the iron. Also high in B12 and a few other essential vits.