Dear Dr Ted,

am Susee 33 yrs female has been suffering from hair loss issue since many years. I spent lot of time and money to solve this issue, now I am bald, everyone seeing my scalp and sides of my head. I have noticed that the hair loss is happened on entire scalp and also my eyebrows and other body areas. Recently I diagnosed with hypo hypothyroidism and I have antibodies in the range of 970. Due to Hypothyroidism my Cholesterol level have been elevated. My liver ALT serum slighlty elevated to 32H should be in the range of 6-29. I have high hemoglobin (14.5 out of 15.55) but low ferret-in 40. I heard that women should have hight ferretin level in order to have hair growth. My blood cells are not storing proteins that is the reason I have low ferretin. I used to have very good long hair density, now I lost everything. My scalp is completely visible.

As a women I feel uncomfortable to show my scalp like that. But no one doctor is helping me to find my issues. I have itchy scalp, I see some white stuff stuffing in my nails after I scratch my scalp. and I see white scale patches on my scalp after head bath once I dry my scalp. They look like dandruff but actually not, they are patches and I see small small bald patches around my scalp with no hair follicles. Dermatologist told me its dermatitis and we cant cure your hair loss. I gave up my hope but after reading your blogs, I am hoping to see results. So far I did so much research on this, hence the result is finding your blogs. I drink apple Cider Vinegar(ACV) every morning and night as it helps to reduce weight. I apply ACV I have gone through all your posts and remedies. I have below question to be calrified from you, I urge you to respond to me with your solutions.

1. Please tell me how many times a week should I fallow the topical solutions you discussed in all the blogs. I did not see time and repetions per week.

2. Can I drink ACV?

3. So far I am applying ACV and Listerine (bluish green) to my scalp for 2 weeks to kill the fungus. I did not see effective results yet. What should I do in this case?

4. I am taking Thyroid medication (Levothyroxine 100 mg) every morning, can I fallow the remedies mentioned in your blogs?

5. Can you please prescribe me correct remedy for my solution?

6. When people are mentioning hair loss all over the body including eyebrows, I have seen that you have given topical solutions for scalp to kill fungus. In this case How the problem will resolve for the other parts of the body? Its only my doubt . Because I have this issue. The topical remedies are so far for the scalp, how it resolves all over body hair loss issue?

7. I noticed that I not only have hair loss issue, but also my nails are weak, and my body skin is brittle or cracked . My body used to be so smooth, but ever since I have hair loss issue, I noticed my nails and skin type also changed, I turned to dark and skin is cracked.

Please get me the solutions, I will be very much thankful for your help. If you need to charge me for the remedies, I will pay for your time.

EC: Dear Susee,

We are so sorry to tell you this, but Ted had a stroke in 2015 and is no longer able to correspond with Earth Clinic readers. Perhaps one of our other wonderful and wise contributors (we have quite a few on the site) can help you with Ted's remedies...