Your posting is full of holes. Your age and gender? Health
problems? Family hair loss pattern?
Your dosage of of B-5? The form of B-5?
Further comments mixed in below.
"Sundin13" <artlan~hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hello guys!
>
> A couple of months ago I posted a thread on this group
> asking if any of you experienced hair loss while
> supplementing with Vitamin B5. Many people suggested that I
> had a biotin deficiency, and that I should drop Vitamin B5
> and add Biotin + Opti-Zinc and B-50 Complex.
>
> Unfortunately, this hasn't helped, and the amount of hair
> that I lose has multiplied to say the least.
Some people lose their hair. Genetics. Drugs.
>
> I also posted a message on www.absoluteacneinfo.com forums,
> and along with a couple of sufferers we engaged in trying to
> find a cure for our hair loss. However we had little success
> thus far. BTW, if any of you suffer hair loss from Vitamin
> B5, please join us on this thread:
>
http://pub106.ezboard.com/fabsoluteacneinfofrm1.showMessageRa-
nge?topicID=122
32.topic&start=1&stop=20
> to discuss the hair loss and possible solutions.
>
> Through all of our research the following things had been
> pointed out as the cause to the hair loss:
>
> - Vitamin B5 interferes with our blood pressure and either
> drops it, or increases it.
Dropping it, is a good thing. Likely improves coQ-10 status
which could do both. To interfere is a good thing at times.
>
> Source: http://acne.org/messageboard/viewtopic.php?t=16186
>
> - A lot of sources indicate that Vitamin B5 interferes with
> our Cortisol levels.
That could be a good thing. Lowers it I hope.
>
> - Vitamin B5 causes Biotin deficiency although my regimen of
> 5mg of Biotin a day didn't really work
>
> - Calcium depletes Zinc count and thus causes hair loss.
> Taking Opti-Zinc didn't help that much
How much calcium are you ingesting??
>
> - Vitamin B5 interferes with out adrenal glands, and thus
> causing hair loss
Who says? How much?
>
> - Vitamin B5 interferes with our Nitric Oxide which causes
> our hair loss since not enough blood gets to our scalp.
Who says? References? Where are they?
>
> - Vitamin B5 causes fat to metabolizing too fast, and thus
> one doesn't have enough healthy fats to maintain hair
> growth.
Low fat diet? Refined diet? You don't eat nuts or whole seeds?
>
> - A thyroid problem called hypothyroidism since thyroids and
> adrenal glands work closely together. Some symptomes
> include:
>
> dry hair hair loss weakness fatigue cold intolerance
> constipation weight gain (unintentional) depression joint or
> muscle pain thin, brittle fingernails thin and brittle hair
> pale color slow speech dry flaky skin thickening of the skin
> puffy face, hands and feet decreased taste and smell
> thinning of eyebrows hoarseness abnormal menstrual periods
> overall swelling muscle spasms (cramps) muscle pain muscle
> atrophy uncoordinated movement absent menstruation joint
> stiffness facial swelling drowsiness appetite loss ankle,
> feet, and leg swelling short stature separated sutures
> delayed formation or absence of teeth
>
> In hypothyroidism, the thyroid is not producing enough
> thyroid hormone. These hormones are T3 (triiodothyronine)
> and T4 (thyroxine). Extra T3 improves hair on some people.
Hypothyroidism is a condition an endocrinologist can help thru
tests and with a prescription.
>
> Did anyone manage to find a proper solution to this? Any
> ideas how Vitamin B5 can cause hair loss?
>
> Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks a lot!
Finastride if you must.....with a risk of impotence in a few
percent of cases... or so some claim.
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) and Hairloss
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