http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/ Cosmetic chemists answer your beauty product questions! We are a group of cosmetic scientists who understand what the chemicals used in cosmetics really do, how products are tested, and what all the advertising means. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:42:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-58845 Carolyn McCollum Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:18:34 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/#comment-58845 I moved into a new house four years ago and my hair has gone from waist length to just below my shoulders. It's like straw, and it's not falling out - it's breaking off in a dramatic fashion. I swim in my pool everyday, but I've always done that. Could the ph in the water make my hair break off like this ? My daughter is 14 and her hair also used to be past her waist. Now it's above her bra strap. This is frightening ! And we don't know how to stop it . My thyroid is fine... so is hers. We us Free and Clear shampoo, neither of us have hair loss from the scalp. None of the doctors know what to do ! Please help ! I moved into a new house four years ago and my hair has gone from waist length to just below my shoulders. It’s like straw, and it’s not falling out – it’s breaking off in a dramatic fashion. I swim in my pool everyday, but I’ve always done that. Could the ph in the water make my hair break off like this ? My daughter is 14 and her hair also used to be past her waist. Now it’s above her bra strap. This is frightening ! And we don’t know how to stop it . My thyroid is fine… so is hers. We us Free and Clear shampoo, neither of us have hair loss from the scalp. None of the doctors know what to do ! Please help !

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-47260 Ashley Mon, 18 Jan 2010 19:34:33 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/#comment-47260 When I first started taking thyroid replacement for my hypothyroidism, about half of my hair fell out, and there was a lot of breakage. I cut it fairly short (it started out almost waist length, so short was just above the shoulders) so that the thinness wouldn't be so obvious. It grew back as soon as my thyroid leveled out, though it was a different texture than before. So getting the thyroid meds right is the first thing you can do, and mitigating the damage is all you can do til then. When I first started taking thyroid replacement for my hypothyroidism, about half of my hair fell out, and there was a lot of breakage. I cut it fairly short (it started out almost waist length, so short was just above the shoulders) so that the thinness wouldn’t be so obvious. It grew back as soon as my thyroid leveled out, though it was a different texture than before. So getting the thyroid meds right is the first thing you can do, and mitigating the damage is all you can do til then.

]]> http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/comment-page-1/#comment-28022 Jan74 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:36:55 +0000 http://thebeautybrains.com/2006/10/05/what-is-hashimotos-disease-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/#comment-28022 She needs better hormone replacement. I also have Hashimoto's and the thing is, once your thyroid hormone levels are in a good range, the hair and skin issues go away. The only symptom that doesn't seem to be completely resolved is the fatigue/sleepiness, which is still more than what it used to be, but everything else is pretty much normalized with proper treatment of the disease. She needs better hormone replacement. I also have Hashimoto’s and the thing is, once your thyroid hormone levels are in a good range, the hair and skin issues go away. The only symptom that doesn’t seem to be completely resolved is the fatigue/sleepiness, which is still more than what it used to be, but everything else is pretty much normalized with proper treatment of the disease.

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