doyle11
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I'll give a background of what's happening. Absolutely no hairloss in my extended family, all norwood 1s for my brothers, father and other members. Here's a picture of me pre-hairloss
Hairloss for me started in my teens with a red, tight scalp covered in spots it progressed to a point by my early 20s where I was a norwood 5 and had a bic'd head. Unfortunately I never kept any photos as I avoided them like the plague. I tried Nizoral (which was very effective at reducing the redness/ scalp pain), minoxidil and finasteride and even dutas. None of them did anything for my hairloss.
Over the years my hairloss seemed to fluctuate with times I could grow it to a couple of inches and others where it just looked like white fluff and needed to be shaved to the bone.
In the past couple of months I've had somewhat of a breakthrough. I tried quitting caffienated drinks to see if my hairloss would improve and lo and behold it did. What I didn't realise was that it was nothing to do with the caffiene in my tea/coffee and actually that I was quite severely allergic to Cow milk proteins and Peanuts as demonstrated in this picture here.
Since quitting cow's milk and peanuts a few weeks ago my hair is much better. Not just on my head but I've noticed that all over my body my hair is getting thicker and darker (Not forgetting the other symptoms like chest pain, extreme bloating, shortness of breath and Tachycardia). I have also been referred to an Allergist as at risk of anaphalaxis
These are photos of my hair in November/ December of last year. You can notice that my facial hair is quite light and weak and you may notice my face is a bit more bloated.
Here's a photo of my crown a few months ago and now. Still quite weak but a little improvement imo.
And a photo of my hair today
I know this probably doesn't apply to a lot of people here, however for me my hair feels a hundred times better and I feel a million times better since quitting dairy My scalp is less red and sore, the bloating has improved, I feel fit and healthy for the first time in 10 years. If you have global hairloss and other gastro symptoms it may be a possiblity that it is being exacerbated by a food allergy.
I can accept that my hair likely won't return to how it was when I was young but I'm delighted with seeing such an improvement and will continue to document how things improve for me.
I'll give a background of what's happening. Absolutely no hairloss in my extended family, all norwood 1s for my brothers, father and other members. Here's a picture of me pre-hairloss
Hairloss for me started in my teens with a red, tight scalp covered in spots it progressed to a point by my early 20s where I was a norwood 5 and had a bic'd head. Unfortunately I never kept any photos as I avoided them like the plague. I tried Nizoral (which was very effective at reducing the redness/ scalp pain), minoxidil and finasteride and even dutas. None of them did anything for my hairloss.
Over the years my hairloss seemed to fluctuate with times I could grow it to a couple of inches and others where it just looked like white fluff and needed to be shaved to the bone.
In the past couple of months I've had somewhat of a breakthrough. I tried quitting caffienated drinks to see if my hairloss would improve and lo and behold it did. What I didn't realise was that it was nothing to do with the caffiene in my tea/coffee and actually that I was quite severely allergic to Cow milk proteins and Peanuts as demonstrated in this picture here.
Since quitting cow's milk and peanuts a few weeks ago my hair is much better. Not just on my head but I've noticed that all over my body my hair is getting thicker and darker (Not forgetting the other symptoms like chest pain, extreme bloating, shortness of breath and Tachycardia). I have also been referred to an Allergist as at risk of anaphalaxis
These are photos of my hair in November/ December of last year. You can notice that my facial hair is quite light and weak and you may notice my face is a bit more bloated.
Here's a photo of my crown a few months ago and now. Still quite weak but a little improvement imo.
And a photo of my hair today
I know this probably doesn't apply to a lot of people here, however for me my hair feels a hundred times better and I feel a million times better since quitting dairy My scalp is less red and sore, the bloating has improved, I feel fit and healthy for the first time in 10 years. If you have global hairloss and other gastro symptoms it may be a possiblity that it is being exacerbated by a food allergy.
I can accept that my hair likely won't return to how it was when I was young but I'm delighted with seeing such an improvement and will continue to document how things improve for me.
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I'd take the guy in the last pic over the one in the first pic but I'm a guy so don't know how much my opinion matters to you lol
