Female Hair Loss After Anorexia and Bulimia

My hair was quite thick when i was younger but I suffered in the past of anorexia and bulimia and my hair got thinner. It has been now less than a year that i am cured but noticed that my hairloss has increased. Is there anything that you can recommend and will my hair get back to its original condition.

First, hair loss comes from many causes so you need to have a complete medical work-up to separate the real diseases that cause hair loss from the genetic programming that we inherit from our family lines. There are many ‘medical’ causes for hair loss and maybe you have one of them, such as hypothyroidism, eczema, alopecia, dieting, malnutrition, autoimmune, drugs, infection, genetics, etc.

1. Hormone levels for DHEAS, Testosterone, Androstenedione, Prolactin, Follicular Stimulating Hormone, and Leutinizing Hormone
2. Serum Iron, Serum Ferritin, TIBC (Total Iron Binding capacity)
3. Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH)
4. VDRL
5. Complete Blood Count (CBC) to rule out anemia

A good doctor is your first step. The problem with women’s hair loss is that when it occurs, it may precipitate genetic hair loss, the thinning of which may not be reversible. In your particular case, it is possible that your experience with anorexia and bulimia earlier may have ‘triggered’ the genetic process (if you have it). Get your tests done and communicate with your doctor, bonding with him/her so that your problem is theirs as well and be sure that you do not have a precipitating cause of the hair loss.