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Increased Hair Growth

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symphonyofdreams547 Rookie
symphonyofdreams547
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I wonder if any of you have experienced and increase in hair growth or thickness since going gluten free.   I just started going 100 percent gluten-free and hoping my hair thickens.

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mamaw Community Regular
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I wish!

symphonyofdreams547 Rookie
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I've read reports on people growing thicker hair, but i guess it depends on what is causing it 

nvsmom Community Regular
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Mine thickened up a bit when I went gluten-free but my hypothyroidism balanced it out again fairly quickly.  LOL

symphonyofdreams547 Rookie
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I wish!

 

 

Mine thickened up a bit when I went gluten-free but my hypothyroidism balanced it out again fairly quickly.  LOL

have you figured out why you're hypo?   food allergy related?   if not, why not use T3?  

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in addition to celiac disease I am now in menopause, so everything is totally out of whack.  currently my hair growth is not that great,.... it's even less on legs and under arms.  The hair on my head had been getting healthier - stronger, but due to a current relapse of symptoms it has become weak and unhealthy again as well.

mamaw Community Regular
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I had really thick long hair until my thyroid went & I had to have RAI to ablate the thyroid storm.. I'm now on whole glandular med but hair never grew back...I Wish!!!!!

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Just outta curiosity I just checked my bald patch located center top backside of my noggen.  Low and behold it's filling back in!  It's 1/2 the size that it was 6 months ago with noticeable regrowth in the remaining visible thinned out area.  So far going gluten-free has resulted in too many positives for sure.  Crazy how much relative damage was done.  Be well.

mamaw Community Regular
mamaw
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DJ. that is wonderful for you.

across Contributor
across
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My eyebrows filled back in and I noticed a big difference in my body hair. I think the hair on my head has also increased in quantity (I had lost quite a bit over the years, but fortunately, I had a lot to start with).

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have you figured out why you're hypo?   food allergy related?   if not, why not use T3?  

It appears to be hashi's.  I don't appear to have any food allergies, just celiac disease and lactose intolerance.

 

When I started taking natural desiccated thyroid (T3 and T4 combo) it caused massive hair loss - this was about 9 months after going gluten-free, and after my hair had thickened up a bit.  My hair recovered some after my body got used to it, but every time my body goes through something like that, it never seems to get back to its previous level. My hair is noticeably thinner than it was in my 30's or 20's.

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