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Hair seems to have stopped growing after covid

AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 11:11:26 GMT

I wasn't sure whether to put this in beauty or wellness, but thought well, it is a beauty issue as far as I'm concerned!

Has anyone who had covid noticed changes in their hair? My hair has always grown really, really fast. I wear bangs and I always need to get them trimmed very often. Since I got covid months ago, I realized that my bangs have not really gotten longer at all! I think my hair has stopped growing or barely grown at all since then. Has anyone noticed this issue or lost hair since having covid? My husband lost a great deal of his hair and his dr. said this happens to a lot of people and that it might grow back. It doesn't always but sometimes it does.

Just wondered what your experiences were?

I have always taken Biotin with Silica for both my hair and nails.

I don't want to have to take any drug or use any drug on my hair for this, but is there anything non-medicinal I could use that might help?

Thanks!

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AuntG — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 11:23:47 GMT

Covid sure has unusual long term effects. A female news anchor on our local station mentioned her hair loss, and it seems to be growing back much slower.

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AngelPuppy1 — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 11:29:05 GMT

@AuntG

I wonder if we will ever know what all this stuff does to a person! It's really scary....

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Ainhisg — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:06:05 GMT

My brother-in-law lost quite a bit of his hair from having Covid, and it has never grown back. You might consider a laser device if you don't want to use hair growth topicals. A laser device has worked wonderfully on my thin areas.

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Dazlin — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:09:03 GMT

Happened to my sister in law, she lost ALOT of hair. Was told it was because of a fever for 2 weeks. She wound up cutting it short, and it has finally grown back.

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rms1954 — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:25:06 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 wrote:
@AuntG

I wonder if we will ever know what all this stuff does to a person! It's really scary....

Fear does strange things to ones mental and physical health. Is it limited to only your bangs?

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SilleeMee — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 12:43:25 GMT

I had covid but it did not affect my hair. Not so far anyway. It has been over two years since I got sick with it.

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wagirl — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:01:01 GMT

Oh, I have totally saw a difference in my hair during covid--just stopped growing, it seemed. Nothing I was doing was different, except staying at home and also getting the vaccines, no evidence that that played any roll, of course---I think stress played a huge part in it. I lived just a few miles from the nursing home where covid first broke out, here in WA state-- so was really freaked out. But now my hair is growing like a weed again. My stress problems have been resolved and been taking collegen supplements too, mostly for my achy joints but my hair really likes it too.

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JudyL — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:24:37 GMT

What about a collagen supplement? I use a powdered one that I put in my coffee every morning and both me and my stylist have noticed a difference in my hair. I did not have Covid so can't speak to that but it has made my hair stronger and healthier and I think it grows faster. I use Andrew Lessman's powdered collagen but there are options that you can buy on Amazon - Vital Proteins and one other that @monicakm uses from Amazon. Hopefully, she'll see this and chime in as to what its called.

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SeaMaiden — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 15:31:09 GMT

@AngelPuppy1 With the high fever people get with Covid, this can cause hair loss and permanent hair loss....

my Father had polio in the 1950's when he was about 34. He had constant high fevers....and lost his hair that was always very thick and lush. It never grew back and he was pretty much bald on top after polio.

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SchippyLuv — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 16:03:10 GMT

While I haven't had Covid, I have had thinning hair on the sides of my head. I'm 77 and that's to be expected from what I've read. Anyway, I've been using Hair Max 41 for 15 weeks and my hair is filling in nicely. I think it's worth a try - it's guaranteed for 6 months, so you really can't lose on that deal!

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Midmod — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 19:55:07 GMT

@JudyL
I'm glad the collagen works for you. I am taking Centrum multivitamin for women over 50 and boy does my hair grow fast and it has lots more shine too. There's another side effect that I didn't expect: it's 100% more manageable as well. All good!

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AngelPuppy1 — Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:35:07 GMT

@rms1954

No, it's all of my hair but I didn't really notice it that much until I realized it had been quite some time since I had my hair trimmed. My bangs always get so long that I have to push them over to the side and this has not happened!

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JudyL — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 01:02:40 GMT

@monicakm - oh darlin' bless your heart. 3 teenagers would send me to the bridge - no matter how much I loved them. You need to rest my dear.