Hair Loss???????

[Anya]

Anya-

I experienced hair loss after the MC. Similar to other posters here, hair loss began about 2 months after finishing a cleanse. I didn't keep track on a calendar but my best guess is that it went on for a couple of months before subsiding. My hair was visibly thinner but no bald patches or anything weird. My hair did fill in again and I would say it was a few months before looking back to normal again. At the time, I was actually attributing the hair loss to the use of Pantene products. So I did switch to a salon-quality, vegan shampoo when the hair loss was occuring. But looking back, it is probably more realistic to say that the cleanse might have caused this since others have reported this as well. Also should note, I did 2 MC's in less than 6 months...which maybe could have been timed too closely together and again, could be part of why the hair loss occurred for me.

I am actually starting a new MC tomorrow, but haven't done one in 9 months so hopefully no hair loss this time!

Thank you Mismar for your reply,

I sure hope my hair loss will soon sibside as well. In my case, i only did MC once (10 day in length) and hair loss occured so it is def. not because i did too many sessions of MC close together. I hope i won't have bald patches, it seems it getting very close to it though, too much hair is shedding too fast...freaky...

Good luck on your MC! I hope it goes well and no side affects like mine

Anya

[nightship538]

Thank you Mismar for your reply,

I sure hope my hair loss will soon sibside as well. In my case, i only did MC once (10 day in length) and hair loss occured so it is def. not because i did too many sessions of MC close together. I hope i won't have bald patches, it seems it getting very close to it though, too much hair is shedding too fast...freaky...

Good luck on your MC! I hope it goes well and no side affects like mine

Anya

Wow... I too am experiencing hair loss at a very rapid rate. I started the MC on memorial day of this year and lasted 21 days. In August my hair started to fall out in handfuls, and have lost over 50% of my hair in about a month... I felt so good on the MC and had many benefits including shiny lustrous hair. I am normally very healthy and don't think my hair loss is due to stress/thyroid or any other cause, and it is very interesting to see this same instance of hair loss in other MC users. I am going to the dermatologist in a couple of days and will mention the MC connection.

nightship538

[Raistlinlvr]

I havent actually done the Master Cleanse yet, but I know that if hair is falling out/thinning there is a shampoo/conditioner that I LIVE by (I am 25 and I dye my hair ummm every week or 2. my hair is very weak/fine) I know that it is typically recomended for cancer patients to re-grow their hair (and detox the hair!)

its called Nioxin. If you are interested, you can look it up online (its sold in beauty salons or online) they have different systems based on how thin your hair is, how much you are losing, and if you are chemically treating your hair.

I actually recently found a "generic" version which is half the price but seems to be just as good its called nutri-ox from naturelle. They sell it at Sally Beauty supplies stores (and on the website if you cant get to the store) here is a copy paste of one of the products (There are a lot more -systems- of it in the store then their are online btw):
"Nutri-Ox Basics Cleansing Shampoo uses potent nutrients and proteins to stimulate and nurture healthy hair growth. Compare to Nioxin System 1 Cleanser for Fine Hair and save. Perfect for use as a daily shampoo, Nutri-Ox cleanser creates an optimal scalp environment for fuller, healthier-looking hair. Formulated with a strong blend of nutrients, proteins and humectants, it gently removes product buildup, environmental pollutants and toxins like DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) from the hair and scalp."

I think its a really good idea to pair this (either the generic or the brand) shampoo up with the master cleanse! why not detox your hair while you detox your body! And, if you start getting dandruff or an oily scalp from the cleanse, this should do wonders to help unclog all that muck faster!

Im not trying to push products at all, but I really think this might help some people who are concerned with hair loss.

[Syn]

dear aimee and everyone else here:

I also had hair loss-- and-- I don't THINK it is a detox symptom (but stranger things have happened). I did a total of 85 Cleanse days in less than 1/2 a year-- and I think the most likely cause of my hair loss is-- lack of protein-- (which is NECESSARY TO MAKE HAIR!) but hair grows in cycles-- and CAN and will grow back. Also- there are many causes of hair loss-- like you say, mycroftxxx, stress is a biggie-- and anyone here who doesn't have stress-- congratulations--you must be doing something right!

Sophie (and others). I have been thinking about this alot. I have been doing some research on it. I agree with you, I think there is a good possiblity that hair loss accurring during stress or during a cleanse can be a result of those things.

Consider that what people do a cleans, they are stirring up all kinds of toxic chemials into thier blood stream, lymp system and other vessals of the body. The hair roots receive thier nurishment from this nourishing oxygen rich blood supply, if that supply becomes reduced through cholesterol blocks reducing the flow through this very small blood vessels or if the blood plasma has a toxic chemical in it, it could traumatise the root, perhaps shocking it from it's cycle or lessenning it's necesary nourishment for growth and health.

I have experienced hair loss from both stress and doing a cleanse.

Additionally, with the master cleanse, without vitamin mineral supplementation, there also will be less vitamins getting into the blood stream. This could further the impact of hair loss, perhaps even blurry vission, skin disorders.

[purplegreen]

I did the MC in July, and noticed shortly after that my hair felt thinner, but I didn't really think too much of it. Until December, when I was at the hair stylist, and she asked me if I had recently gone off of any type of drug since she could see that I had tiny new hairs growing in ALL over my head! They are now to the point where they are about 3 inches long and are standing up all over my head. I was actually gearing up to do another MC at the end of Feb or beginning of March, but now I'm afraid to do it. What if the longer hairs I still have decide to fall out, and all I have left is the baby fine hairs sticking up all over the place?! Being a woman, there is really no way this would look good. Everyone tells me that for hair to fall out this way, something about the cleanse must have been bad for my body, even though it made me feel so good. So I'm very nervous to take the chance and try again. Is there anyone out there who had this happen, and still had the guts to do it again? If so, how did it turn out?

[Res]

PG: It could be a number of things and yes, the cleanse can contribute to hair loss. Your age can have a bearing on it. If you have a thyroid issue that can cause hair to fall out. Not using a shower filter can cause it as well. Chemicals are a huge culprit as is a poor diet, i.e., junk food.

In between cleanses, make sure you're "nourishing" yourself. It couldn't hurt to take Biotin and consume protein.

[Jellyhashman]

in that case it looks like hormonal thing: when we loose weight our hormones go out of balance. I too started to have hair loss, and then began using the M.gardson's method,. it is now growing back.
I think i may be lacking essencial aminoacids which are not produced by our bodies, those being methionine and cystheine. Those 2 are the only ones who have sulphur in its molecule, which prevents hair disorders.

[Lahontani]

I have also had quite a lot of hair loss over the past cleanses...and I've done a lot of cleanses. I have also had new growth, after the cleanse.

Unlike some of the other posters, however, I did not feel like the new hair growth was RECOVERING from the cleanse.

I feel so good and healthy on the cleanse, and any cuts, etc. on my skin heal so quickly on the cleanse, that the last thing I think it is is malnourishment.

I was thinking that maybe, since the body was purging itself of toxins, it detected traces of toxins in my hair, and was letting go of some of the hair because of that.

The thing is that the new hair that's growing in all over my head is, like others posting here have said, BABY FINE. And...I have completed 2 other, longer, cleanses since this growth started and the baby fine short hair does NOT fall out, only the longer hair.

I don't know the answer to any of this, and the hair loss has worried me. I do notice that I lose more hair when I'm stressed than I do when I'm on the cleanse.

[Lahontani]

I was reading about hair loss on line and found this diagram on a "wig spa" website. I think it's useful and I feel relieved after seeing it, because it explains why there would be hair loss on the MC. If new hair growth detaches and pushes old hair out, then a healthy surge of new hair growth would have the immediate symptom of old hair loss, while the new hair would still be so short, it's sub-dermal. We wouldn't SEE the new hair until AFTER we ended the cleanse, even though the new hair would have started growing DURING (because of?) the cleanse. Hope this is what is actually going on.

Well, I can't seem to cut and paste the diagram, so here's the link:

http://www.parkerserenitywigspa.com/...Hair_Loss.html

[Jennifar]

Hey! I am also loosing hair so don"t worry you are not alone.