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Can Gluten Free Help Hair Loss?

danikali

By danikali
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Wow! First I want to say I don't think I have posted here for like 4 or 5 months?! Crazy considering I used to live on here, all day long every single day of my life before and right after being diagnosed? Anyone remember me? hahah

Anyway, I have a question for my fiance. He has been loosing his hair this past year.....not bald, but you can def. see a difference in it. Anyway, he also has had, and for a while might I had, much of the celiac symptoms. But of course he won't get tested for ANYTHING unless he is dying, so I convinced him to try gluten free for at least 2 months. So to my surprise, he actually IS doing it! Anyway, he's always had the 'D' problems, and always has some kind of weird rash on his, uhem.....backside, hahaha.......and many muscle pains throughout his whole body, the list goes on. Been to doctors, but they never say anything. He used to think he was lactose, but we all know how that goes.......anyway, I was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of going gluten free and it reversing hair loss.?

It's been 2 weeks and his hair iiisss looking a lot better, but he also is taking vitamans now and using conditioner because I told him dry hair breaks easily and he was only using shampoo. Anyway, if you have any thought, I'd like to know!

Good to be back to my celiac family, too!

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Hi Dani :)

Of course I remember you! Welcome back :)

I know that if a person isn't absorbing nutrients, it's possible it could affect his hair. I lost quite a bit of hair when I was anemic.

I think the vitamins are a good idea for him--and it's great that he's on the diet! Let us know how he does :)

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Wow! First I want to say I don't think I have posted here for like 4 or 5 months?! Crazy considering I used to live on here, all day long every single day of my life before and right after being diagnosed? Anyone remember me? hahah

Anyway, I have a question for my fiance. He has been loosing his hair this past year.....not bald, but you can def. see a difference in it. Anyway, he also has had, and for a while might I had, much of the celiac symptoms. But of course he won't get tested for ANYTHING unless he is dying, so I convinced him to try gluten free for at least 2 months. So to my surprise, he actually IS doing it! Anyway, he's always had the 'D' problems, and always has some kind of weird rash on his, uhem.....backside, hahaha.......and many muscle pains throughout his whole body, the list goes on. Been to doctors, but they never say anything. He used to think he was lactose, but we all know how that goes.......anyway, I was just wondering if anyone has ever heard of going gluten free and it reversing hair loss.?

It's been 2 weeks and his hair iiisss looking a lot better, but he also is taking vitamans now and using conditioner because I told him dry hair breaks easily and he was only using shampoo. Anyway, if you have any thought, I'd like to know!

Good to be back to my celiac family, too!

It has reversed it for me. The bad news is that whenever I get glutened again that the hair loss returns for a couple weeks then stops again. I had to also check my shampoos and conditioners and such but it has helped. I take a strong vitamin specifically for hair and skin, gluten-free of course. If his loss is from gluten it will probablly grow back but it does take a long time. If his hair loss comes from male pattern baldness though I don't think it will make a difference.

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Wow! I'm so happy you guys remember me! And Matilda, yes, you're right about how I got diagnosed! You've got a good memory!

Anyway, his hair is looking A LOT better. But I was just thinking, and this is the reason that he is try to change bad habits (just eating healthier for one)........my theory is that we all have a specific gene for 'bad' things. For example, some people have the gene for obesity, some for celiac disease (yeay! ha), and some for hair loss.....etc. etc. Well, I think it ALL comes down to what we put in our bodies, and nutrients and everything. The person who is obese wouldn't be AS big if they ate right, even though their cousin, or even parent, doesn't have to watch it at all and they are rail thin (I've seen this), and people with Celiac Disease can't eat gluten, (and from what I've learned, need to eat completely healthier ALL AROUND, not to be sick), and for someone with the hair loss gene, well, they wouldn't be completely bald if they ate the right, healthy foods......it might not be as thick as the pantene pro-V models, but it would not dissappear. I don't know, that's my theory. I've been so into health ever since this whole thing happened. (2 and 1/2 years ago exactly-probably longer, but more serious in the past couple years). I watch Discovery Health any chance I get, I read any health article I can get my hand on, I was even thinking about going to get my doctorate in Naturopathic medicine......anyway, thanks for your replies.

Oh, since I brought up Discovery Health chanel, I wanted to bring this up. Probably wrong thread, but oh well. There was this little girl who had 'something' wrong with her. She couldn't gain weight and grow no matter what the doctors tried to figure out. (they still don't know til this day, or at least the end of the program). Well, they didn't bring up any testing for celiac disease, but that's besides the point right now. You'll NEVER GUESS WHAT THEY WERE HAVING THIS GIRL EAT TO GAIN WEIGHT!!!!! Go ahead, guess!

100% JUNK FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! FRENCH FRIES, CANDY, CAKE, HAMBURGERS, CHIPS, ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING PROCESSED, HIGH CALORIC AND UNNNNNNNHEALTHY! Can you believe this?!?!!? I was practically crying for this girl while I was on the couch.....my fiance was like, what is wrong with you?! I was like THEY ARE SO STUPID!!!! Okay, I'm not going to assume she had celiac disease, but COME ON! If you want to give the girl high calorie foods, AT LEAST GIVE HER HEALTHY ONES!!!!! Here is this little unhealthy, not growing, body not working right, girl............and they are shoving chemicals and man made junk in her mouth!!!!!! Actually, I was crying!!!!!!!! I could cry now! This is what really made me think seriously about getting my Phd. in Alternative medicine. How could things like this happen!?!?!

Okay, way of subject, I could go on forever, but isn't that just the most insane thing you ever heard?!?!!?!!?!?!!?

I'll be back soon to chat with you guys! I miss my Celiac home!!!!! You guys really are like family to me. It's sounds weird, but it's true. You are like my sisters and brothers (okay, mostly sisters) on here. More like my twins! (Or whatever insane number we would all be! haha)

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