Hello,

I am both excited and saddened by your discovery, I love coffee and chocolate way too much. I would like to know, how extensive was your hair loss and have you had any other symptoms besides IBS?

I have been plagued by mild to extensive hair loss for the majority of my life. One day (literally in one day) about a year ago I lost every hair on my body, even my nose hair. It has NEVER happened that way before, usually it is gradual.
I also had other strange symptoms all in the same week as the sudden hair loss. A non-itchy rash for a couple of days before the hair loss (went away in a few days), Psoriasis of the nails, and for the past year IBS.

There was this one time about 8 years ago, I had only enough hair to make a nice mohawk. I went on a two week road trip and by the time I got home my hair had completely grown back...I mention this because I was camping and not consuming any caffeine at all. I had always assumed it was the carefree vacation.

I am going to make the cup of coffee I am currently drinking my last.

Thank you for sharing your success!

I believe you are right. I first noticed my hair loss when I was 23, and just started a new job. I didn't like the job, I hated the commute, and I wasn't ready for it at all. I started drinking this really bad coffee they offered there, and I noticed then and there that coupled with the stress and depression, my hair started to shed. It continued to shed throughout the years, and I continued to drink coffee.

The strange thing was, I'd have these days where I'd brush my hair and just watch dozens of strands fall out at a time. Then, not many at all for a while. The last time this happened was just a few months ago, and while I quit coffee, I'd switched to Red Bull. Still bad news.

Now, I try not to drink any of that stuff. I had a red bull last week, a few days in a row because I needed to get some packing down for a move. But now, I've got to be committed to it, as my hair is only getting worse!

I'm so glad you posted this!

I agree that caffeine consumption can be the culprit in increasing hair loss! I was gradually loosing hair on and off for years, just shedding more than normal it seemed. These phases would come and go, but usually there would be a ball of it in the drain and some hair around my ankles when I rinsed. When I'd style my hair, there'd always be lots of hair on the floor and in my brush. This would drive me crazy as I noticed gradual thinning and decrease of overall volume by about 1/2 or more of my original thickness. This all started when I began drinking coffee in high school. I always suspected caffeine was the culprit, but A.) there's not much literature on the subject, B.) many people drink caffeine that have very thick hair, C.) I love the taste/effect, D.) My doctor made no correlation for me, so it's been very hard to stop on just a hunch. I quit drinking coffee one summer for three months and still experienced some shedding, but maybe caffeine affects some people's hormones differently, especially your stress hormones, which have a known effect on hair follicles. I mainly need support of others with this problem, as there doesn't seem too much said on the subject.

Thank you for this. I have a feeling this is true for me as well. I have not had coffee or tea for 10 days, 3 hours and 16 minutes (just kidding - but it's been 10 days). I'll see if it gets better. I already quit gluten years ago, so we'll see. Also, I've been fatigued as well. I only had about 1 latte a day, but no longer. It's herbal tea now. Actually, when I drank green tea, it was even worse! ???

Hi this is really true from the age of 15 to 28 my hair was getting thinner and thinner I tried everything to make it look thicker but nothing worked and one day I had a cup of black tea and suffered a panic attack that scared the hell out of me so I stopped drinking anything with caffiene in it and about 6 months later I started getting new hairs on my head and it gradually got so thick I couldnt believe it ive never had thick hair until I cut out caffiene it really works. I read somewhere that caffiene is a chemical the plant releases to keep insects away from it so if it can do that what does it do to the human body????????

Hi. I have never really overdosed in tea or coffee, but I left my job in 2006, and not worked since. Now I don't know if it'cos I'm at home all day, or just because my lifestyle has changed since then, but I seem to be drinking a heck of a lot of coffee since leaving. I can remember when I did drink the odd one or two coffees it was always one teaspoon to a mug....but over time I've realised that the one spoon just isn't enough. I find myself now putting three level teaspoons per mug and sometimes that doesn't taste strong enough. I never ever associated caffeine with hair loss until I quite accidentally discovered this website page and I have read all the hair loss caffeine related issues. My hair has become thinner and thinner over the last 4 or 5 years to the point of my scalp being very visible..I am guvinv up coffee right now, it's december 1st 2014......I will post on here every month from now and let everyone know how I am getting on. I should probably see a GP over this, but I feel like I am really wasting his time over such an issue, so to give up the caffeine won't do any harm and if my hair starts to improve even better, I will keep you posted. thanks for listening...TT from stoke on trent.

Hi, thanks for sharing your experience. I did try to stop coffee for the last month and half and I saw a dramatic difference on my hair loss. Provided that all other stuff is OK (iron levels, hormones, etc). Since I stopped drinking coffee my hair stop falling. So, it works.

Same here.. I cant tolerate coffee I LOVE coffee but everytime I take it a get nervous and at night cant sleep even if I just take 1 glass. coffee also depletes good minerals in your body

Thanks for sharing your experience. To cure hair loss the best way is oiling.

I'm glad to hear that I'm not alone in finding that caffeine can and does cause hair loss. I'm 58 and through my life I've rarely drank anything with caffeine. When I did I saw noticeable loss. I am currently working nights and was dealing with chronic fatigue. To deal with it and keep me awake I went back to Mountain Due and Coffee and suffered the consequences. I'm taking Avodart to lower my DHT level but the loss continues. Are there any substances that will counteract the caffeine? I was hoping to have my cake and eat it too. None the less I am happy to know what I've thought for decades was not just my imagination. Please spread the word but I think you'll be fighting an uphill battle. There's alot of money out there that would stand to loose millions if this was accepted knowledge.Good luck!!

Coffee leads to deficiency of iron which causes hair to fall out. Hair loss is the most typical symptom due to lack of iron content in the body. Iron deficiency is most commonly seen in women, as they experience excessive bleeding, most of the times adapt to the diet which is not rich in iron or medical conditions which slow down the progress of iron absorption. Caffeine also reduces the levels of vitamin B which is necessary for healthy hair.

I'm 57 female. My hair began seriously falling 18 months ago after kidney infection and now 1/2 to 1/3 the fullness and breaking and weak.
I've been hoping I didn't have to give up coffee. Looks like from reading here that I have to quit coffee and Sugar and find an Iodine supplement.
I am going to start using a hair system called Regaine. I will take Biotin, collagen and B vitamins, Vits ACE, D and maybe a seasoned bone broth powder instead of coffee and tea. I'll cut out Sugar and processed foods. What a bore😄
I'll be checking in to see if any others can report what's happened to there's since the first comment here was added. Thanks!