TOTAL Hair Loss after car accident in Sept. 2008

[FancyPantsandMe]

Was wondering if anyone else here has had the same thing happen?
I was rear-ended and from that day on my hair slowly fell out until about 2 months ago..everything is gone( body hair, head hair, nose hair, ear hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. I finally shaved the last few stragglers on Mothers Day this year.

I see another dermatologist on Aug. 17th of this year. The first one diagnosed me with Alopecia Universalis...but I have a hard time believing this diagnosis from everything I have read on-line.

I also suffer with autoimmune issues..Hashimoto's. I NEVER had thinning hair, which is sometimes common in thyroid patients BEFORE the accident.

Now what am I doing? I'm changing my life :-) I'm also going to see a new doctor that does bioidentical hormones as I am in pre-menopause and am thinking the accident...with it's stress, trauma, chronic pain and inflammation shifted everything, including hormones, in my body.

I have always believed that if the "dis-ease"..or "situation" got "created" it can be reversed! Now trying to figure out what got triggered and HOW is the fun part. And I say fun part because what else am I going to do? just sit under the table and cry about it? I've never been that way..I'm a Leo Warrior and I won't quit.

I have begun to eat a raw/organic/living foods diet...not 100% but viewing DVD's such as Food Matters, The Beautiful Truth, The Gerson Therapy, Dying To Have Known and various other videos about raw/living/organic food has changed my view on FOOD..and preservatives, chemicals, hormones, additives..they are killing us...metal amalgam fillings with POISONOUS mercury..this truely could be the root of ALL evil. Education is key. Intuition is also key. I'm learning yoga and deep meditation. I'm looking for new holistic doctors...that look at me as a whole person..not just parts or systems ( endocrine system)...I trust one day my hair will grow again...but I'm not going to die if it doesn't.

New here...and looking forward to connection.

Eat well, live well, be well.
~Amy~

[Angela]

Hi Amy,
I have heard of two other ladies (one on the Network) that lost all their hair after a death in the family and the other after a car accident.
If you already have an auto-immune disorder, it is possible that this time around your body has chosen to attack your hair follicles. I have only had one round of Universalis, but most of my hair came back. I hated losing the hair in my nose, we never realize how important hair is until it's gone.

Congrats on your raw journey! Two weeks ago I went back to raw foods after quitting five years ago. Its nice to be back and feeling great again.
I do know that after going 100% raw I was able to put my auto-immune disorder into remission, so I know it's possible for others to perhaps do the same. :>

How are you coping with losing all your hair? I know this must be difficult.

[divinem]

Wow, I hear lots of courage and a great attitude. I've shed so many tears over my unexplained hair loss over the past few years. So frustrating trying to find an answer to the problem.

I admire your persistence and positively attitude. :)

[divinem]

Hi Amy,
I have heard of two other ladies (one on the Network) that lost all their hair after a death in the family and the other after a car accident.
If you already have an auto-immune disorder, it is possible that this time around your body has chosen to attack your hair follicles. I have only had one round of Universalis, but most of my hair came back. I hated losing the hair in my nose, we never realize how important hair is until it's gone.

Congrats on your raw journey! Two weeks ago I went back to raw foods after quitting five years ago. Its nice to be back and feeling great again.
I do know that after going 100% raw I was able to put my auto-immune disorder into remission, so I know it's possible for others to perhaps do the same. :>

How are you coping with losing all your hair? I know this must be difficult.

How is your regrowth going, Angela? Still coming in? I think you look fab either way. I so appreciate how supportive you are to everyone here. :)

[Angela]

Thank you...
My hair is really coming in nicely. I'm pretty content with how it's shaping up. :D

[FancyPantsandMe]

I have my moments of break down..but just get right back up and keep moving forward...I know my hair will come back...I'm on a journey to heal my body..not just my hair loss ;-) I will one day just go without a hat. I'm a teacher ( self-help workshops) and I find myself wanting to hand out a flier to explain I don't have cancer! They have already found a cure for cancer, so if I had that I'd be in good shape...The Gerson Therapy 1928...but am learning that once you begin to heal you heal everything..it's NOT selective...:-) So here's to living raw and growing hair!

I've shed many tears...and screamed a lot in the last 8 months...but it's all a balance and a process of processing ones life...because we don't just end up here from there without having contributed something to the mix...so if I created this mess lol I can certainly figure out how to UN-create it :-) That leaves me feeling empowered and not a victim.

Eat well, live well, be well.
~Amy~

[FancyPantsandMe]

Life moves on whether I want it to or not.

Tomorrow I take another step at a beginning...again I am eating 100% raw organic food. It's as much about what i am eating as what i am not eating. Saw a thread about celiacs..and I'm wondering if that coupled with the trauma of the accident isn't some of the cause for my hair loss.

I see a new derm. on the 17th of August to get a diagnosis..telogen effluvium or alopecia universalis.

I am getting mercury ( poison) fillings removed...the first two a week from Wednesday and then wait 4 weeks and have the other two out/replaced.

I had two colonics done and decided they weren't for me...just didn't see/feel any difference. I also asked my pendulum and it said no more.

How is everyone else...I'd like to stay in touch with this board/site more often. Summer is a very busy time.

Eat well, live well, be well.
~Amy~

[FancyPantsandMe]

I don't get to this site as much as I would like.
My hair started coming back about 2 months ago...I figure it will take 8 months or more to have my full head fo hair back..what's coming innow must have beent he first hairs to fall out after the accident if i understand the hiar cycle correctly.

After seeing 2 dermatologist both of whom tried to diagnose me with alopecia universalis...both being wrong..neither being able to help me find someone to do a hair follicle biopsy...I self diagnosed with tellogen effluvium...I hate knowing more than the doctors all the time.

So it's a matter of time...and I've changed my whole life which I am sure has helped the growth of new hair! From meditation, stress mangment, FOOD FOOD FOOD TOTALLY changed...no more processed anything...it just gives the body MORE to work on.

Trust everyone is doing well.
~Amy~

[Butterfly]

Hi Amy,

Are you following a certain diet or how did you decide what changes to make? My next step is to see a nutritionist and allergist so I'm curious.

Thanks!

[MrsK4Jesus]

I am sorry about the loss after the car accident. I wish I lived close to you because even though I am not a hairdresser, I believe I am gifted with making eyebrows look natural, ( I have brows but I fill in) I will have to write you back and tell you the name of the wonderful product that I found. As far as lashes, you can get the fake ones and wear them, you will have to probably cut them a little, and cut them so that they are uneven so they don't look false..you can use little fingernail scissors to do that. Have you checked out the different sites online in regard to natural looking wigs?? I have been to a couple of sites and the hair pieces looked natural and wonderful!!

I don't even know if you are interested in all of that info but I wanted to share what I know. Blessings to you in Jesus dear one, kari