{"id":13861,"date":"2016-11-29T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T16:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accessrx.com\/blog\/?p=13861"},"modified":"2018-12-01T14:48:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T14:48:20","slug":"hair-loss-thyroid-l1129","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/hair-growth\/hair-loss-thyroid-l1129\/","title":{"rendered":"Reversing Hair Loss In Those With Thyroid Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hair loss is common for people with a thyroid condition. Some people notice clumps of hair in their shower; others notice a change in the texture of their hair. It tends to feel weak and brittle. However, there are treatment options available.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Reversing Hair Loss<\/h3>\n

While the side effects of thyroid conditions like hyperthyroidism or hypothyroidism are noticeable and sometimes embarrassing, there are treatments that can reverse hair loss.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is that your doctor can prescribe thyroid hormone medication to help your hair grow back,\u201d Dr. Jennifer Landa, chief medical officer for BodyLogicMD tells Fox News<\/a>. \u201cThe first thing that you\u2019ll notice is a slowing of the hair loss, and then the hair will start to grow back, and ultimately it will grow thicker and stronger. \u00a0But this can take several months.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some Need Stronger Medication<\/h3>\n

If you have a thyroid condition and the prescribed medication doesn’t improve your hair loss, talk with your doctor again, Landa says. Some patients need what’s called a T3 test to check for a specific condition that requires specific medication to spark hair growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost medication that we get for thyroid is T4 (thyroxine), and most patients do very well on that,\u201d she said. \u201cBut there are many patients that would benefit from the addition of some T3 into their thyroid hormone regimen to help them grow back hair longer and stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alternative Options<\/h3>\n

If medications aren’t cutting it, there are alternative options to treat hair loss. According to Dr. Kenneth Blanchard<\/a>, evening primrose oil may help. One patient claims it was the answer she needed:<\/p>\n

“As someone who has had a few periods of extensive hair loss since I became hypothyroid, I can vouch for the fact that taking EPO was the only thing that calmed it down. It not only slowed, then stopped my hair loss over about two months, but new hair grew back, and my hair was no longer straw-like, dry and easily knotted.”<\/p>\n

To learn more about improving your health and wellness, visit the eDrugstore.com Health Tips page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hair loss is common for people with a thyroid condition. Some people notice clumps of hair in their shower; others notice a change in the texture of their hair. It tends to feel weak and brittle. However, there are treatment options available.   Reversing Hair Loss While the side effects of thyroid conditions like hyperthyroidism […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_autoblog_aioseo_focus_keyphrase":"","_autoblog_aioseo_title":"","_autoblog_aioseo_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hair-growth"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t