When my wife was first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (5/12/05) a lot of
hair fell out.  We estimated that she lost over 30 % of her hair.  She first
noticed it when she took a shower and the drain got plugged up.  We couldn't
believe it was possible to lose that much hair in such a short period of
time.  We let the hair dry out and put it into a zip-lock bag to take to the
doctor.  It filled a quart size bag.  The doctor said not to worry.  He felt
like her body was trying to adjust to the quick change from the high blood
glucose, triglycerides, cholesterol, etc. to everything coming down to more
normal levels.  Her A1C at the time was 15.1.  That has dropped to 6.0 in
December.  He said he would send her to a dermatologist if it kept coming
out.  The good news is that is has stopped falling out and looks like it is
growing back....lots of short hairs mixed with the long ones.  It thinned
out quite a bit, but is looking better.  I thought I was going to have to
shave my head to show moral support. :>)

Larry