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Women's Health | Last Active: Feb 25 1:18pm | Replies (17)

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@celia16

I think everyone is different. I see plenty of people over 50 with very thick hair. My dermatologist says it’s mainly genetics. Your mother’s hair condition often predicts what you will have as you age.

Of course, vitamin deficiencies can cause shedding (I did have vitamin B12 deficiency in April of 2023). I got shots and got it back up, but maybe, that contributed to mine. Idk. But, the rapid weight loss came right after that too. Plus, post covid syndrome. I got that in Sept 2023. Within days I saw huge hair loss. You can find photos of hair loss from covid online. There are other causes too like hormonal and autoimmune related. Sometimes, no cause can be determined.

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Right now my 82 year old mother has more hair than I do because I’m in the shedding stage of this dreadful telogen cycle. This wasn’t genetic from her. It came after my MS diagnosis.
My dermatologist put me on iron, vitamin c and zinc but then my dr. told me to stop.
Didn’t know about the Covid thing and I’ve had it twice. Interesting.
All of my friends still have their hair at 62. It’s very difficult to be a woman without hair.