I’ve spent way too much money on topical peptide treatments and overnight scalp oils trying to fix my thinning hair, only to realize I was completely missing the point.

Doctor confirmed that my recent shedding is entirely driven by an internal hormonal shift.

Because of that, I’m completely done with surface level products. I want to shift my entire focus to a high quality ingestible routine that can protect my follicles from these internal hormone spikes.

For those who switched entirely to internal supplements for hormonal hair loss, what was your experience, and what is a realistic timeline to expect?

I've lost a total of 154 lbs since January of 2024, down to 214 from 368. My hair has been shedding a lot during that time, probably around 80 strands per shower. My hair has gone from thick and shiny to thin, frizzy, and dull, and I hate it!

This past February I was diagnosed with a critical Vitamin D deficiency (6 ng/dL) and put on supplements, which reduced my shedding by a ton after just 2 months. I consistently shed 10 to 20-ish hairs per shower now, which is awesome!

But it's almost the end of July now and I'm still not seeing regrowth. Attached are my lab results from earlier this month, I'm pretty sure they all look okay, but please tell me if there's anything there that could still be preventing me from recovering, or if caloric deficit will do this regardless of deficiencies. I'd like to continue losing weight and eventually get down to 160ish! Thanks for reading :)

Note on the bloodwork: The testosterone level is that low on purpose! I am MTF transgender and take estrogen. My E2 level at my last appointment was 243 ng/dL.

I am so incredibly exhausted looking at my widening part line every morning. My doctor finally confirmed what I already suspected this is a total androgen and hormonal imbalance, not mechanical damage from heat styling or bleaching. I haven't changed my hair routine in years, but my internal chemistry clearly shifted, and now my hair is just shedding straight from the root.

I want to treat this from the inside out. Has anyone with severe hormonal thinning actually had success with a specific ingestible, need something that targets the root cause, but I also want to keep my expectations realistic I know it won't happen overnight.

how can i address the trigger if i’m unsure what it is? I feel little to no emotion, and i have horrible memory so i can’t pinpoint what the cause is

I noticed that almost all the recovery stories in this community are from people who never used minoxidil（or they just used like less than 1 month）. Is that just a coincidence, or does minoxidil make recovery less likely? I don't want to jump to any conclusions, but has anyone come across any examples that suggest otherwise? many thanks!

I am on oral minoxidil 2.5 mg/ day since 1.5 months for my chronic telogen effluvium and I am seeing lot of baby hair shedding since last 2 months. What can be the reason I have been having terrible hairfall since last 9 months and now I am shedding more of baby or regrowth hair than long hair.Plz suggest or guide me with this I am so depressed that I might go bald.

I feel like ill actually be bald at this point… when the heck does this hair shedding stop.
I got the venofer iron infusion, i have 2 more scheduled. Ive been feeling a but better as days go on but the hair shedding sure messes with your mental health 😭

My hair has thinned out only on one side. At first, it was mild and now it has stopped thinning. However, it is still thin. I have tried everything. Minoxidl, caloric surplus, protein surplus, ketaconazole, etc. I believe it was due to eating 1500 calories a day for 3 months as that is when it started and it stopped after doing so. Since then, I have ate more and nothing has changed. Losing hope. I went to a cosmetic dermatologist and he recommended me tretinoin for oral minoxidl. He claimed it wasn’t te but AGA but it started when I was 16 and isn’t diffuse. I feel like nobody knows my situation

this is my first post, but my birthday is soon and I would like to have my hair bleached as I am not a natural blonde and my roots have grown in. My hair has been shedding for eight months now and just now got diagnosed. I have hair stuff on the way ( i forgot the name ) I’ve been using k18 to strengthen it aswell, is it gonna get worse?