I asked my diet consultant if it was normal and she said some people experience a bit of hair loss but not to worry, it would grow back and I’d be thin. I carried on for a few weeks but my hair was falling out in handfuls, I called Sally-Ann to ask if there was anything I could do. She told me I was loosing weight too fast and to eat some food. The crash diet was causing my hair to shut down as if I was in starvation. The program only allowed 500 calories a day spread between 4 meal replacements and absolutely no food. I told the diet consultant my hair was falling out and wanted to stop but she told me to stay on the plan and introduce a small salad at lunchtime.
I lost 4 stone in 9 weeks. My hair had become so thin I booked an appointment with my Trichologist. As she combed my hair it fell on my shoulders and the floor. She said I had either developed diffuse Alopecia and my immune system was attacking my hair or my hair had just shut down from calorie malnutrition. She told me to stop the plan immediately and go back to eating food. I went back on the vitamins, minerals and female hair loss treatments I had been on years ago with the addition of oral Aloe Vera Gel, just in case my immune system needed help.Within a few weeks I had barely a few strands of hair left, I looked bald. I wore a hat permanently to cover my scalp. I ate healthy food, took my supplements and saw Sally-Ann every couple of weeks for electrotherapy. Two months later I saw the first signs of hair growth, I was so relieved, I thought I could be bald forever. My hair grew back quickly over the next few months, curly and even thicker than it was before. |
