vegans and hair loss

[winterforever]

there have been a lot of posts on the subject of possible hairloss and i'm also suffering from this. however, my case is probably because i recently became vegan, and after doing some research online, i found that your diet reflects on your hair growth. since i've cut a lot of things out of my diet, my hair has been coming out a lot in the shower

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[hangar]

When your body goes through a sudden drop in protein, it reacts by conserving everything it can - including from your hair. Nuts + multivitamin + time are your friends.

I was vegan for 3 years (had to begin eating fish for health reasons) and nuts + multivitamins are what I swore by.

[tinycreepshow]

This won't help much, but:

I'm a strict vegetarian, and I have ridiculous amounts of hair loss lately, too. It may be lack of protein in your diet. Try to incorporate more green leafy veggies into your diet, and peanut butter, if you like it. Also, a multivitamin couldn't hurt.

[baloneybubbolio]

I eat about 3 tablespoons of peanut butter a day, and had the same major hair loss issues during the first year I became vegetarian. I used to only eat peanut butter a few times a week. I eat it daily after I thought about trying it, and have quit losing hair excessively :) My hair's naturally always grown very fast (like an inch or more a month), but it did thin out a lot when I first became vegetarian when I was 15/16

[lascivous]

Iron, B12, or Protein could be the culprits.

[inkstainedlips]

When more hair then I liked started falling out earlier this year I took Biotin and it helped loads.

[h0rsegurrrl]

When I was a "vegetarian" (I use the term loosely, because in my case it was an excuse to be anorexic), my hair fell out like crazy. I doubt if it'll ever be the same. It used to be so thick with perfect gorgeous soft curls, now the curls look shitty, it's thinner, and it falls out if you so much as breathe on it. It's shinier and less dull now than when I was anorexic, but it's only slightly better. The only thing that helped it of course, in my case, was not being anorexic anymore, but it's never made a full recovery and that was years ago.

The only good thing that came out of it is, I take way better care of my hair now than back when I took it for granted, so it's much healthier now; I don't put product in it or get split ends or anything like that.