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<blockquote data-quote="Larissima" data-source="post: 969661" data-attributes="member: 160311"><p>I had some experience with hair loss due to low, yet within normal ranges, ferritin. The range starts at 11, IIRC, and mine was 15 when I finally got a blood test - the GP explained that it should be around 60-80 for supporting normal hair growth. I got prescribed some iron supplements, and within a month or two the abnormal hair shedding stopped and new hair started growing.</p><p></p><p>That was about 7 years ago and unfortunately the same thing started happening this September. This time I knew to ask for a blood test a.s.a.p., and my ferritin was even lower than last time - 12. I'm back on the iron pills, it's been a few weeks but the hair is still shedding (and at hip length those clumps are scary!). I'm hoping that the hair loss will reverse soon. </p><p></p><p>My advice is to talk to your GP and see what your blood test uncovers - it could be any one of the things mentioned above, and all of them are reversible. Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Larissima, post: 969661, member: 160311"] I had some experience with hair loss due to low, yet within normal ranges, ferritin. The range starts at 11, IIRC, and mine was 15 when I finally got a blood test - the GP explained that it should be around 60-80 for supporting normal hair growth. I got prescribed some iron supplements, and within a month or two the abnormal hair shedding stopped and new hair started growing. That was about 7 years ago and unfortunately the same thing started happening this September. This time I knew to ask for a blood test a.s.a.p., and my ferritin was even lower than last time - 12. I'm back on the iron pills, it's been a few weeks but the hair is still shedding (and at hip length those clumps are scary!). I'm hoping that the hair loss will reverse soon. My advice is to talk to your GP and see what your blood test uncovers - it could be any one of the things mentioned above, and all of them are reversible. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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