Ratatopo
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INTRODUCTION:
This post is going to be long, I will tell you when I started loosing my hair on all of my scalp, will include pictures before it started and how it looks now, will include what stress I was going through, my diet before and now, and all information you may need to help me. I need to solve this problem because it has affected me and my confidence too much and probably ruined my teenager phase. I have spent all this years trying to find a solution, went to a dermatologist, etc and I recently found Ray Peat. Maybe it has something to do with a hormone inbalance, I will explain everything.
BEFORE PUBERTY:
Never bullied or went through any stress. I played at least 3 hours of soccer a day, sweating a lot, but the diet wasn't looking too good. Basically I would have sandwich for breakfast and dinner, and lunch it would be pasta or chicken and rice. My home country was/is going through an economic crisis so my family decided to move to a first world country when I was 12/13. At this age, I did not show any signs of starting puberty and I was really worried about it. I refused going to parties and doing social stuff because I was insecure. I stayed at home playing videogames and I developed an interest in it, which ruined my life. In short, I wanted my parents to buy me a console to play videogames because it was my dream or whatever but they never did, I wanted this for like 2 years in which I was constantly remorseful and angry at my parents, to the point I wanted to end my life. This constant stress might be a reson for my hairloss(please dont judge me, I was a kid and I obviously regret all of this). One thing to add, my hair was really good before all of this, I was complimented because of it, the barber said my hair was thick, blabla. See pictures.
Puberty:
My diet at this time was pancaked, eggs, 0 milk becuse it bloating and gasses, tuna, not very nutrious food. It was noticiable that I hasn't started puberty and when it finally did at the age of 14-15, the diffuse thinning started. I was hanging out with two friends when they noticed a "bald spot" in the crown of my head. I also starting working out at that time, and I could notice how I was loosing hairs through the day because I was doing bicep curls in the mirror and I could see one or two hairs falling out every set I did. I would say that the crown area is the most affected. My hairline is untouched and 0 signs of recession. Something to add, is that I just turned 18, and I just recently started growing hairs on my armpits, where there are people at 13 who already have a forest below their arms. I don't really look underdeveloped. I'm 6 foot, around 150lbs, good frame, big feet. I have hair in my legs. Back to my hair, it started to get or look greasier and have less volume of course because I was thinning. The corners of my head, next to the crown are also very affected, more than the front. At around 15, every single hair that I lost had a white bulb attached to it. I researched and it made me think that I had telogen effluvium and that it would heal by itself. At this time I discovered fitness and started eating peanut butter, tuna, eggs, rice, but always trying to cut on carbs, working one at least 1 hours a day and sleeping 6 hours a day. After a few months and when quarantine started, I got dandruff and 1 or 2 pimples close to the crown of my head that lasted months. In quarantine, I shaved my head because I wanted to see how it looks, and I noticed the big amount of dandruff in the floor, the dandruff looked like stars in contrast to my black hair. I started ketonocazole shampoo and I still use it to this day, it improved dandruff slighty, but when I go to the barber, I still notice dandruff on the floor and hair. When I wash my hair, it looks decent and I can go outside without people thinking im balding, but after one day, it is super greasy and with some dandruff, looks like this:
This is when it wasn't as bad, like 15yo.
How it looks after 24 hours of not washing.
How it looks after shampoo:
I believe I am hypothyroid because I have symptoms like cold feet and hands, tiredness and yawning a lot, had difficulty builing muscle, hairloss of course, had constipation and dry skin.
My current diet since I discovered Ray Peat is:
breakfast: 3 eggs cooked with a bit of butter, and 2 slices of gouda cheese, 1 cup of coffee with 1 cup of milk and one carrot, then I take some vitamin D and calcium supplement.
Later I drink orange juice and more milk
Lunch: Rice and chicken, or potatos and chicken, sometimes beef, or salmon.
Dinner: Tuna, a tortilla with gouda cheese and salt.
Few months ago I was eating a lot of cookies, chips and junk food.
IMPORTANT:
Other issues that I have that might be related are keratosis pilaris on my triceps since puberty I think. Also, my scalp, lower legs, skin on jaw and eyebrows is a little flaky (see picture) even on my eyebrows and eyelashes, and unibrow it flakes:
Something else to mention is that when quarantine started, of course I stayed in the house for a few months and when I started going outside, any little sunlight or heat would cause this type of skin rash on all of my body and I could feel when they were coming, it kinda itched, but this stopped happening actually:
I hope you can help me, will answer any questions, I know it was long but I had to explain it because it looks like a weird case as it all started right in puberty, might be hormonal, might be something else.
This post is going to be long, I will tell you when I started loosing my hair on all of my scalp, will include pictures before it started and how it looks now, will include what stress I was going through, my diet before and now, and all information you may need to help me. I need to solve this problem because it has affected me and my confidence too much and probably ruined my teenager phase. I have spent all this years trying to find a solution, went to a dermatologist, etc and I recently found Ray Peat. Maybe it has something to do with a hormone inbalance, I will explain everything.
BEFORE PUBERTY:
Never bullied or went through any stress. I played at least 3 hours of soccer a day, sweating a lot, but the diet wasn't looking too good. Basically I would have sandwich for breakfast and dinner, and lunch it would be pasta or chicken and rice. My home country was/is going through an economic crisis so my family decided to move to a first world country when I was 12/13. At this age, I did not show any signs of starting puberty and I was really worried about it. I refused going to parties and doing social stuff because I was insecure. I stayed at home playing videogames and I developed an interest in it, which ruined my life. In short, I wanted my parents to buy me a console to play videogames because it was my dream or whatever but they never did, I wanted this for like 2 years in which I was constantly remorseful and angry at my parents, to the point I wanted to end my life. This constant stress might be a reson for my hairloss(please dont judge me, I was a kid and I obviously regret all of this). One thing to add, my hair was really good before all of this, I was complimented because of it, the barber said my hair was thick, blabla. See pictures.
Puberty:
My diet at this time was pancaked, eggs, 0 milk becuse it bloating and gasses, tuna, not very nutrious food. It was noticiable that I hasn't started puberty and when it finally did at the age of 14-15, the diffuse thinning started. I was hanging out with two friends when they noticed a "bald spot" in the crown of my head. I also starting working out at that time, and I could notice how I was loosing hairs through the day because I was doing bicep curls in the mirror and I could see one or two hairs falling out every set I did. I would say that the crown area is the most affected. My hairline is untouched and 0 signs of recession. Something to add, is that I just turned 18, and I just recently started growing hairs on my armpits, where there are people at 13 who already have a forest below their arms. I don't really look underdeveloped. I'm 6 foot, around 150lbs, good frame, big feet. I have hair in my legs. Back to my hair, it started to get or look greasier and have less volume of course because I was thinning. The corners of my head, next to the crown are also very affected, more than the front. At around 15, every single hair that I lost had a white bulb attached to it. I researched and it made me think that I had telogen effluvium and that it would heal by itself. At this time I discovered fitness and started eating peanut butter, tuna, eggs, rice, but always trying to cut on carbs, working one at least 1 hours a day and sleeping 6 hours a day. After a few months and when quarantine started, I got dandruff and 1 or 2 pimples close to the crown of my head that lasted months. In quarantine, I shaved my head because I wanted to see how it looks, and I noticed the big amount of dandruff in the floor, the dandruff looked like stars in contrast to my black hair. I started ketonocazole shampoo and I still use it to this day, it improved dandruff slighty, but when I go to the barber, I still notice dandruff on the floor and hair. When I wash my hair, it looks decent and I can go outside without people thinking im balding, but after one day, it is super greasy and with some dandruff, looks like this:
How it looks after 24 hours of not washing.
How it looks after shampoo:
I believe I am hypothyroid because I have symptoms like cold feet and hands, tiredness and yawning a lot, had difficulty builing muscle, hairloss of course, had constipation and dry skin.
My current diet since I discovered Ray Peat is:
breakfast: 3 eggs cooked with a bit of butter, and 2 slices of gouda cheese, 1 cup of coffee with 1 cup of milk and one carrot, then I take some vitamin D and calcium supplement.
Later I drink orange juice and more milk
Lunch: Rice and chicken, or potatos and chicken, sometimes beef, or salmon.
Dinner: Tuna, a tortilla with gouda cheese and salt.
Few months ago I was eating a lot of cookies, chips and junk food.
IMPORTANT:
Other issues that I have that might be related are keratosis pilaris on my triceps since puberty I think. Also, my scalp, lower legs, skin on jaw and eyebrows is a little flaky (see picture) even on my eyebrows and eyelashes, and unibrow it flakes:
I hope you can help me, will answer any questions, I know it was long but I had to explain it because it looks like a weird case as it all started right in puberty, might be hormonal, might be something else.
