For me it was an iron deficiency. After taking ferritin supplements the problem finally went away after three years of desperation.

Hi, I know this is off the wall, but if you take OTC heartburn medicine it causes hair loss. You never, ever hear about this in any commercial as a side effect. But it is. I just wanted to through that out there, I’m going through that miserableness now.

Well, I mean she’s the doctor, she probably knows what she’s talking about. I think mine had been going on for at least that long before I realized it - I wasn’t the first person to spot it. My brother told me I had a bald spot. He thought I knew... I didn’t.

That doesn’t sound silly at all! When I was dealing with severe hair loss it was terribly upsetting.