Alright, it’s time to get personal here. Do you remember my post this past winter
regarding my hair loss and incorporating Biotin into my routine? Well, I’m here to do a follow-up on the hot
mess that is my hair. Men, if you’re
reading – you may want to sit this one out.
A little background info for you if you missed my previous
posts; I have hypothyroidism. I was
diagnosed shortly before I became pregnant with Tessa. Talk about a crazy time in my life when you
take into account the hormone issues with this disease and then jumble on top
of it all the ups and downs you experience during pregnancy. You could say that those first few months
being pregnant were a complete joy. I
hope you could sense the sarcasm there.
I was a very-very-very sick pregnant lady for almost seven months of
that pregnancy. Not fun. I had imagined being pregnant for years and
couldn’t wait for all the body changes, the glowing skin, beautiful nails, and
mostly the thick hair as mine is so fine and thin to begin with. As it turns out, the worst part of it all
wasn’t the physical sickness I endured but the body image associated with
loosing so much of my hair. I look back
at a photo I have from that Christmas (which I want to destroy so there is no
way I would ever consider posting it) and it’s horrific to see how my hair was
completely gone in the front, particularly on my left side.
After delivering Tessa and getting my hormones grounded,
along with medication and regular checks for my thyroid, my hair grew back in
and finally started looking as it should.
Fortunately, I didn’t experience any of these issues while I was
pregnant with Brady. My physicians made
sure to stay on top of monitoring my thyroid levels and adjusting dosages as
necessary.
Then last January happened…I got off of all synthetic hormones,
a personal choice, to let me body control and regulate itself as it was made to
do. Boy oh boy was that a rough month of
emotion; just ask my husband. I
experienced more mood swings and definitely noticed more physical changes
associated with my cycle. And here we
went again with the biggest side effect being hair loss. I never in a million years thought that I
would suffer this issue by discontinuing hormone. I had made an appointment with my physician
because I was completely convinced that I was sick with something else. God bless me, I wasn’t and unfortunately only
time could fix this problem. She also
recommended a specific dose of Biotin that I implemented right away.
Here we are six months later and I am happy to report that
my body is on its own predictable schedule, I feel amazing and don’t have
cyclic mood swings, and most importantly my hair is growing back in! I still look silly when I have my hair in a ponytail,
which is every night, but at least I know I am on the mend.
Gosh, it’s tough being a woman!
