thyroid baldness

[heathersweat]

my son had had patchy baldness since he was 14 he is on thyroxine, his hair has never really come back totally sometimes losing some of his eyebrows and eyelashes and from other parts of his body,when his hair does start to grow back on his head it comes in in patches of really brisly hair, anyone else had this, i know its alopecia, but would love to give him some hope, though he is now 24 and has resigned himself to it

[auldyin]

I had bouts of alopecia when I was around your sons age. An old man told me to cut an onion in half and rub over and around the bald patch for a few days. I was desparate enough to try anything. I was delighted to find that after a few days, I could pull at the surrounding hair and it did'nt come out. Allthough I continued to get occasional alopecia for a few years, early treatment with the onion kept the bald patches small. I later told a friend who had alopecia, about the onion treatment and he found it worked for him too. Unfortunately it did'nt work for someone else who had really severe alopecia. Still, it's got to be worth a try.

[garner]

Im sorry to say that its the thyroxine what is causing the problem,side effects are thining hair/hair loss and nothing will make any difference whilst on thyroxine..sorry for the sad news.

[heathersweat]

thanks garner, they dont tell you that when you start taking it, they say that it will make your hair come back balancing, so you have no choice, its a no win situation, when the bald patches come, take these pills and you will still have bald patches, to auldyin, it doesnt create new hair, it keeps the hair you have, and no pals lol

[soxcox1]

Get his levels checked - if he's on the correct dose hair loss shouldn't be that profound. Remember all the thyroxine does is replace what the body makes anyway but dosing may be the issue.
If the dose is ok then the hair loss may be auto-immune. Hypothyroidism can be auto-immune and these disorders often go hand in hand