Hi everyone,

I am one of the many people low carbing who has experienced hair loss. I read of many people who had hair loss that eventually stopped with time. I am wondering if there are any other low carbers like me whose hairloss didn't stop after a few months. Mine has been going on for about a year now.

I'm not trying to scare anyone. Just looking for others with a similar experience. Please no replies with the usual "it will stop eventually" or "it happens with every diet" type of thing. Thanks.

Hi there LowCarbRac, welcome to the forum!

I wonder - have you been taking any supplements?

If you have not already seen the information here from the Low Carb Luxury site, perhaps the listed supplements may help you.

Best wishes.

Rosebud

Maybe it's not just L/Cing going on. It may be time to go to the doctor for some blood work, hormone levels, adrenals, thryoid, estrogen, progesterone, testerone, etc. Something else may be contributing to your loss.

You may want to check out hair loss talk, http://www.hairlosstalk.com/ They have a research section that may be of help, also what tests to ask for...and of course, a discussion forum.

Good luck.

My hair was falling out so much earlier this year that I went off Atkins completely. Everyone says to take the vitamins, get tests, yadda, yadda, yadda, but my hair wasn't falling out before or after Atkins.

This time around, I have no hair loss. Don't know why, but I don't care since I'm not going freakin' bald again. (It wasn't actually that bad, but I was getting pretty worried.)

Maybe you could try switching to a less-restrictive plan for a while and see if it stops, and then return to the program you're on.

chelles,

after a year, i can see why you'd quit atkins. Then your hair began to regrow? Good for you.

I may add a few more carbs, but my body was so carb-addicted, I'm not purprised my body reacted and, I had hormonal problems (HRT) causing hair loss from last year. I had just gotten my head to stop shedding for a month or so, when the reaction to atkins kicked in and I started a new shed, more of a diffuse shed than female pattern baldness from earlier.

I am on Prometrium now to try to balance out my hormones, and with a few more carbs, I have hopes of regrowth; at the very least, no more shedding.

What did you mean, "this time around, I have no hair loss?" are you off Atkins or what?