Thinning Hair and Hair Loss Secrets » thyroid deficiency http://www.thinninghairsecrets.com Solutions to Thinning Hair and Hair Loss Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:52:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Thinning Of Hair http://www.thinninghairsecrets.com/thinning-of-hair/ http://www.thinninghairsecrets.com/thinning-of-hair/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:30:07 +0000 ths-admin http://www.thinninghairsecrets.com/?p=130 Thinning and Loss Of Hair While thinning of the hair is to be expected during cancer treatment as was my wife’s case, if you think your hair is thinning, not to the extent of bald patches appearing, it is important that you check that this is actually happening and not just normal shedding. It is normal to lose 50–100 hairs a day – which can be quite daunting when seen collectively on the comb or brush. It’s unusual, but sometimes when your down or depressed, the thinning of the hair can be in the mind, as a symptom of depression, just because of seeing more hairs than expected or normally paid attention to! Thinning of hair all over the scalp (rather than patchy baldness) can be due to various causes. In the case of mental or physical stress, it often occurs 2–3 months after the event. This is because at the time of the stress many follicles enter telogen (the resting phase) prematurely, and are then shed together at the end of telogen a few months later. In this situation, the hair loss usually recovers completely. Again, my wife was on anticancer drugs, blood thinning drugs (warfarin) and just a bit depressed with the whole experience – no surprise that her hair remains thin and now the doctor is treating her with shampoo at the moment to relieve possible eczema or psoriasis – and he hasn’t ruled out that her thyroid has been affected at some point in the treatment [...]

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