Understanding Hair Loss, Scalp Issues & Ferritin Deficiency: Causes & Solutions

Question
QUESTION: My Spouse is having hair loss since last year.
She also have Dry and Itchy scalp(it reduced little bit now).
She also noticed lot of grey hairs.
Her Ferritin was 43..So, she started taking Multivitamin(18mg)..Her shedding reduced immediately and then kept reducing till 2 weeks. After that, her shed increased(less compared to that when she started taking multivitamin).
It continued...After 3 months,she did blood checkup..

Lab Results :

WBC  - 6.8
RBC  - 4.96
Hemoglobin - 13.6
Hematocrit - 40.8
MCV - 82
MCH - 27.4
MCHC - 33.3
RDW - 13.6
Platelets - 277
TIBC - 313
UIBC - 225
Iron,Serum - 88
Iron Saturation - 28
ZINC - 112
Ferritin - 53 ng/ml

She finally stopped taking multivitamin and start taking Blackstrap molasses(Iron without copper).Her shedding stopped immediately.After few days, her scalp started to itch and lost lot of hair. So, she stopped taking Iron..

one month later(after stopping everything), her hair fall increased a lot.
I visited lot of doctors.They just say "Take Rogaine".
But, i feel something is wrong with her and i am not having a clue.

Is she getting Free Radicals from taking Iron?..Can you please please tell me what is happening to her?

ANSWER: I didn't see where she had thyroid function testing..... that is the first thing I would check.  I would also have her scalped looked at to see if there was any type of scalp infection, etc.  If those things were ok, then I would think about the Rogaine.   

It isn't the iron and free radicals......

---------- FOLLOW-UP ----------

QUESTION: Thanks for your reply.
I went to Endo and he performed below lab tests :

Cortisol - 17.4          6.2 - 19.4
Free T3 -  2.7          2.0 - 4.4
Thyroid antibodies  - 8          0-34
Estradioil      -   234.5      85.8 - 498.0
Prolactin      -   16.3      4.8 - 23.3
FSH         -   4.4
LH         -   9.0
TSH          -   3.160
Free T4      -   1.12         0.82 - 1.77
Progesterone   -   0.3          
DHEA - Sulfate   -    196.5         98.8 - 340.0
DHEA - Serum    -     177         31- 701
ANA Direct          -      Negative
Free Testosterone -   0.5         0.0-2.2
Testosterone Serum - 27          8-48
Ferritin       - 53      

Regarding Scalp Infection, Dermatologist just saw the scalp and said there
are no issues with it.
Do you see any issues with the above lab results?

Also..can you please tell me why her body is reacting to iron that fast?

Regards,
Krishna

Answer
don't get distracted by the iron.  I think the tests look pretty good..... I might check the TSH again in 6 months..... even though within normal range, it is a little high, showing the thyroid might be early struggling.... But I wouldn't treat now.......    Good luck with it.