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Post COVID hair loss: Will it grow back?
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My husband and I both had Covid in March 2021—two and one-half years ago. Against my better judgment, I had one shot of Moderna a couple of days beforehand and my husband was fully vaccinated at the time. He also has RA—he did not lose any hair but I did. My hair loss started shortly after Covid and lasted for several months. I took all the supplements recommended for hair growth—biotin, zinc, magnesium, saw palmetto, etc., used massage rollers, an led headband, pumpkin seed, rosemary and other essential oils, but It only began to turn around (and it’s still sparse) after I started taking iron pills (iron, hemoglobin and ferritin were very low). I recommend that you have your iron checked. Also, since Covid, I’ve been experiencing shortness of breath. I repeat, two and one-half years ago. So, in spite of what the doctor said (that it will take about a year to resolve), they don’t really know how long “long Covid” really is—after all, this is the first time this virus has been around, but it looks like some damage may last forever.
And one other point, most of the essential oils have to be used in conjunction with a carrier oil—or it can cause burning or itching of he scalp.
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I must be one of the exceptional lucky persons. My hair loss from Covid was at first ‘sparse’, then it worsened and I lost a lot of hair. I was a Cosmetologist for many years and knew with a traumatic illness such as Covid my hair would return such as occurs with Chemo patients. It returned even better than I thought it would. My naturally poker straight hair had a wave to it! I was ecstatic after struggling for years with straight hair. Currently it has more body and has grown beyond shoulder length.
I was NOT a mild Covid sufferer, In 2021 from January to July I spent 170 days in 3 facilities, on a vent for 34 days, had to be trached and much more struggling to recuperate from this vicious affliction. It is a miracle that I survived and were it not for the daily advocacy of my husband I would be dead!
The road has been long, but thank God I do have less residual effects than most others and I continue daily to work on those that remain.
Take it from me, hair does return after such traumas!
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I have fever of 99.9 - 100.2 every day with long Covid
Does anyone else have this sort of elevation in body temp?
I also have the mono virus that has been re-activated due to long Covid and
all my
auto immune issues.
80 year old female
Covid Jan 22 - complete recovery
Covid August 22 - not yet over the continuation of long Covid
Hair Loss
Brain Fog
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Fatigue
Fever
Conflicting advice from several specialists as to continuing vaccines and
other
preventive immunizations.....flu, pneumonia, etc.
Help👵😷