Re: Spiro and head hair
From: angela (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 8 Dec 2001 03:29:38 -0600 (CST)
tera,
I read what you wrote to jen and i am not understanding. I am on spiro
100 mg a day (50 mg twice a day) my endocronologist says to stop my hair
growth on my neck. How does it bring back hair and at the same time get
rid of it. I used to have bad hair on my neck. I have been on spiro
for almost a year and have noticed some decrease in the hair but not
much. No changes eslewhere why is this.
angie
At Fri, 7 Dec 2001, tera wrote:
>
>Hi Jen!
>
>I think I've read in a few postings in the archives of a few women who
>were able to get some of their hair back but don't quote me. You may
>want to go through some of the archives yourself and take a look. If
>I'm not mistaken the women were on both spiro and met for an extended
>period of time. The archives are full of info and personal experiences.
>As you know though everyone's pcos is different.
>
>I have a question for you - how much hair did you lose in the first
>place? Was it all over or was it more concentrated in certain areas
>(hairline, crown, etc.)? Has your hair stopped falling out? What is your
>dosage? Are you taking any other medications such as metformin or any
>other supplements? How bad was your excess hair and is it diminishing
>any? Sorry for so many questions but my hair is falling out like crazy
>and I just started on spiro a few days ago but only at 50mg. My doc
>said she'd raise it if I needed her to. She thought that 100mg seemed
>really high. Right now I'm taking saw palmetto, gtf chromium, biotin,
>inositol and a good multi vitamin. Hope to start met soon.
>
>I don't know if this helps you out or not but I'm a cosmotologist and I
>do know that hair grow about a half of an inch per month. You may be
>able to measure your growth process using that info. Also, hormones can
>make your hair fall out as we all know but they can also change the
>texture of your hair. For instance, mine used to be really coarse and
>stick straight. I couldn't get it to hold a curl for anything. Over
>the past two years it has gone completely curly and has lightened in
>color around my face and has become much finer - could be from the
>miniaturization of my hair follicles. A welcome change I guess, this
>curly hair because I think if I had my straight hair I'd be miserable.
>The curly hair makes me look like I have a lot more than I do! The fact
>that your new growth - if it is new growth - is sticking straight up
>might show that the texture of your hair is changing. We learned in
>school that hair texture can change with age, illness and if very
>serious - stress. God bless and may you be healed! Tera
>
>At Fri, 7 Dec 2001, jen wrote:
>>
>>Hi!
>>I have been on Spiro for a couple of months now. I had been losing
>>excessive hair before as well as having hair in unwanted places. I have
>>noticed that I now have tiny hairs on the top of my scalp that stick
>>straight up in the air. Could this be new hair popping up or is it
>>broken hair that has split off? Does Spiro help your hair to grow back
>>in at all or does it just help prevent current hair from coming off? If
>>anyone has experience with this, I would appreciate your response.
>>Thanks.
>>
>>--
>>jen
>>
>--
>Tera
>
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