Post-Birth Control Hair Loss
02/24/21 • 30 min
Hair loss is a common side effect that people experience both when taking hormonal birth control or when transitioning off of it. It can feel panic-inducing, especially when you don't know what to do about it. This episode provides some breadcrumbs for you to pick and explore on your own journey.
This episode is supported by the Hormone Harmony Workshop Series in March 2021. The four-week series begins on 3/10 and includes:
- March 10 - Intuition Nutrition
- March 17 - Sleeping Your Way to Less Stress
- March 24 - Fertility for Everyone
- March 31 - Finding Relief From PMS & Period Pain
Sign up for a single session, or join us for the full series to be entered to win a mini 4-session coaching package.
In this episode:
- My experience coming off birth control and the resulting hair loss
- What I’ve been doing to remedy this nutrition-wise and otherwise
- Why this can happen after coming off hormonal birth control
- Practices to consider incorporating
My hair growth regimen:
- MegaFood Multi for Women
- Country Life Biotin (1mg) - Note: May cause breakouts!
- Cambridge Naturals Vitamin D3 (2,000 IU)
- Cambridge Naturals B Complex Tincture
- Nettle: Tea or tincture
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Source: Hormonal birth control is associated with nutrient depletion
- Nutrafol
- Cambridge Naturals
- Source: Nettle for hair loss
- Source: Vitamin D and hair loss
- Scalp massager
- Clairol Root Touch-Up Concealing Powder
- Source: Vitamin C stimulates collagen production
- Source: Zinc deficiency and hair loss
- Source: Magnesium and hair loss
- Let’s Get Checked
- Source: Hormonal contraceptives and the microbiome
- Source: The gut-skin connection
- Source: Birth control and blood sugar dysregulation
Thanks for listening!
Hair loss is a common side effect that people experience both when taking hormonal birth control or when transitioning off of it. It can feel panic-inducing, especially when you don't know what to do about it. This episode provides some breadcrumbs for you to pick and explore on your own journey.
This episode is supported by the Hormone Harmony Workshop Series in March 2021. The four-week series begins on 3/10 and includes:
- March 10 - Intuition Nutrition
- March 17 - Sleeping Your Way to Less Stress
- March 24 - Fertility for Everyone
- March 31 - Finding Relief From PMS & Period Pain
Sign up for a single session, or join us for the full series to be entered to win a mini 4-session coaching package.
In this episode:
- My experience coming off birth control and the resulting hair loss
- What I’ve been doing to remedy this nutrition-wise and otherwise
- Why this can happen after coming off hormonal birth control
- Practices to consider incorporating
My hair growth regimen:
- MegaFood Multi for Women
- Country Life Biotin (1mg) - Note: May cause breakouts!
- Cambridge Naturals Vitamin D3 (2,000 IU)
- Cambridge Naturals B Complex Tincture
- Nettle: Tea or tincture
Also mentioned in this episode:
- Source: Hormonal birth control is associated with nutrient depletion
- Nutrafol
- Cambridge Naturals
- Source: Nettle for hair loss
- Source: Vitamin D and hair loss
- Scalp massager
- Clairol Root Touch-Up Concealing Powder
- Source: Vitamin C stimulates collagen production
- Source: Zinc deficiency and hair loss
- Source: Magnesium and hair loss
- Let’s Get Checked
- Source: Hormonal contraceptives and the microbiome
- Source: The gut-skin connection
- Source: Birth control and blood sugar dysregulation
Thanks for listening!
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The Lunar Body - Post-Birth Control Hair Loss
Transcript
Hello and welcome to the Lunar Body, I'm your host, Kristen Ciccolini, period priestess, nutritionist, and the founder of Good Witch Kitchen.
Today we’re going to talk about post-birth control hair loss. I know that’s pretty specific, but it’s something I’m dealing with personally and this started out as an addendum to what’s now going to be NEXT week’s episode, but as I got into it I realized this could just be its own topic so today I’m going to talk about my experience w
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