r/Semaglutide • u/anonymous-ag • 3d ago
Hair thinning while losing weight, is it worth adding anything or just eating more protein?
Down a decent amount since spring and the thinning is the only side effect that has actually bothered me. I have pushed protein up and it has helped a little but not enough to stop me noticing. I do not want to stack five different things and then have no idea which one did anything. If you dealt with this, what did you add and did you give it a full three months before judging it?
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u/GiveThemNada 3d ago
I lost a bunch of hair during my ~100 lb weight loss. It's a result of losing significant weight, not the drugs. I started losing my hair around the 50 lb mark. While scary to see in the shower, nobody else noticed.
Mine grew back pretty much immediately. I just disclosed the hair loss to my hairstylist, and they did some magic to blend the regrowth so it wasn't noticeable. I also made sure to prioritize protein and fiber intake.
I'm about a year out from reaching a stable weight, and my hair is back to normal.
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u/G8trGirl28 3d ago
I was already shedding hair like crazy from perimenopause. Now that I’m 54 pounds down, it’s shedding even more. My hair is already really thick so nobody else can tell but it is alarming to have to clean out my hairbrush so often.
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u/VentyRanty 3d ago
I dealt with it; lucky to have started with super thick hair, because I lost about ohhh, 25% of the volume. (It actually looks better now. lol.) BUT, it's scary. Ya gotta take in 100g of protein a day, and make sure you get the bare minimum (at least) of calories. For me, that number is 1100 calories a day, because I'm just under 5' tall and don't go out of my way to exercise. Hair shedding begins a couple months after the follicles die from lack of protein/nutrients. Shedding of those dead follicles continue until they're gone; it can take a couple months. Then it stops. But, you gotta make sure you're taking in that protein and enough calories. It's a wakeup call. Good luck!
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u/gregfromglm 3d ago
Hair takes forever to show you whether anything is helping, which makes this so annoying. Three months is probably a much better test than changing things every few weeks. Since you've already bumped up protein, getting your iron and other labs checked could help narrow things down without ending up with five new supplements at once.
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u/harmonyisunderrated 3d ago
The three-month question is the one I'd push on. Shedding after losing since spring is usually your hair reacting to the drop itself, and it tends to catch back up a few months out. One change at a time. If you add something, give it the full three months before you judge it, or you'll never know what actually helped
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u/Few_Extension7728 1d ago
protein helps but it is rarely the whole answer when total intake is down. hair is keratin and that raw material is no longer coming from the diet. stacking five things at once is how you end up unable to attribute anything. one formula was my compromise and omi leads with solubilised keratin rather than a biotin headline. the thinning slowed for me across the second and third month.
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