Help! I am slowly losing all my body hair; arms, underarms, eyebrows, etc. I have been swimming 4X3500 per week for several years. This seems to happen when I have big months - I did 60+ miles in December. Is there anything I can do to alleviate this, and what other effects can I expect?
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Interesting topic that I revisited myself as of late.
I agree in that the pool chemicals could be out of the normal range.
Or, there may be another factor causing your hair loss.
I swim 6x a week and don't notice hair loss.
Although I don't take any RX or OTC meds, I do have a daily vitamin routine. My herbalist was horrified that I swim in a chlorinated pool and felt that my swimming in a pool regularly would cause "excessive free radical formation, which accelerates aging, increases vulnerability to genetic mutation and cancer development, hinders cholesterol metabolism, and promotes hardening of arteries. . . " and more which I care not to repeat here. Two of my eye doctors also do not like my swimming in pools as they feel the exposure to germs and chemicals promote or increase eye infections and irritation (even if one uses goggles.)
I said I cannot live without my swimming so I am going to continue with it. I find myself running into more doctors and heath professionals who feel that my continual exposure to chlorine is really going to compromise my health long term. Arg. :doh:
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Former Member
Interesting topic that I revisited myself as of late.
I agree in that the pool chemicals could be out of the normal range.
Or, there may be another factor causing your hair loss.
I swim 6x a week and don't notice hair loss.
Although I don't take any RX or OTC meds, I do have a daily vitamin routine. My herbalist was horrified that I swim in a chlorinated pool and felt that my swimming in a pool regularly would cause "excessive free radical formation, which accelerates aging, increases vulnerability to genetic mutation and cancer development, hinders cholesterol metabolism, and promotes hardening of arteries. . . " and more which I care not to repeat here. Two of my eye doctors also do not like my swimming in pools as they feel the exposure to germs and chemicals promote or increase eye infections and irritation (even if one uses goggles.)
I said I cannot live without my swimming so I am going to continue with it. I find myself running into more doctors and heath professionals who feel that my continual exposure to chlorine is really going to compromise my health long term. Arg. :doh:
