Hey Greg,

Thanks for your patience with my reply – and I’m sorry for the delay. We actually have a member within the membership community who took a trace mineral supplement for seven years under the assumption that he was improving his health. It turns out that the supplement was poorly manufactured, shipped from China, and contained high levels of arsenic, mercury, and aluminum. Symptoms progressed over the years: brain fog, early-onset Alzheimers (or so he thought), hair loss matching that of pattern hair loss (despite having no familial history of it, and with two brothers in their 50’s with zero recession). It wasn’t until he had a doctor catalogue his supplements (and then test them) that he discovered what was going on.

He’s since been on varying chelation therapies, with great success relieving symptoms of brain fog / low energy. He’s seen some improvements to his hair, but that’s a longer-term process.

Long-story short: test your supplements! Most third-party sellers on Amazon don’t care about you; they care about their bottom line. They partner with manufacturers abroad, buy low-quality products, and bypass any FDA oversight by labeling their ingestibles as supplements.

I hope this helps! We’ll have an article elaborating on this soon.

Best,
Rob

Hope all is well with you! As always, anoother well-researched and considered article. Again highlighting the ‘multi-faceted’, and I mean MULTI, routes to hair loss.

I thought ‘d post my question here, as it seems to tie-in more than the physical considerations. I was wondering whether, in your multiple PubMed trawlings, had come across heavy metal toxicities leading to hair loss, and what patterns it may take. I myself, after wondering what the hell was afflicting me, found that my body was being used as a toxic dump for all sorts of unsavoury elements, with the worst offenders being tin, arsenic and aluminium. I believe you’ve mentioned before that heavy metals obviously disrupt normal physiology, but do you know if the hair loss was diffuse, centralised or following standard androgenic patterns?

Any thoughts? Or maybe a cheeky little article on the modern dangers of enviromental toxins to your hair called “Don’t skinny dip at your local tip”

All the best

Greg

Hey Rob, is there a way to contact you regarding a question I have regarding sex hormones and hair loss? I’m particularly interested in your opinion on No Fap and hair regrowth or preservation, as hair loss is a hot topic in the nofap community. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Hey Rob, is there a way to contact you regarding a question I have regarding sex hormones and hair loss? I’m particularly interested in your opinion on No Fap and hair regrowth or preservation, as hair loss is a hot topic in the nofap community. Looking forward to hearing from you soon!

In my experience working with readers, SIBO is closely linked with hair loss in women. Whether SIBO is causative or associative remains to be seen, but there are certainly a few pathways where SIBO might contribute to female pattern hair loss (as mentioned in the SIBO article).

If you’re a female with hair loss, the order of operations should be…

1) Get a hair loss diagnosis (telogen effluvium, AGA, a combination, etc.)
2) Get tested for SIBO and other commonly associated underlying conditions (hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, etc.)
3) Treat those conditions (you can often do this alongside any pharmaceutical interventions like metformin, spironolactone, etc.)
4) Implement mechanical stimulation

I’ll have more information soon on all of the above! (within the next two months)

Best,
Rob

Thanks the for kind words, Lucie!

In my experience working with readers, SIBO is closely linked with hair loss in women. Whether SIBO is causative or associative remains to be seen, but there are certainly a few pathways where SIBO might contribute to female pattern hair loss (as mentioned in the SIBO article).

If you’re a female with hair loss, the order of operations should be…

1) Get a hair loss diagnosis (telogen effluvium, AGA, a combination, etc.)
2) Get tested for SIBO and other commonly associated underlying conditions (hypothyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, etc.)
3) Treat those conditions (you can often do this alongside any pharmaceutical interventions like metformin, spironolactone, etc.)
4) Implement mechanical stimulation

I’ll have more information soon on all of the above! (within the next two months)

Best,
Rob

I just came across your article about the link between SIBO and hairloss – very very interesting!
I am a 29 female who has been loosing her hair for 4 years (I have been on Minoxidil ever since) and just diagnosed with SIBO candida which I had for years. I am of course starting a treatment from now on, but was wondering about the real impact of SIBO and candida on hair.

By the way, I am very interested in your way of apprehending hairloss – your website is really a mine of information, thank you for that!

-> Do you think SIBO and gut issues could be the main reason why I have been loosing my hair and thinning for years, meaning treating it would stop it definitively? Was it the case for the women you worked with?

I am loosing hair a bit everywhere I guess but it’s really concentrated on the frontal area of my scalp. After an examination of my scalp, a dermatologist told me my hair follicles were totally clogged in sebum and that was certainly the reason of the loss, but had nothing to offer to help it 🙁

Also my scalp is really inflamed, itchy dandruff and it started at the same time I started loosing hair

-> Last question, do you think I should start the massages while being treated for SIBO or should I wait and start the massages if no improvement with my gut treatment?

I ve made a lot of research since I happened to know I have SIBO and gut health seems to be a VERY important parameter when it comes to skin/ hair. Don’t you think it could be actually one of the main parameter when it comes to hair loss?

Thank you – Lucie from France!

I just came across your article about the link between SIBO and hairloss – very very interesting!
I am a 29 female who has been loosing her hair for 4 years (I have been on Minoxidil ever since) and just diagnosed with SIBO + candida which I had for years. I am of course starting a treatment from now on, but was wondering about the real impact of SIBO and candida on hair.

By the way, I am very interested in your way of apprehending hairloss – your website is really a mine of information, thank you for that!

-> Do you think SIBO and gut issues could be the main reason why I have been loosing my hair and thinning for years, meaning treating it would stop it definitively? Was it the case for the women you worked with?

I am loosing hair a bit everywhere I guess but it’s really concentrated on the frontal area of my scalp. After an examination of my scalp, a dermatologist told me my hair follicles were totally clogged in sebum and that was certainly the reason of the loss, but had nothing to offer to help it 🙁

Also my scalp is really inflamed, itchy + dandruff and it started at the same time I started loosing hair

-> Last question, do you think I should start the massages while being treated for SIBO or should I wait and start the massages if no improvement with my gut treatment?

I ve made a lot of research since I happened to know I have SIBO and gut health seems to be a VERY important parameter when it comes to skin/ hair. Don’t you think it could be actually one of the main parameter when it comes to hair loss?

Thank you – Lucie from France!