Re: Atkins and hair loss - Attn: Wendy
From: Wendy (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:12:50 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Tammy Jo!
Yeah, if you read the book, BEFORE THE CHANGE, by Ann Louise Gittleman,
there is a lot of "natural" type things we can do about our PCOS, and
Progesterone cream is one of them. You should get the book, mine is
highlighted all over as there is so much useful info in it. The
information on the cream is as follows.
Gittleman suggests:
Progesta Key, by Unikey Health Systems (they have a website and seem to
be out
of Australia. It's $35 for 3 oz. and it comes in a pump, so the
correct amount is dispensed every time.
The others are: Angel Care, from Angel Care
Bio Balance, from Garon Pharmaceuticals
Equilibrium, from Equilibrium Lab
Femme Naturale, from Sarati Lab
NatraGest, from Broadmoore Labs
OstaDrem from Bezwecken
PhyotoGest from Karuna Corp
Pro-Alo, from HealthWatchers
I haven't looked on the web for these others but I know there are some
less expensive creams that Progesta Key. According to all I have read
about progesterone, you don't want a lot of air getting to it so it's
supposed to be best in a dispenser or tube. Also, you don't want cream
compounded with mineral oil, for example.
The goal is to apply 1/8 to 1/4 tsp of cream daily to different areas of
your skin, like the neck, inner arms, upper chest, breasts, palms, soles
and back of hands. Some people use it from days 12-26, or 14-28,
depending on how they feel their cycle works. Also, if you still have
symptoms you can go up to 1/2 tsp per day, but no more. It may take
several months before you notice a lot of difference. On month 2, I
noticed my hair had stopped falling out. So give it time. Okay? Good
luck! :)
Wendy
At Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Tammy wrote:
>
>Wendy: Can you give me the info on that cream? Is is prescription? What
>is the name? etc....thanks so much!
>
>--
>Tammy Jo Brown
>
>At Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Wendy wrote:
>>
>>Michael: I was losing hair but that was because of the PCOS. I didn't
>>notice a big difference either way on Atkins, however, I started using a
>>natural progesterone cream and by about two months I notices that I
>>stopped losing my hair. In fact, I grew hair! My mom noticed the same
>>thing (she's using it too). Seems those drs. on the cutting edge are
>>now seeing that most women in perimenopause, menopause and PCOS have
>>progesterone issues. I noticed that I wasn't as cranky or irritable,
>>etc. and my PMS wasn't as bad. Check it out.
>>WB
>>
>>At Sun, 15 Jun 2003, Michael wrote:
>>>
>>>I was wondering if anyone on Atkins has experienced hair loss? My hair
>>>has thinned some from Pcos but since I've been on Atkins, I've noticed
>>>it falling out a little more than usual. Is this normal, do I need to
>>>take a better multi vitamin, or am I just weird?
>>>
>>>At Thu, 12 Jun 2003, Wendy wrote:
>>>
>>>I've been on the Atkin's diet and for me, it was a success. I am I/R
>>>>and have PCOS and I know that it has lowered my I/R. I was put on Met a
>>>>year or so ago and I lost a few pounds on it. Then I went on to the
>>>>Atkin's diet and the first week or two lost about 6 lbs, then I
>>>>plateau'd. So I did what the Atkin's diet says to do; Get busy
>>>>exercising. The weight literally dropped off within a few months. I
>>>>lost 35 lbs total in about 3-4 months. I have kept the weight off and
>>>>the diet is really easy in that I don't eat white rice, pasta or flour,
>>>>(or sugar) and eat a lot of salads, veggies, some meat and some whole
>>>>grains high in fiber. I recently went back to my dr. and we did some
>>>>blood tests. My glucose is great, my FSH and LH are good. I'm checking
>>>>my cholesterol and triclycerides in a week or so, though I'm sure
>>>>they'll be fine too. I think the key to being the diet is to think that
>>>>once you're completely through the phases, it's a way of life; our lives
>>>>virtually DEPEND on it. I simply cannot go back to eating garbage. I
>>>>love doughnuts, but I love having toned muscles and getting into size
>>>>9/10 clothes better! Good luck!
>>>>
>>>>At Sat, 7 Jun 2003, maybe wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi there, I was wondering if anyone here has been put on the atkins diet
>>>>>because of the carbohydrate problem that pcos suffers seem to have. If
>>>>>you have; does it work? I know that initially it works for weight loss,
>>>>>but does it work in terms of insulin resistence etc. Does metformin
>>>>>help with weighloss at all, or does it just stop you from gaining extra
>>>>>weight?
>>>>>
>>>>>Also my other question is about Hair loss. I've lost maybe 50% of the
>>>>>hair on my head. Is there a way to get this back? I'm so devistated an
>>>>>discouraged by all this. I don't want to end up bald. Someone, please
>>>>>let me know what you think. thanks!
>
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