When I was 19 my hair started falling out☹️ I went to my doctor. The answer I got was Rogaine. And what did I do? I was 19. I blindly followed it. No questions asked, because that’s what you do, right? The doctor said it, so it must be true. Nobody asked about my diet. Little did I know I was nowhere close to enough protein. SIBO was quietly wrecking my gut. And a gluten intolerance was sitting underneath the whole thing, untested, unnamed. Hair loss was never the problem. It was the smoke. The fire was happening in my labs, in my gut, in what my body had been trying to tell me the whole time. Except I had NO idea 🤷‍♀️ what to test for and what to do. Here’s the thing. I am grateful for Western medicine. When I gave birth to my son I needed EVERY single drug they gave me. Childbirth is NO joke.😳🤨 Same if you get into an accident. Same if you need surgery. That is what it is there for, and thank god it is there. But someone with seven minutes and a prescription ...