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Re: [ThyroidDisease] Hair loss

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH :)

--- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, Janaina Viggiano
<janaina@v...> wrote:
> Yeah, it gets back to normal - and I am on synthetics like
Synthroid,
> not Armour. My hair now is as thick and oily as before hypo, there
is so
> much hair I keep ruining my elastic bands after a couple weeks
because
> the hair is too heavy. When I first got treatment after 5 years of
> symptoms there was barely anything there. I had to keep it
> short-but-not-too-short in a ear-length bob and use all sorts of
hair
> thickening products to get it to look decent. Now I put pomade on
it to
> get it to be less bushy.
>
>
>
> Jan
>
> jcp_nyc wrote:
>
> >Thanks Jan.
> >So after 4 months your hair did start to grow back and stop
falling
> >out?? All my other symptoms have gone away... it's been 2 months
+ 2
> >weeks on the meds and normal TSH...i am just still losing hair and
> >scared! :(
> >
> >--- In ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com, "Janaina Viggiano"
> ><janaina@v...> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>For me, it takes around 4 months of no other symptoms for the
hair
> >>
> >>
> >to
> >
> >
> >>come back.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Jan
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: jcp_nyc [mailto:jcp_nyc@y...]
> >>Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 6:57 PM
> >>To: ThyroidDisease2@yahoogroups.com
> >>Subject: [ThyroidDisease] Hair loss
> >>
> >>
> >>Hi.. I am new to the site and to thyroid disease. Finally been
> >>diagnosed w/ Hypo.... been on meds for 1 1/2 mo...and normal
TSH.
> >>Wanted to know if anyone has had to deal w/hair loss and if so,
how
> >>long did it take for your hair to stop falling out/grow back?
> >>
> >>Thanks..
> >>Jen
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Thu Jul 1, 2004 9:52 pm

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Hi.. I am new to the site and to thyroid disease. Finally been diagnosed w/ Hypo.... been on meds for 1 1/2 mo...and normal TSH. Wanted to know if anyone has...
jcp_nyc
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Jun 7, 2004
9:58 pm

Hi, Jen, I'm Sue, I was also diagnosed with hypo and had hair loss as a presenting symptom. I am on a very small dosage of Synthroid, and after three months I...
pursuetruth2001
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Jun 8, 2004
6:44 pm

1 1/2 months is not a long time for meds - usually takes up to four months before they have any effect. I did read at about.com that Synthroid was known to...
lil2du
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Jun 9, 2004
3:31 pm

Hi, What is hypoadrenal and low DHEA? Dee lil2du <lil2du@...> wrote: 1 1/2 months is not a long time for meds - usually takes up to four months before...
dee
womanly20032003
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Jun 11, 2004
5:45 am

The diagnosis comes from after I completed an adrenal test. This test measures the level of cortisol and DHEA (a hormone) that your body produces. In my case,...
lil2du
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Jun 11, 2004
1:34 pm

For me, it takes around 4 months of no other symptoms for the hair to come back. Jan ... From: jcp_nyc [mailto:jcp_nyc@...] Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004...
Janaina Viggiano
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Jun 17, 2004
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Thanks Jan. So after 4 months your hair did start to grow back and stop falling out?? All my other symptoms have gone away... it's been 2 months + 2 weeks on...
jcp_nyc
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Jun 29, 2004
2:55 pm

Yeah, it gets back to normal - and I am on synthetics like Synthroid, not Armour. My hair now is as thick and oily as before hypo, there is so much hair I keep...
Janaina Viggiano
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Jul 1, 2004
8:41 pm

THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH :) ... Synthroid, ... is so ... because ... hair ... it to ... falling ... + 2 ... hair ... TSH. ... how...
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Jul 1, 2004
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