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<blockquote data-quote="TeddyTottie" data-source="post: 2407729" data-attributes="member: 519030"><p>I lost a lot of hair after diagnosis - maybe as much as half the volume with particular emphasis on the front of my scalp. Unfortunately it shows no sign of returning although the hair loss did reduce to normal rates after about 6 months.</p><p></p><p>I had blood tests for nutritional deficiencies and was disgustingly healthy on that front. So I suspect one or two things - I lost so much weight so quickly my body may have panicked and decided that maintaining hair was a non-essential. But in that case I would have expected to see regrow now and I do not. My new theory is that the massive dietary changes I made for diabetes upset my hormone balance and my hair loss is menopause-related, in which case it will not be coming back.</p><p></p><p>I don’t want to depress you but I see you are in your fifties so this could be the case for you, related or unrelated to diabetes.</p><p></p><p>Probably best to talk to a doctor and get some blood tests, and make sure they include hormonal tests as well as dietary deficiency testing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeddyTottie, post: 2407729, member: 519030"] I lost a lot of hair after diagnosis - maybe as much as half the volume with particular emphasis on the front of my scalp. Unfortunately it shows no sign of returning although the hair loss did reduce to normal rates after about 6 months. I had blood tests for nutritional deficiencies and was disgustingly healthy on that front. So I suspect one or two things - I lost so much weight so quickly my body may have panicked and decided that maintaining hair was a non-essential. But in that case I would have expected to see regrow now and I do not. My new theory is that the massive dietary changes I made for diabetes upset my hormone balance and my hair loss is menopause-related, in which case it will not be coming back. I don’t want to depress you but I see you are in your fifties so this could be the case for you, related or unrelated to diabetes. Probably best to talk to a doctor and get some blood tests, and make sure they include hormonal tests as well as dietary deficiency testing. [/QUOTE]
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