please heeelp!

I've been in recovery for about a month. my hair wont stop falling out! Ill brush it and like 30 hairs will just fall to the ground. I cant handle it anymore! i keep upping my calories, eating more fats and eating over 2500 calories everyday but it WONT STOP!

I cant stop crying and keep watching my hair become more and more brittle and thin. am i going to go bald? PLEASE HELP! any tips for this?? or personal stories that have overcome this part of their ed? im loosing so much hope... ://  

thanks so much!

I feel your pain more than you know. I am in the EXACT same position. I know just what it feels like to be standing in the shower, bawling your eyes out, holding onto clumps of your hair. At first I was mad at my body- why was it doing this to me?, then I was mad at myself- how could I have been so stupid for so long?- but finally, I decided to use this as motivation to recover. Somehow a bowl of mac n' cheese just doesn't seem as scary as the prospect of going bald, ya know?

So here's what I've gathered- your hair reflects the nutritional state of your body 3-6 months ago. So if you keep at it, eat 2500+ of good solid food and plenty of fats every single day, then hopefully in 3-6 months we will both start to see tremendous improvements in our hair. I also take a multi-vitamin- I'm sure it doesn't help as much as keeping up your caloric intake, but I want to do everything I can.

You and I can do this together.

<3 *Hugs*

But I would also love to hear other people on this issue, particularly people who now have a full head of hair back!

I need to know that this is possible, because sometimes it doesn't seem like it:(

3 to 6 months??! gosh im so scared that i wont have any hair by then!!! its so dry and everytime i brush it my hairbrush is full with hair :( i went through the same thing and to be honest it has motivated me to keep eating. I honestly dont even care if i gain over my goal weight of 125 lbs cuz i just want my pretty curls back.

how long have you been dealing with this? im trying to up by protein too. im still like freaking outttt ://

3 to 6 months??! gosh im so scared that i wont have any hair by then!!! its so dry and everytime i brush it my hairbrush is full with hair :( i went through the same thing and to be honest it has motivated me to keep eating. I honestly dont even care if i gain over my goal weight of 125 lbs cuz i just want my pretty curls back.

how long have you been dealing with this? im trying to up by protein too. im still like freaking outttt ://

Don't worry!!! It will get better. It took a couple of months for me, but not 3-6. Honestly I thought I would go bald but it never happened. I used to lose about a hamster-sized ball of hair in the shower everyday (lol) and I stopped brushing it altogether just to avoid losing more. I would put it up in very loose ponytails with ribbon. It's better now, much thicker than in the height of my eating disorder. I only lose a few hairs in the shower like normal. It's not as thick as it once was but almost.

Don't worry! Keep faith. Make sure you get plenty of protein since that's what hair is made of and plenty of fats to keep it from getting brittle, but more than anything just make sure you are consistently getting calories. Btw, the food that seemed to help my hair the most was wheat germ? Not sure why. It's high in protein and fat, I guess, and is packed with just about every vitamin and mineral out there. Don't know if you want to try that, but I just thought I'd mention it.

Good luck, it will get better!

Hello brownie *hugs*

You might want to check out the hair loss thread started by mikfizzle: 

http://caloriecount.about.com/hair-loss-ft146 023

I hope the link works, but if it doesn't just search "hair loss" in the forum search bar.

My love to you xox

hey there :) i know exactly what you are going through. i used to have thick curly hair and now its thinning out alot. i wear it up every day now and i try to gently comb through it every other day. im loosing massive amounts ive lost probably about half of what i had. even though i hate it, im trying to use it as motivation to eat. i take primrose oil tablets which are supposed to be good for hair too, and a multi. Since I have senior pictures and school starting soon im thinking of just cutting my hair short and getting a wig. There is no way i can wear my hair up to school everyday so im thinking that this is the best alternative. Good luck and stay strong, we can beat this together!