Comment by Robert on July 9, 2009 at 3:36am

Hi Katie

I'm new to the group and I posted this article the other day in the AA forum

http://www.click2houston.com/health/14704332/detail.html

Losing Hair? Check Your Teeth
Alopecia Tied To Dental Health

POSTED: Tuesday, November 27, 2007
UPDATED: 12:04 pm CST November 27, 2007

People who have started to lose hair -- either on their scalp or on other body parts -- may need to visit a dentist, according to researchers in Granada.

Researchers there said that the bald patches, called alopecia areata or localized alopecia, are closely tied to infections of the teeth.

"We have found that bald patches caused by tooth infection are not always in the same place. They normally appear on a line projected from the dental infection and can thus can be located on the face at the level of the maxillary teeth, above a line through the lip-angle to the scalp, beard, or even to the eyebrow. Nevertheless, they can also be located far from infection outbreak," authors Gil Montoya and Cutando Soriano said in a news release.

They said alopecia typically appears as one or more round bald patches on the scalp, in the beard or in the eyebrows. Some people lose their eyelashes. Usually, the hair regrows in a few months, though there can be relapses.

Alopecia is thought to affect 1 in 1,000 people.

The researchers said some cases of alopecia may be auto-immune problems, meaning the body attacks hair follicles as if they were invaders.



I've booked an appointment with my dentist to get it checked out. I'm at desperation stage so will try anything right now.

Comment by Robert on July 9, 2009 at 4:32am

Here's the link to the other forum topic...
http://www.alopeciaworld.net/group/alopeciaareata/forum/topics/losi...

Comment by Ann-Charlotte Stewart on July 12, 2009 at 11:15pm

I have had lots of problems with my teeth and my feeling is now that the hairloss is caused by mercury poisoning from the fillings in my teeth as well as all the mercury i got from getting vaccines as a child.

Some vaccines have as much as 50% percent mercury which is a very toxic heavy metal that causes tons of health problems. It can be removed from the body by chelation therapy. Chlorella apparently works well.

Google alopecia and mercury

Comment by Robert on July 13, 2009 at 5:11pm

I went to see my dentist today and she had never heard of any connection between tooth infections and hairloss, but she was very understanding as to why someone would be concerned enough to get it checked.

She took some x-rays but said that she couldn't see any areas of concern, so it's back to the drawing board on the cause of this.

Comment by Duke on April 3, 2014 at 3:57pm

Hi Katie,

Pinpointing the cause of Alopecia is tricky, at best. My AA first appeared as a round patch in the corner of my mouth where I had a severely decaying tooth that was abscessing. The tooth was eventually extracted. But, a lot of additional dental disruption surfaced before that procedure was completed. I was also under an immense amount of stress during that period related to a legal battle. Over the course of 6 months, the AA manifested as a reddened infection on my face as, patch-by-patch, my beard hair disappeared. Then, abruptly, the AA "took" most of my eyebrows, nasal & ear hair, and finally 98% of the hair on my scalp. I have had extensive blood & urine tests that have ruled-out more critical internal auto-immune complications. I should add that during the period described, I have had 2 extractions, total, with a number of root canals & subsequent crown work. There were a lot of antibiotics administered to counter the infections & a substantial amount of numbing agents injected as the work progressed. Last comment:  the Dentist who was doing the work noticed a lacy form of Lichen Planus at the back of my mouth. The existence of this was confirmed by a medical specialist. From what I have read, a preexisting auto-immune condition such as Lichen Planus is not uncommon prior to an onset of AA.  Best of luck with all of this. Keep Strong.  

Duke                                                                                                                                                                         

p.s. -  feel free to ask any, and all, questions that might be helpful beyond what I have already chronicled regarding my experience.

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