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What Does Acid Have to Do With Alopecia?

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Jul 25, 2021

Low hydrochloric acid is pretty chronic in the alopecia community. It has a far-reaching impact on our overall health—with two specific relationships that are also chronic for many experiencing hair loss.

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Is Alopecia "Just Stress?"

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Jul 05, 2021

Has your dermatologist, endocrinologist, or primary care physician (or chiropractor or energy worker or massage therapist) told you, “You’re just stressed?” Well, I have a few things to say about that.

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Alopecia as an Outlier

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Oct 10, 2020

Alopecia is multi-factorial. And it’s an inside job. And in my experience, in the context of autoimmune conditions, there are two things that make alopecia an outlier.

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Is it Really "Alopecia?"

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Apr 28, 2019

Here are some specific—and often unknown—factors to consider for female pattern baldness (FPB), aka the androgenic hair loss pattern. There’s much more to it than you’ve likely been told.

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Diffuse Hair Loss: Could it be Alopecia Diffusa?

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Jun 27, 2018

If you have diffuse thinning/all over scalp loss, it doesn’t mean you don’t have alopecia.

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My Alopecia Story

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Jun 22, 2018

I had no hair on 1/3 of my scalp for quite some time—and was losing more. Today, with no drug, hormone, or pharmaceutical use, I have a nearly full head of thick hair. And I plan to keep it all.

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Alopecia: Is There Hope?

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Nov 21, 2016

Many with alopecia, especially those with long-term baldness, have lost hope. They’ve “tried everything.” Many have invested thousands of dollars in pills, potions, creams, shots, wigs, and empty promises. I’m here to tell you that there is hope.

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Turning a Corner: Hashimoto's to Alopecia...

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Jun 23, 2016

A lot of magic and serendipity has come about to bring me to this new place with my work. I’m going to prove that anyone with alopecia has the opportunity to regrow hair.

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From Total Hair Loss to a Head of Curls…

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Apr 13, 2016

I knew this update was coming, I just had to be patient. It’s the story of how my client went from being bald to growing a head of hair via immune modulation.

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Alopecia: The Slow Boat to China

Posted by Jill McLaughlin (Grunewald) on Mar 02, 2016

I’ve had alopecia (autoimmune hair loss), off and on, for nearly 35 years. And alopecia can be late to the party when it comes to healing the immune system.

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