Firstly, I know a lot of people actually lose hair during their weight loss. Shock to the body. Hormonal changes. Etc.
I was 325 or so pounds and caught covid, after years of undiagnosed chronic illness that turned out to be an autoimmune disease. I’m sure it was a mix of everything together, but I almost died from covid. Was in a hotel room that I constantly Freudian slip say “hospital room” because I was in a severe medical state, but it was right at the onset outside of Manhattan and the hospitals were collapsing. I was hypoxic at one point with a CO2 of 91, but they still wouldn’t take you unless you were LITERALLY about to die. I had about 70% lung involvement from severe pneumonia and my wonderful doctor FaceTimed me every single day to see where I was at while shoving everything at me: inhaler, antibiotics, cough suppressant, eventually pain killers. The pain killers helped me sleep for about three days straight and I woke up ALIVE and able to breathe again. Two weeks. 103°+ fevers. Literally barely able to breathe at points. Twenty pounds lost. It was a crazy ride, but I lived.
Anyways, I was one of those people who started losing their hair afterwards. Called Telogen effluvium. Eventually my hair started growing back, but then I went through a second stress and a second shed—now my body loves to drop my hair during stress—and it never fully came back upon the second.
I do have some female pattern baldness in my family. Women with super thin hair as they age. But I don’t think they were THIS thin in their 30s. I’m 33.
I started very seriously working towards my weight loss and fitness goals about a month ago. I already lost about 5lbs. It’s been a month since I weighed and I’m waiting for another week and a half. I’m hoping I have gotten under 300.
I’m hoping that by losing weight and being healthy, my hair will rejuvenate itself. Maybe a dream on a prayer or wish or whatever they say. But has anyone reversed hair thinning by getting healthier?
I feel like I’m shedding a bit more again. It’s unnerving but I have to try and not pay attention to it. Hair after Telogen effluvium is like fish: if I even look at it wrong it will die (fall out). So I’m trying to stay positive and am just hoping this is a momentary issue that will clear up when my body has adjusted to my new calories. 2lbs per week loss. I also started a new job that was a little stressful. Either way, anyone??
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