ME | Information Health Vegan/Vegetarian diet Hair Loss
Increased numbers of loose hairs may be caused by a change in diet (starting 2 to 4 months after the change), in which case ‘vegan hair loss’ would be a temporary thing.
This even hair loss (as opposed to pattern balding), leading to thinner hair, could also be caused by lack of iron, most likely, and possibly a lack of zinc, which vegans have to pay special attention to get anyway.
Source: Hair Loss on Vegan Diet? Q&A with Bill Harris, M.D.
(Dr. Harris has hair. He became vegetarian in 1950 and vegan in 1963, both for primarily ethical reasons. But his web site is about health and the scientific basis for vegetarianism.)
Created 2001 November 23