Do GLP1 Medications Cause Hair Loss?
Hypnosis -Hypnotherapy Can be a Natural, Healthier Alternative
It could be costing you the age of your skin and your scalp, which may show up as hair loss. In a recent study at the Stanford School of Medicine, researchers measured the hair loss of women using GLP1 medications. What they found was it wasn’t the hair that was damaged, but it was the elasticity and grip of the scalp on the hair elements that were to blame.
Researchers concluded these results could be from lowered nutrition levels, lowered protein levels and the starvation levels that these medications promote, causing the body to conserve energy and even having effects on other organs.
The body prioritizes incoming nutrients to go to the organs first, repairing tissues that keep the body alive, such as the heart, the lungs and liver. The skin and scalp are not the priority for survival, so these non-essential areas of the body are given what nutrients are left.
Researchers found that the hair loss was from healthy hair strands, that could have lasted another 4 years, but what caused the strands to fall out was the reduced elasticity of the skin and the scalp. The lowered nutrients caused the scalp to lose elasticity and its “grip” on the hair follicles. This is why many women notice hair loss to a greater degree while using GLP1 medications.
The Clinical Data On GLP-1 Hair Loss
Women on GLP-1s report hair loss at 14× the rate of women not on them.
FDA adverse event filings show women on GLP-1 medications report hair loss at 14 times the rate of women not on them.
That number was significant enough that the American Hair Loss Association issued a public warning to women considering or already taking these medications.
Not a side effect. A pattern.
Under starvation conditions, your scalp ages 10× faster than your forehead.
GLP-1s force your body to ration nutrients. Heart, lungs, and liver get served first. Your scalp gets last in line.
Researchers compared scalp and forehead skin on the same women using ultrasound. Same genetics. Inches apart. Under starvation conditions, the scalp aged 10 times faster. The forehead barely changed.
A 2021 PNAS study showed what aging scalp tissue does to your hair: it forces follicles out of growth phase early. The grip gives out. Strands get evicted years before they should.
That’s why biotin doesn’t fix it. That’s why protein shakes don’t fix it. That’s why quitting the medication doesn’t fix it for 12 to 24 months. The grip has to be rebuilt from the outside.
Part 1: FDA Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS). American Hair Loss Association public advisory.
Part 2: Pouradier et al., Skin Research and Technology, 2013 — high-frequency ultrasound comparison of scalp vs. forehead. PNAS, 2021 — aging scalp tissue triggers premature follicle exit from anagen.
If you are concerned about losing your hair on GLP1 medications, there are some things you can do.
1. Firstly, stopping the medication can stop the damage to your skin and your scalp.
2. Secondly, eating high nutrient dense foods can help nourish the body and give back the nutrients where you are deficient.
3. Thirdly, if you want to stop the GLP1 class of medications and not gain all the weight back, there is a healthier – natural – and even more enjoyable alternative.
Hypnosis for Weight Loss can help you with a variety of benefits so that you can finally stop the GLP1s, without gaining the weight back.
You may have heard of Hypnosis for weight loss before. Maybe you’ve even had friends and family that have used this natural phenomenon to take charge of the brain habits causing cravings, comfort eating, stress eating.
By using the natural phenomenon of Hypnosis to rewire your brain, you get all the positive effects of weight loss, plus so much more.
With A Lighter You Hypnosis Weight Loss Program, it’s natural, its easier and so much more than weight loss.
You may have heard of others using Hypnosis for weight loss, but maybe you didn’t know that so many things can be addressed and even resolved just by the relaxing nature of Hypnosis – and a skilled practitioner to help Rewire your Brain. Here’s some of the common extra benefits people find with the A Lighter You Hypnosis Weight Loss program.
Deep Relaxation: Hypnosis is a natural state of mind, you are aware and awake – and you get the benefits of experiencing deep relaxation. You enjoy the same brainwave patterns that your brain goes through when you sleep. Most people find Hypnosis deeply relaxing and enjoyable.
Better Sleep: Because of the relaxing nature of Hypnosis, as the mind relaxes – the body relaxes too. As the mind learns inner relaxation and reset, you find greater clarity of thought, its easier to shut your mind down at night before bed, and you sleep more deeply, feeling rested and energized in the morning.
Nervous System Reset: With the experience of the deep relaxation of Hypnosis, your Nervous System learns to unwind and even reset.
Reduced Anxiety & Worry: Intentionally with Hypnosis, we can tell the Subconscious Mind to reduce the worry, inner tension and anxiety that is often running in the background. As the mind learns inner calm, the mind becomes clear, less troubled and less prone to worry.
Curb the Cravings: The magic of Hypnosis is that your Automatic Mind or Subconscious Mind is in charge of the automatic habits – and cravings that caused you to gain weight in the first place. Fighting cravings or trying to willpower them away is exhausting – trust me I’ve tried it. But with Hypnosis – we just ask the Subconscious Mind to reset the cravings to a normal, natural, healthier intake.
Stop Stress Eating: The natural benefits of deep relaxtation of Hypnosis also help to reduce the inner stress that runs the compulsion of stress eating. We can also rewire the brain – and body – into new behaviors so you find healthier ways to cope with stress. And we can even alleviate the “stress triggers” so you don’t get stressed in the first place.
Increased Confidence: Any good Hypnotherapist will help you sustain the positive changes by asking your mind to boost your self esteem and confidence. This powerful benefit can help you feel better in your life, in your career, but also increase the quality of your relationships and connection. When we feel good in being ourselves, we show up clearly and authentically – and the people around us respond more positively.
Increase Motivation for Fitness: We know we should move more, be more active. But how many times have we thought, “I should go for a walk” or put off our fitness, “I’ll do it tomorrow.” With Hypnosis, we naturally increase the desire to move and be active. You don’t have to take an hour at the gym to burn off calories, even increasing small activities can help your body burn off calories and get back to slim quicker.
Stop Sabotaging Your Efforts: If you’ve found you follow a diet “pretty good” during the week, but then the weekend rolls around and you cave into buying the extra drink or getting the pastry and all your hard won efforts during the week are quickly erased…then you’ll be happy to know that this feast or famine pattern is evidence of sabotage. Your Subconscious Mind wants to keep you safe – so it keeps you at a consistent weight. It’s almost like part of you wants to do the diet and you might even be motivated and committed, but then part of you doesn’t and even rebels against the restrictions.
We can work with the sabotage by simply aligning it to your new goals. The Subconscious Mind is simply running old habits and patterns and it doesn’t get the updates. By resetting your Subconscious Mind to your goals, you find taking action easier – even more natural. You get to keep the results from small wins along the way – and build your momentum.
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