My Entire Family is Losing Hair and Nobody Knows Why!
My husband and my 8 year old daughter and myself have been losing our hair. It was really bad there for awhile. We have lost half our hair. No one seems to know why..We went to the Derm, A toxocl, and our family dr. Whats even more upsetting is no one is taking this serious. How can be like that? It hurts when your 8 year old asks “mommy why am I losing my hair” and you cant give her a reason.
do you know what it might be? We have also had blisters on our arms and back..and I had a rash that looked like a sunburn on my chest and back..and my head was on fire! Do you think it could be a chemical we may have came in contact with..and if so will out hair grow back? We have always had thick , thick hair now its real thin and fine…so confused and upset..please help..
This is quite the mystery. I wish I could provide some insight, but there’s really no way I can seriously help when even the doctors you have seen face-to-face cannot come up with the answer. I’m at the great disadvantage of not having met you to learn more about your history. There’s just so many possibilities… anything from disease to infection to chemical, etc, etc. The blisters and rash are interesting, but I wouldn’t even know where to start with that. Are they coincidence? They could be related, but again, I’m at a total loss.
All I can suggest is to keep looking for that doctor who will listen to you and take you seriously. That should be your first step. Until you find out what is going on, there’s no way you can figure out how to resolve it. I do wish you good luck and hope you to hear from you when you finally get to the bottom of whatever is going on.
food allergies? you are all eating the same thing i assume since you are a family. And you have rashes, i dont know just throwing stuff out there
I know this may sound far fetched but it sounds to me like it could be something bizarre like radiation poisoning. Perhaps a broken microwave or something like that. I’m no expert but it sounds worrying. If I were you I’d get someone into your home to assess the domestic environment. If it is something like that, it could be very serious indeed. Good luck!
I just wanted to weigh in.
Environmental mold can cause this.
The person who said radiation may also be right. GET YOUR HOME CHECKED!
The same thing is happening to my family, sans the rashes. We haven’t gone to any doctors for fear of going through the same thing you are (with them not taking you seriously). Who wants to pay $60+ to be looked at for one minute and told you’re imagining things?? We certainly don’t have that kind of money to throw around, so we’d like something to go on, at least.
We thought maybe it was the water, but we looked at the city’s test records and they show no signs of contamination.
We thought it could be mold, but according to information I’ve read, hair loss is an advanced stage of mold poisoning, and we’ve had no other symptoms.
We’re at a loss.
If you’ve figured anything out by now, please email me @ hh.haven@yahoo.com. Any information/ideas appreciated!
I have the same problem, too. At first it was just my husband who was losing his hair very quickly. In two weeks, he lost so much hair his co-workers even commented on it. We attributed it to stress because he was under tremendous stress at that time.
But then I also noticed the same thing happening to my 14 year old daughter and 15 year old son. It was only more noticeable with my husband because he has so much less hair to begin with and my teenage kids have very thick hair.
I am also at a loss as to the reason. We all eat very differently so I’m not sure food is a factor. If water was the culprit then all my neighbors should be losing their hair too. I was wondering if vitamins may be a reason. Are there any vitamins that may be causing this?
My family and I moved into a new house last December. By April, my 2 year old looked like I shaved her head. My husband and I are both rapidly losing our hair. I had my water checked specifically for arsenic, lead, etc. but it all tested negative. I’ve had it checked out for gas leaks and carbon but that was negative too. I’m at a completely loss but it can’t be a coinsident that it happening to ALL of us at the SAME TIME from moving into this house.
Do you think it could be spiritual??? My husband and I are losing our hair too!!! We moved into this house in January and 8 months later half our hair is gone!!!! Doctor can’t understand it either…blames it on depression and low thyroid but wants me to see the endocrinologist. My husband chalks it up to getting older but I don’t buy it. UUGGHHH
My 2 year old starting losing all of her hair and I focused the entire summer on getting her healthy. By that fall, my entire family was losing hair. My husband (only 37) went to having a full head of hair to a baseball size bald spot withinn 3 months. I went frantic trying to track down what was making us sick as it was obviously enviromental. I had water, carbon monoxide, radon, etc. etc. tested and they all came back normal. I finally spent the money on getting mold tests done and we had a lot of toxic molds in our house. My daughter had a 33% of stachebotrys (black mold) air quality in her bedroom. It was a horrible year for me as a mom but after removing the mold, our hair has all grown back and we are healthy again. Tip for mold testing: there a lot of different companies that do this. I chose air tests because there was no visibe mold anywhere. In fact, my house was the dryest any inspector has ever seen. Call around. Some will charge over $400 just to come to your house and then over $100 per test (which usually you have to have a minimum of 3). I finally found a microbiologist that did NOT charge me a location fee and only charged $140.00 per test. Good luck in getting your family healthy again and don’t lose yourself in the process.
My 3 children are losing their hair. I would love to know how you went about finding a microbiologist to do the testing. I live on Long Island in New York.
Hello,
Did anybody who posted find out why you are losing your hair? My husband and I have been losing hair since a year ago. Started at the same time for both of us, we are in the late 30s, our daughter is OK. We already changed apartments, did hair toxicity tests. Each of us seen a different dermatologists and both say it is Telogen Effluvium but no one knows why or how to stop it. My hair started growing back a little about a month ago, then we both started on vitamins – magnesium, vitamin D and B but this week I started losing hair again. Last week I was at a school function sitting at the raising auditorium and noticed that half the women in my SF East Bay CA town are bolding.
Hi ,I am writing this to get help from anyone. me and my two sons are losing our hair 44,21,24 this is crazy. I just have to watch as we bald not my husband ,also we all eat different and my one sons goes to gym and eats pretty good .for me it’s been over 4 years of hell ,with thyroid disease (hasimotos )and allergic to everything and The itching is so bad and I feel near death every other day when the attacks start my chest turns red ,I get problems with my heart and lungs ,it’s so horrible to have no answer .I been everywhere even ucla doctors So many people are ill it’s not rite Help Please Help someone .
We are from down South Bay CA and all of us too our losing hair including my 19 yo sister. Can you message me here?
Is there an update to your family situation with hair shed??
We are also experiencing the same issue. It started 3-4 years ago. Myself, my wife and 2 of our boys aged 16-18 are loosing hair. Genetically both me and my wife had very dense hair. our children also had thick hair. We saw 4 dermatologists. No one had no clue as our scalp is perfectly fine. we had mold in one our our apartment. we moved out 2 years ago. One apt had new flooring done. It was the look alike hardwood floor.
Definitely it something to do with the environment as it affects all of us. No clue still what may have triggered it.
James
jkallumkal@hotmail.com
Statin drugs can cause severe hair loss. Some worse than others.
My husband and I are both losing our hair at the same time. It started about a year ago. I thought it might be the shampoo. We have always used the same one for years, but then they added a well-known after shave scent to it which we loved but that is when I noticed both of us losing our hair. The only other Med that we both take is a station drug for cholesterol which we have been taking for years.
This is CRAZY!!!Nobody of age 30 and up are trying to solve this issue. it’s one thing when adults go bald from age. it’s another when an entire country is balding but too stuck to there daily lives to stop and ask how there neighbor is doing. the problem here is lack of comunication.
This needs to be addressed on the media and fast.
this is not mold. this is not diet. this is something way more serious.
Me and my wife have been experiencing balding for the past 2 years ever since we purchased our new house. We purchased our house a little over 2 years ago now, and before we moved in I had some laminate flooring put in that I purchased from Lumber liquidators, I installed it throughout my entire main floor, and in the upstairs hallway as well as in my master bedroom. Since installing the flooring and moving into my home, within that first month I began balding, I thought nothing of it, I figured I was maybe just aging all of a sudden, keep in mind I have always had a full set of thick healthy hair. About 8 months went by and I continued to lose hair not thinking much of it but worrying about hairloss in the back of my mind. One day while I was googling Lumber Liquidators online, I came across an article regarding a special that 60 Minutes did regarding Lumber Liquidators selling a poor quality laminate from China that contained High levels of cancer causing formaldehyde. After seeing this special I contacted Lumber liquidators and they explained to me that the investigation that 60 Minutes did was a hoax, and then they sent me a little cheap testing kit to hang over the floor, that had already been in my house for over 8 to 9 months, to test formaldehyde levels, they assured me that the flooring was safe, but after witnessing the loss of hair on my wife for the last year and a half, I really believe now that it really has something to do with the flooring. My wife and I are exposed to the flooring more than anyone else in the house, do to the fact that the the only bedroom with the same laminate flooring is our master bedroom, and we exposed to it for 8 plus hours a night while sleeping, and we are the one in the house loosing the most hair. Can anyone tell me if high levels of exposure to formaldehyde lead to hair loss.
I definitely would appreciate any advice, or the sharing other similar experiences that people of had
My two daughters and I are all losing our hair. It’s all been since we moved in with my parents because I became ill with Lyme disease. If it was just me, I’d attribute it to that. But it’s the three of us, and my daughters were perfectly fine before we moved here. We’ve checked for mold. We live next door to a commercial dairy farmer who sprays his fields constantly with pesticides and herbicides. Could it be this? I’m so scared and freaking out seeing my 15 and 17 year old daughters lose their hair. The 17 year old has lost about 80% and the 15 year old has lost about half. I’m so sick from my lyme that I can’t work and get us out of here. We are trapped and there is nothing I can do to help them. It is making me much worse stressing out about it.
You need to see an expert in the environment where you are living. Speak with your family doctor
William Rassman, M.D.
I totally KNOW how you feel!!! My husband and myself are losing our hair too!!! He just is in denial that I am losing my hair but I have spent a small fortune on hair products and vitamins and NOTHING works!!! SO STRESSFUL!!!!
Cheyletiella, rodent, or bird mites. Very dangerous. If you see ball point size lints everywhere, then it’s definitely of of these 3 mites. Permethrin, ivermectin, ammonia, deet, fumigation – nothing helps. Lost hair will not grow back. I’m not trying to troll, but that is the reality. Been a victim for 6 years. Life is miserable.