Episode 186: Why You Are Stuck With Hair Loss, What’s Missing And How To Get Unstuck

TRANSCRIPT

Hello everybody. Welcome, thank you for being here. Today we are going to be talking about why you’re stuck, why your hair loss situation isn’t improving and what you can do about it. Many times we don’t know how to take the next step. We don’t know how to get to the next step until we start evaluating where you are. I’m gonna have you think about some things now so that you can start understanding where I’m at as a practitioner of someone who’s been helping people, thousands of people in over 67 countries for over 8 years heal and reverse their alopecia naturally.

So just so we can get the basics, alopecia is the medical term for hair loss. This encompasses various types of alopecia, including autoimmune scarring, telogen effluvium, diffuse, postpartum, hormone-thyroid related, androgenic, female pattern baldness, and so on and so forth. So let’s get to it. Why you are not healing? You are not healing for many reasons, and I’m gonna go through them right now.

First and foremost, it’s probably because you are believing that maybe diet alone is gonna do the trick. That diet alone is all that it takes. Diet alone will not heal your hair loss. Diet is definitely important. It’s definitely a cornerstone and a foundational mark. However, it’s not all that there is to healing hair loss. Second of all, maybe you didn’t do testing. For some of you, you’ve done all the testing, quote unquote, that’s out there and for others, you haven’t done any testing, and this is what I have to say about testing is that you have to do the correct type of testing. It’s not just about throwing a bunch of things to the wall and seeing what sticks. It’s about getting the personalized testing for you, for your situation.

The other thing with testing, which compiles on top, is that if you’re working with somebody that’s potentially done testing, maybe one of two things. The testing is not gold standard, meaning it’s not functional medicine level testing. If you’re going through insurance and insurance is covering it, guess what? This is not functional medicine testing. More than likely it’s very subpar generic testing, which is only gonna look at superficial things. And for example, let’s use thyroid as an example for testing. Many times your thyroid test is just looking at the TSH. If your TSH number is okay, then the doctor practitioner, whoever you’re working with, is assuming that everything else is

okay. But it’s not until you get a more comprehensive test, which would be a full thyroid panel in order to see everything and to really see the big picture.

I’ll give you my situation as an example. I’ve been getting my thyroid tested every year or every other year or every couple years. For my whole life, everything is normal check, nothing to do. I’ve never had a thyroid issue. However, lo and behold, just a few months ago, I got a full thyroid panel, and even though my TSH was in the normal range, there was other areas that needed some support. And so, the thing is, it’s like you need to look beyond just TSH you need to look beyond that. You need to look beyond the superficial numbers of that, because sometimes you can have lingering issues and so don’t assume and don’t think that just because your labs came back normal, that they truly are normal.

The other thing too is again, you have to decipher. Are you having generic labs or are you using functional medicine testing? That’s the next step. And then on top of that, does your practitioner, are they giving you the correct next steps? Because for example, if you’ve been working with a practitioner, they got you functional medicine testing and they got you next steps. But do you have results on your hair? I’m saying beyond peach fuzz, don’t give me peach fuzz as results, because that’s not results. Do you have more than results, like dark hair that’s growing out like carpet, coming out thick and full? Do you or do you not? It’s a yes or no. It’s not a maybe. Because if you do, great, you’re probably on the right track, but that doesn’t mean you’re out of the woods just yet. If you don’t, and you’ve been working with this practitioner for over 3-6 months. You need to switch. You need to switch practitioners because that can’t, they can’t get you to that next level.

I say this a little harshly, and it’s because, look, everyone wants to help you. Everyone wants to raise their hand, but not everyone can get you to the finish line. Not every coach is gonna be an Olympian coach. Not every coach is gonna be a high school coach. Not every coach is gonna be taking you to D1 athletics. There’s different levels to help, there’s different levels to coaching, there’s different levels to testing, there’s different levels to next step protocols. So if you’re not getting results, you need to move on. I say this too, because I’ve gone through the frustration of having to deal with all different types of practitioners for my alopecia, but then also for my own situation, even with fertility. Everyone wants to help you, everyone thinks they can help you, but lo and behold they can’t. This is where we need to take back our control, listen to ourselves a little bit and see, okay, does this person have results? Does this person have results? Do they have results? Do they have similar cases like me? If not, then move on.

If you are not seeing results. ’cause regardless of what they can show you too, if you’re not seeing results and it’s been more than 6 months and you’ve been doing everything they’ve been telling you to do, potentially it’s time to move on. I say this too, because I’ve had numerous clients here recently. One from Canada, another one from Australia, another one from Europe, that all of them have come to me already with prior testing, already with prior things, they thought that they’ve done it all, and lo and behold, they haven’t. Lo and behold, the practitioner that they’ve been working with can only get

them so far. And so, this is the tragedy in their quest to seek not just healing, but hair growth and full health. Is that their practitioners, the testing, etcetera. It can only get them so far. Once they realize that they pivoted, switch, moved to me, and guess what? In less than a week, in less than 24 hours, they’re getting not only answers, they’re uncovering their blind spots and they’re getting the true next step protocols that are getting them true results right now as we speak. And so that’s the beauty of working with somebody who understands the ins and outs, understands what you need particularly, and how to get from A all the way to Z, seamlessly.

So the other thing too, as I mentioned just now, is blind spots. We all have blind spots, and this is a big one, even for people who work in healthcare. We all have blind spots, and I think this is the biggest thing, is that we don’t realize what’s wrong with us until someone points it out. It’s like going to a restaurant, having the spinach in your teeth and you know you’re just eating away, talking to your friends and lo and behold, you have spinach in your teeth and you don’t know until you go to the mirror in the bathroom. That’s if you go to the bathroom or until someone tells you or that you feel it, and then you know, you do something about it. The thing is, if no one tells you have spinach in your teeth. You can go on all day until you brush your teeth at night to get the spinach out. Am I right? And so that’s the same situation that happens when we are trying to heal ourselves when we’re trying to do something on our own.

I say this also from experience because it took me too long, more than 3 years to heal and reverse my alopecia. So you can do this in less time, but we need to figure out those blind spots, we need to uncover them and rectify them. That needs to happen sooner rather than later because these blind spots, whether they’re small, medium, or large, will hold you back and will make things worse. This will become an uphill battle. This is why healing hair loss in general already feels like an uphill battle because this leads me to my next step is that you’re more than likely, you’re using and going on the route of a one size fits all, the one size fits all diet.

The one size fits all. Hairs, skin and supplements. The one size fits all, laser cap, PRP The one size fits all. Minoxidil, Rogaine, you name it. The one size fits all, but the one size fits all, doesn’t fit you. Doesn’t fit your type of hair loss, doesn’t fit, your situation, doesn’t fit maybe the medications or supplements that you’re taking doesn’t fit your health goals. Whether you wanna get pregnant, whether you’re breastfeeding, or whether you’re in menopause, whether you’re hitting puberty or something else. It doesn’t fit you because potentially, again, your diet and lifestyle, the way you live, your other health conditions and concerns are not being aligned and they’re probably being contraindicated with all these one size fits all situations, supplements, treatments, these types of things and this is why it’s not working.

I know I just said a lot right there, and it’s so true. We all have blind spots. I have those blind spots, the healthcare professionals that work with me, from the gut health coaches, to the personal trainers, to functional medicine doctors, to the nurses, to the registered dieticians, clinicians, nutritionists, pharmacists, you name it. I’ve worked with them and they all have their own blind spots. We don’t all know it all. When it comes to

us in particular, we sometimes are in denial and we sometimes don’t realize that one thing is connected to another, which is actually connected to our situation. Does this make sense?

So the other thing here is that maybe you’re thinking that it’s just diet and I got this, but it’s not just diet. There’s so much more to healing. Just if you wanna lose weight, it’s so much more than just diet. If you wanna build muscle, it’s very much more than just diet. You see how diet alone is not the end all be all. There’s more to it. And so, getting unstuck, this can be quite easy. However, you have to work with the right person first and foremost. We need to treat your situation, your hair loss, and your concerns, your health goals, future, past, and present. Start looking outside of the one size fits all.

So getting unstuck, going back to that, start working with a practitioner who has results. Start asking the hard questions. Start seeing if they’ve worked with somebody just like you. Who has results? Who has the answers? And who offers functional medicine testing. I will say that I do offer functional medicine testing first and foremost, because out of my own situation, out of my own struggle with hair loss, I didn’t have access to it. I was paying out of pocket, I didn’t have health insurance in the US, I didn’t have health insurance in the Netherlands where I was moving to in. Then once I got established in the Netherlands, they didn’t cover it, they didn’t have it, they didn’t know what it was to be honest, not even on their radar.

So from there, trying to get it to the US or trying to get shipped to the Netherlands was absolutely impossible. So this back and forth, the flying back and forth was also very expensive. And so, the situation didn’t allow me to do the testing to get it, to have it, to get the results, to get the next steps. None of that was a possible, but now Alopecia, angel offers worldwide functional medicine testing. So regardless of whether you’re in Switzerland, Estonia, Germany, Canada, the us, Australia, China, Japan, Abu Dhabi, Oman, it doesn’t matter where you’re located, you can still have access to functional medicine testing. I love providing this because again, access is key. If you don’t have access then there’s a problem right there. There’s a problem with that, and it’s a hump that we can’t necessarily get over because the generic testing may or may not get you to the results that we’re looking for or the comprehensiveness that we’re looking for as well.

So the other thing too is like how do we start uncovering our blind spots? We do that personally inside the Hair and Heel program. Inside the Hair and Heel program is where we start with our 12 page intake form. And just with looking at this intake form, I can already start seeing the blind spots, I can already start seeing the situation, the mistakes, the things that we need to rectify, the things that we need to work on, and possibly look for testing in certain areas. Not in all areas, but in certain areas and maybe not. I healed personally without any testing a) Because I had no access. But b) Because I was given it my fighting chance and I didn’t realize that testing was something that was potentially going to move the needle. And I will say for 50% of my clients, testing isn’t necessary because I can already see the big picture just with the intake form, but sometimes it is.

And so what if it is? Are you gonna not do it? Because that’s really that next step. That’s an important question to ask yourself because testing sometimes is necessary and I would recommend it. I will say that a lot of times it’s not just about testing in general. It’s about being strategic with testing as well. So we uncover blind spots within the intake form, within potentially if and or needed testing as well to go with that, but not always necessary. So again, what’s missing? What’s inside the Hair N’ Heal program and what’s missing? It’s just more than one thing. The thing is, sometimes I hear people say: Oh, it’s just one thing that I’m missing so I can, burst through and break through to get my hair growth going again. Let me tell you, it’s more than one. It’s never just one thing that we need, it’s never just one blind spot, it’s never just one more ingredient. It’s a little bit more.

When you even look at recipes, whether it’s for cookies, or whether it’s for a salad, or whether it’s for anything else, the ingredients are numerous. Even for a simple salad, the ingredients are more than 5. So you need ingredients to get this recipe in its totality, in its total form so that you can actually do something with it. When you’re missing ingredients, something’s always gonna be off. So if you’ve been trialing and airing, working in and out with doctors, homeopaths, et cetera, and not getting results, it’s because there’s probably numerous things that are missing. And more than likely, again, it’s the knowledge, it’s the expertise, and it’s the know-how, it’s the tools and the techniques that potentially those practitioners that you’ve been working with don’t have. I say this also again because I fumbled a lot. I fumbled personally with working with so many different people for hair loss, for my alopecia and also for fertility.

With whatever diagnosis of anything that you’re looking for to obtain, not everyone can help you, and I can’t stress that enough. I really can’t. So what to do next? So I would say re-listen to this podcast because I went through a lot of things, but also what to do next. Go to my website homepage, grab the free downloads, we have downloads on medications that cause hair loss, hair products that cause hair loss and that are in lawsuits. But then we also have, PDFs, for alopecia medications and their side effects and the harm that they can do for both men and women. This is important for you to know and for you to have in the back of your mind, for those of you who are contemplating medication, for those of you who are currently on medication, but want an alternative because at some point those medications are gonna backfire. Something for you to be aware of, because that medication for alopecia is not a long-term strategy. That’s just another bandaid, it’s a one size fits all approach if you see right through it.

The other thing. What to do after that is to email us. Email us at hello@alopeciaangel.com and grab a free consultation. We’re happy to walk through, your situation to see what’s next and to see if you are a good match for the Hair N’ Heal program where 90% see hair growth in less than 8 weeks, where the hair loss shedding stops in 2 to 6 weeks and sometimes even less. I actually started, working with a gut health coach and in 24 hours her hair loss stopped, and this can be you too. We all know somebody with hair loss, whether they admit it or not, whether we really see it or not, somebody we know always is dealing with hair loss. Maybe they just had a baby,

maybe they just went through chemo, maybe they were recently diagnosed. I would say share this podcast with them, share this training with them, share the information with them. Follow us on social media, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, we’re here for you. And then also understand that healing is possible and it has to be done naturally.

Healing with medications is not the way it truly isn’t. And for those people who are on the medications, I feel really bad for them because in the future, this will come back to haunt them at some point. The thing is, many times we don’t know the numerous ramifications of medications until it’s 20, 30 years later. We know some of the side effects now, but as time goes on, we start to have more data, more research with this. And this is where those pitfalls start to happen. Whether the medication itself just stopped working, whether it backfired, whether it’s causing extreme, painful, side effects or causing you issues later on in life for both men and women, such as fertility, such as erectile dysfunction, and so many more. These are not things to be taken lightly. And as a parent myself, naturally is the best way for both adults and both children. So for long- term hair growth, that grows and thrives just like you are.

I’m now in my mid 40s and my hair is better now than when it was in my 20s, this is even after going alopecia, after, having gone through it and then being alopecia free for more than 8-9 years now. Please share this information and understand that healing is possible and we all have a choice. We have a choice to heal, we have a choice to not heal, to quote unquote accept our situation to quote unquote grab the wigs and the toppers, or we can bust through them, we can break through all that and heal naturally once and for all. When you’re ready, I’m ready to help you.

Thank you so much. Take care.