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Grey hair with celiac disease? I'm only 27.

el1995

By el1995
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el1995
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As the title suggests, I'm 27 female, experiencing increase of greys.

Over the last year my hair has started to fall out a lot more (extremely bad at diagnosis) and is starting to slow. It gets worse when I get glutened again, then calms down again. I recently found out I'm slightly deficient in vitamin b12, and vitamin D. Considering I've only been gluten-free 6 months now, I'm assuming that I'm probably still healing.

My question is, has anyone dealt with greys through celiac disease, and if you did, did they reverse? I've read sometimes that they can. I've had an extremely stressful year, and so happy to be diagnosed, but these greys do make me feel so much older than all of my friends. They're mainly along my hair line and at the front of my head. 

Please help :( 

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You should probably be taking some high potency vitamin and mineral supplements to offset the deficiencies that inevitably accompany celiac disease.

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Have you had your thyroid levels checked? This is a pretty old thread, but may be helpful:

 

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On 10/26/2022 at 7:49 AM, el1995 said:

As the title suggests, I'm 27 female, experiencing increase of greys.

Over the last year my hair has started to fall out a lot more (extremely bad at diagnosis) and is starting to slow. It gets worse when I get glutened again, then calms down again. I recently found out I'm slightly deficient in vitamin b12, and vitamin D. Considering I've only been gluten-free 6 months now, I'm assuming that I'm probably still healing.

My question is, has anyone dealt with greys through celiac disease, and if you did, did they reverse? I've read sometimes that they can. I've had an extremely stressful year, and so happy to be diagnosed, but these greys do make me feel so much older than all of my friends. They're mainly along my hair line and at the front of my head. 

Please help :(

B12 deficiency can cause gray hair. 

knitty kitty Grand Master
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Yes, B12 deficiency, copper deficiency, zinc deficiency, and thiamine deficiency can cause grey hair.

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