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Eyelashes fell off

Hi,

 

I am 7 weeks inte no/low vitamin A diet. A few weeks ago about 1/3-1/4 of my eyelashes, right in the middle, on my right eye, fell off. I just noticed a big gap and They still have not returned. This has never happened to me before and I am wondering if it may be som form of autoimmune reaction (alopecia😱) to vitamin A being released?

anyone experienced anything similar?

/Anna

Sorry to hear that!  I have had severe hair loss befor going on the low vitamin A diet which I'm sure had to do with my increasing vitamin A foods and supplements.  I don't pay attention to my lashes so I may have lost some of those too but no gaps.  Anyway, it seems many things can happen when on the diet.  I had a migraine headache for a week after starting the diet which never happened to me before, only very short times of having one (2 hours or so).  Your body tissues might be dumping lots of retinoids or even carotenoids too into your blood stream and causing some new problems.

Quote from Guest on March 24, 2019, 12:47 am

Hi,

 

I am 7 weeks inte no/low vitamin A diet. A few weeks ago about 1/3-1/4 of my eyelashes, right in the middle, on my right eye, fell off. I just noticed a big gap and They still have not returned. This has never happened to me before and I am wondering if it may be som form of autoimmune reaction (alopecia😱) to vitamin A being released?

anyone experienced anything similar?

/Anna

Hi Anna, I lost quite a bit of eyebrow hairs and eyelashes over the years, going low A is getting them back.   I really hope its just a start of a regrowth cycle for you.   Have you seen any other negative effects?  or improvements?

What was your previous VA intake like?   Accutane usage?

Depending on what you eat, maybe you're not getting enough iodine. Might be a good idea to use iodized salt.

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I have never previously lost any hair. Have not taken accutane but birth controll pills for years and years (supposed to increase uptake of vit a), Had ivf hormones which I suppose have the same effect, been raw vegan for 7 years followed by gaps/wapf (Cod Liver oil, Liver, eggs etc), Eat the rainbow and all of that🙄.

so far the negatives, detox symtoms i guess, have been sever headaches and migraine (from which I suffer since ivf), pain in the liver area, and Acne outbreaks.

positives have been dreams are back after years of almost none, overall being is Good, feel very satiated after eating, Good energy and endurance etc.

//anna

Keep at it.

I also had like four eyelashes coming out after putting in contacts in the morning. Never happened before. And I'm also suffering from headaches a lot. Drinking water seems to help a bit, so I drink a lot of that these last couple of weeks.

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