Hair loss after 14-day water fast? at Fasting: Water Only, topic 2367476 (2024)

20 day Water Fast didn't make me any balder.
Thanks.
Srinath.

Many people lose hair during a fast but regrow it very quickly.

Soy protein? Terrible idea. Most of soy now a days is genetically modified. Also it is not a good idea to break fast on protein and partial foods, it will only make things worse for you, by taking all necessary nutrients from your body to digest partial foods. Break your fast with a freshly squeezed organic orange, lemon or grapefruit juice. Tomato is also good. Watermelon is also used by many to break fast.

Then slowly build your appetite with plant based foods and let your body take all micro-nutrients from raw foods as well as protein.

Good wishes.

Archus

Yes, fasting effects my hair every time. Shorter fasts can make hair healthier, but my two longer fasts (28-30 days) had very negative effects on the hair. But it depends on what weight you drop to. I got extremely thin. Skin and bones. So obviously the body will sacrafice sending nutrients to the hair follicle, but when you reach a certain low weight will grow creepy fine down all over the body, common in annorexia - as well as hair loss. It all depends on how thin you get, not the length of fast... For eg, when I fever for anything over 3 days I drop weight fast and half my hair usually falls out. Joy! Just the body responding to shock.
It will go into a severe shedding phase for three months then some of the follicles will lay dormant, for a while and after about 6 mnths your hair will start to get body, shine and movement. It might be a bit thin and limp in the 6 months.

oh my goodness, light bulb just went on for me. About a month ago I lost sooooo much hair, so much that I had to start using a smaller ponytail for my hair. maybe it's because I fasted for 18 days in November. People often say you don't lose the hair when you are going through something, you lose it months after, so that's possibly what happened to me. I hate my hair now, makes me realize that I think I will do one more long fast, then never again.