Lizzy's Experiments

Overview I am trying the "conditioning only" method for washing hair which means no shampoo, just using conditioner to cleanse the hair. The idea is that shampoo dries hair and prevents the hair's natural sebum from doing its job. Conditioner is able to clean hair without the harsh chemicals in shampoo. I will watch to ... See experiment

Overview Hair grows at an average rate of 1/2 inch a month. My hair may grow in at a slower pace, and it's quite fine/thin. I read from many sources that supplemental Silica and Biotin will help with hair, skin and finger nails. And many report improvements within two weeks. Biotin and Silica twice a day. See experiment

Overview I am trying the "conditioning only" method for washing hair which means no shampoo, just using conditioner to cleanse the hair. The idea is that shampoo dries hair and prevents the hair's natural sebum from doing its job. Conditioner is able to clean hair without the harsh chemicals in shampoo. I will watch to ... See experiment

Overview After taking a prescription of Naturthroid, natural desiccated thyroid for a year, I am going to switch to a new medication. Naturthroid reformulated about six months ago and I haven't felt quite as good on the new formula. A compound pharmacy told me that the FDA allows pharmaceuticals a 10% margin of error with prescr... See experiment

Overview Try a new brand of iron supplement in order to increase my iron and ferritin levels which are very low (common with hypothyroid). In the past few months I've noticed my hair seems more fine, and losing more noticeably which I read is likely related to low iron. Also hoping it will help continue to improve energy and mi... See experiment

Overview Take 2 TBS of coconut oil every day to see if it helps with weight loss. I've read many reports, especially in the thyroid community, about the health benefits of coconut oil, but also that it aids in weight loss and Alhzeimers prevention, and possibly reversal. See experiment

Overview Try supplement of Evening Primrose Oil to get more Omega-6 in my diet. I have read this is especially good for Hypothyroid people like me. In particular for hair texture, and growth. Mary Shomon wrote about it, and she is one of the Hypothyroid patient experts so giving it a try. See experiment

Overview Increase my meds for two weeks. See experiment

Overview Increase thyroid medicine back up to 2.5 pills a day (tried decreasing to 2 1/4) but noticed body temp dropped to 98.0-98.2 and 2 lb weight gain. See experiment

Overview Reduce my thyroid medicine by 1/4 pill See experiment