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What to do if weight loss and hair loss are severe

Asked by:Ruby

Asked on:Apr 10, 2026 04:01 PM

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  • Flavia Flavia

    Apr 10, 2026

    If hair loss has recently started to appear severe, you should consider whether it is related to your daily life. For example, if you have been under a lot of work pressure recently and stayed up late for a long time, you need to pay attention to regular sleep quality, get enough rest, and relieve stress as much as possible to see if the hair loss has been alleviated. If it cannot be alleviated, you need to go to the hospital. For men, if there is a well-established family history, the main symptoms are M-shaped hairline or thinning of hair at the top, accompanied by a lot of oily hair. This situation should be considered androgenic alopecia, also known as seborrheic alopecia. You need to communicate with a doctor, and you can give oral medications or some topical medications, such as 5% minoxidil tincture solution.

    For female patients, if they have a lot of oil, heavy hair, or even acne, accompanied by menstrual irregularities, they need to undergo a hormone test, which is often called endocrine imbalance. Generally, 2-4 days after the menstrual period, go to the gynecologist to draw blood to check female hormones to see if the level of male hormones has increased. In addition, for female patients, we should also pay attention to several issues: First of all, it is the problem of thyroid cysts, which requires screening for thyroxin and autoantibodies.

    Secondly, blood tests are performed to check the immune function and screen for the possibility of autoimmune diseases such as anti-nuclear and antigen. Thirdly, possible medical symptoms must be excluded and then given appropriate treatment. Oral or external medicines should be given for different situations. Finally, no matter what type of hair loss it is, whether it is a boy or a girl with hair loss, you need to pay attention to sleeping well and ensuring regular sleep quality. In terms of diet, try not to eat spicy food, irritating food, and eat less sweets.

    There are many causes of severe hair loss. If a lot of hair loss is caused by tinea capitis, you need to control the symptoms of tinea capitis first, and the hair loss symptoms will be improved. If the hair loss is caused by seborrheic dermatitis on the head, you should first go to the hospital to take propecia internally and minoxidil tincture and other drugs externally for systemic long-term treatment. At the same time, the diet needs to be controlled, and oral administration of cystine and vitamin B6 can reduce the metabolism of oil on the head, and the hair loss will be improved. If the hair is dry and frizzy due to excessive blood loss or malnutrition, and a lot of hair falls out, you can take the blood-tonifying oral solution orally and eat some eggs and meat regularly to increase nutrition and hair loss can be improved.

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