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Can ferritin of 30 cause hair loss?

Sarah87189
I went through Talogen Effluvium after I had my baby. Then 4 months later I started shedding again. It’s been going on for 10 months now. It falls out, grows in and then falls again. The hairs have a white bulb on the end and there isn’t any concentration of what one particular area. I decided to check my blood work which I had done at the onset and my ferritin was 30. That was 11 months ago. I started taking iron supplements 1 month ago and ferritin is now at 52 but I’m still shedding.

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