Hair Loss in Teenage Girl After Atkins Diet?

I need urgent help! I am a 15 year old female. These past months, i noticed my hair has been falling out dramtically. Every morning when i wake up i see hair on my pillow,about 10 or so. As the day goes by i see hair of mine on my clothing and so on. Every where i walk a hair comes out. When i brush it, it’s even worse,a large amount of hair is on the brush. It’s never been this bad before,and i don’t know what to do! Not to long ago i had gotten on a diet. (Atkins) It was good for about a month or so and i started going back to my old habits and not eating right. I’m not sure if that would be the case? Crash diet? Maybe it would be genetic. My mother also suffers from hair loss,and so does my grandmother. But they started loosing hair at an older age. Is it a genetic thing? I need help & answers please!

Dieting can cause hair loss, particularly crash dieting. You should see your doctor and go over your overall health issues, though. I couldn’t say that the Atkins diet is the cause for your hair loss, as the dieting may be completely unrelated. It is common and normal to lose 100-150 hairs per day.