Vegan?

Has anyone here successfully changed there diet to regrow hair? I have been looking into claims of people going vegan/organic and have amazing results. I'm mostly a veg/fruit eater myself but I still included some animal products.

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Comment by Vanessa on June 11, 2016 at 2:16am

Thomas I popped my boy on an anti-inflammatory diet also, I added some key vitamins to his diet - B and and extra B12 (he was low in B12), C, E, Biotin, D, Zinc, and pro biotics, fish oil. Same herbs as yourself, and I make him pop cinnamon on absolutely everything he possibly can ;) He just turned 11 when it started.  

Comment by csmbThomas on June 11, 2016 at 2:20am
Vanessa I do all of those as well! Great minds think alike. We should share some recipes and ideas for lunch. I send lunch to school with my son everyday. I also use some natural shampoos that were recommended.
Comment by Vanessa on June 11, 2016 at 2:20am

verysad, i agree, and i dont think diet may work for everyone. in my son's case he has allergies to egg nuts kiwi even navy beans (so lots of protein there) so it made sense to eliminate gluten because of the protein that ruins the intestine. and once i eliminated both wheat and sugar everything changed for him, not only his hair, his concentration, his nails, he would get tummy aches often, now never, thrush for boys is rare, that went to. so in his case it stood to reason that diet was a key factor. it's only been a year now that it's been back so who knows, only have hope (and diet) i suppose ;) x

Comment by Vanessa on June 11, 2016 at 2:22am

thomas, sure feel free to inbox me. im not very good at navigating around here but i can see the inbox haha. 

Comment by csmbThomas on June 11, 2016 at 2:23am
Ok great!
Comment by verysad on June 11, 2016 at 2:40am

Vanessa,  did he ever take antibiotics a lot?   Just curious because thrush indicates overgrowth of yeast,  plus affects the stomach greatly.   Not sure if I am recalling that correctly,  but I think so.  I wonder if yogurt (plain)  would help?  I put berries and nuts in mine, it's sooo good.  Because you are right,  I remember learning way back in nursing school that thrush is rather rare.  And antibiotics,  like gluten sensitivity,  affect the gut and thus so many other issues.  And I also take all those kinds of things -- the B vitamins,  the D in flax oil,  evening primrose,  etc....it all costs a FORTUNE.

Comment by Vanessa on June 11, 2016 at 2:56am

hey verysad, no he didnt take antibiotics at all.  that's why i linked it all to his gut and just cut out the rubbish. when i took him to the dermatologist he sat us down and was VERY firm - he handed me the piece of paper and said "this is NOT related to diet" and did not want to hear another word about diet. then interestingly enough he was tested for several autoimmune diseases which were pretty much related or controlled by diet so it made no sense. he prescribed us with cortisone tablets and several topical creams, most of which i refused to use. i did use diprosone when i could be bothered because i knew steroids werent going to fix the problem.

Comment by Mrs p on June 11, 2016 at 3:23am
Absolutely - I went on the auto immune paleo diet and saw a functional doctor who advised me on supplements. I had lost 90% of my hair. Within a week my sheading stopped and within 4 months I had a full head of hair needed a hair cut !!!! I researched auto immune diseases and found the auto immune paleo and though if it can put ms, arthritis,thyroid into remission why not alopecia i?
Comment by M Elisabeth on June 11, 2016 at 3:27am
Ive never had dairy or eggs all my life (I was born with severe allergies to dairy, eggs, nuts) and also have total hair loss due to alopecia, so I'm not sure if diet has anything to do with losing or regrowing hair. I also cut out meat completely for about a year very recently and experienced no difference or improvement in growing hair. I guess it might be different person to person but for me diet has has not changed anything as far as hair growth.
Comment by Aitch on June 11, 2016 at 3:35am

Hi. I was initially alarmed when I saw the headline of your post, because I went vegan in January, which is around when I first started to notice my alopecia (FFA). Oh no - had I done this to myself? But then I realised that you were suggesting a vegan diet to help with hair loss. Ho hum. I guess my take on it, then, would be that it makes no difference. All I have noticed is that (presumably thanks to the immuno-suppressant medicine prescribed my my dermatologist) I get more colds! Good luck, everybody.

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