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Hair loss and Vitamin D
by mlrlucy, May 04, 2009 02:30PM
Hi, has anyone heard of very low Vitamin D levels causing hair loss? Due to muscle pain I've been having for several months, I was tested for Vitamin D, and my doctor said my levels are very low - 10.1 on the hydroxy 25 test (I believe that's what it's called?). My hair has become very noticeably thinner over the past 5 months and I have no new hair growing in. I have found articles on the web regarding Vitamin D deficiency and hair loss, but not on any of the medical websites like WebMd or Mayo clinic, etc. I have also read in many sources that mega doses of Vitamin D are needed to bring up such a low level, but my doctor has only put me on 1000 IU and told me to come back in 3 months. Does anyone have any experience with this? (I also have been under a lot of stress trying to get other symptoms diagnosed, so maybe it's stress related?)
Thank you much.
Thank you much.
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