randibear
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i have lost handfulls of hair with lyme. the sink drain just where i brush my hair always has hair in it and the bathtub has to be cleaned periodically.
somebody recommended biotin for my hair and it has really helped. now i can see thicker and healthier hair and it doesn't fall out as much.
anything else i can do for hair loss?
-------------------- do not look back when the only course is forward Posts: 12262 | From texas | Registered: Mar 2007
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A couple of supplements really helped me with that. I use Viviscal and BioSil. The quality of my hair is much improved and I have lots of regrowth. It took time for results, but now I actually get compliments on my hair. I lost tons when I first got sick.
I still lose more than what's normal periodically bc I'm not well yet, but I think the supps help to off set it some.
My nails are also excellent after taking these supps. Very hard and they grow super fast.
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linky123
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Biotin and Nioxin shampoo helped me.
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It can, but actually there are a ton of factors that can cause it when ill with Lyme & co, etc. Eveything from fluctuations in thyroid/ adrenal function to nutrient deficiencies.
But, in any case, those supps helped me a lot. .The results are very noticeable to my hairdresser; also, people that haven't seen me in a while are like "wow, look at your hair, I love it!!" It's pretty long now too.
Makes me happy bc it was much thinner for quite a while.
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Lymeorsomething
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Always make sure your ferritin is in the sweet zone too...70-90ish...but not much lower...
Hair will be hard pressed to grow if your iron stores are low.
-------------------- "Whatever can go wrong will go wrong." Posts: 2062 | From CT | Registered: Jul 2008
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Randi .. about a year or so ago I was losing hair and I bought a dandruff shampoo .. problem solved. I had no flakiness of scalp like with dandruff, but I felt the hair loss and itching was yeast related.
Since fungus and yeast are basically the same thing, I decided to try the dandruff shampoo.
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