Awaken Beauty Podcast

It's the worst!  Watching your hair slide down the shower drain or clumping up on your brush is a horrible feeling, especially for women!Our hair is connected to our identity, our youth, and our health.While it’s natural for some women to experience hair loss at certain times in their menstrual cycles or times of the year, hair loss is also caused by specific health conditions including a thyroid imbalance.So the question here is....Why does a thyroid imbalance cause thinning hair?Your hair normally grows in a healthy cyclical pattern with most of the hair follicles growing while only a small number are “resting.”With a thyroid imbalance, this cycle can be thrown off, resulting in more hair follicles “resting” than growing — and more hair falling out.Hair loss is a very common symptom of a thyroid imbalance.But thyroid imbalances often arise slowly and remain unnoticed by women and their doctors in the early phases.Even with a lab test, your doctor may say everything is fine with your thyroid, even though you