The other day I was in my bathroom running a brush through my hair as usual. When I finished, though, I noticed something different. Hair. A lot of it. And not attached to my head. Long wavy hair stuck in the brush... much more than usual. And hairs all over my sweater around the shoulders. I ran my fingers through my hair and got even more. In fact, an alarming amount. It made me feel a bit uneasy.
It happened again this morning. Lots of loose hairs in the brush, on me, and on my hands when I ran them through. Standing there looking in the trash can and seeing SO MUCH of it made me feel a little sick inside. But I had a feeling it was coming. It's happened before... twice. Both times when I lost about 40 pounds.
I wrote about it back in 2010 in this post: Losing Weight & Hair Loss. I had done some research and found out that is was fairly normal and explainable to shed lots of hair after a significant weight loss, and that it is really just an interruption in the hair growth cycle due to any "shock" to the system. It grows back. It'll be fine. I suspected it would happen again so I've been taking Biotin for months to try and prevent it. But no luck, apparently. It's definitely coming out, and what's left is noticeably thinner.
It happened in 2008, the first time I lost over 40 pounds. It happened again in 2010 while I was on Medifast after I had dropped 40 or 50 pounds. Right now, I am just under the 40-pounds-lost mark so I've been just waiting and wondering and also hoping that perhaps the Biotin and healthy fats might stave it off. But no. And honestly it IS emotional, just as it was before. I really *hate* seeing the thinning hair in the mirror and the lost hair in the trash can. It makes me feel old, and ugly, and sad. But I also hate being morbidly obese, so losing the weight was really my only option. And if hair loss goes along with that, so be it. I just have to hang on to the belief that since it grew back before, it will grow back again... and maybe faster this time, since I've already started the Biotin which promotes hair growth. I'll increase my dose of fish oil, too, and hopefully by spring or summer everything will be back to normal... including my weight.
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