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Re: Scalp Hair Loss (extreme) - If not Metformin, What?
From: gyna (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 26 Nov 2000 16:07:42 -0600 (CST)
I had the same problem with my hair! it fell out everywhere. It started
right after I had my son and didnt stop for years! I cut it all short
and wore a baseball hat all the time. it was terrible.
But I was diagnosed with hypothyroid too. I have been taking synthroid
and now I have a great head of hair.
My hair stylist couldn't get over the change. It took about a year and
a half to get thicker (and still not as thick as it once was -but no one
but I know that ;0))
Definitely get checked for your thyroid!
Best of luck to you!
At Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Sonnet wrote:
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>Patty - I know I have said this before, but it bears repeating I think!
>I have no hair. Okay, well I didn't have any hair! You could see my
>scalp over most of my head, pink and happy. (yeah right.) Along with
>all of the other PCOS symptoms, it started to fall out when I hit
>puberty. I tried all kinds of thigns from my hairdresser to make it
>come back in but nothing helped. When I started Met, it didn't stop
>falling out. I don't think it got worse, but it certainly got no
>better. Then I was diagnosed with hypothyroid and started meds for
>that. That was about 3 months ago. Now I have HAIR. Lots of hair! You
>can't see my scalp anywhere and I even have enough to pull back into a
>ponytail. It is soft instead of brittle like it always was before.
>Maybe this would work for you too? My endo says that her theory is that
>every woman with pronounced PCOS symptoms has hypothyroid as well. Just
>as an idea - Good health and good luck to you.
>
>At Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Patty wrote:
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>>I've had much scalp hair loss in the last 3-4 years.
>>Minoxidhal (Rogaine) & 9 different BCP, hasn't helped. Spirolcatone
>>didn't help for the scalp hair loss, but did help reduce some on the
>>body hair "growth". However, it made me incredibly dehydrated, so I had
>>to stop the Spirolactone & go on Met. For the last 4 weeks I've been
>>taking Metformin & also a BCP, but my scalp hair loss is the worst EVER
>>now. Extreme amounts lost everyday. My crying jags just got worst. My
>>whole life....there was only one thing that I ever liked on this
>>body...my long, dark, curly hair. "Of course" this disease will end up
>>taking that too, so I won't have one feminine thing left.
>>
>>My doctors & I are about out of ideas now. Some people have said, after
>>being on Met for a while, they have thicker scalp hair. Others say it
>>only made them loose more hair.
>>1) So, for the people that had "serious" scalp hair loss "before" going
>>on Met.--Is it now better or worse?
>>2) If better--how long did it take after starting Met?
>>3) If worse, has anyone gone off the Met & BCP, and found something
>>"ANYTHING" that could help stop the loss & help start new scalp hair
>>regrowth? Other PCO'ers have suggested to lose weight, but my weight is
>>about normal, I just have all the other PCO symptoms. Any
>>suggestions--on the scalp hair loss, is much apreciated. Thanks very
>>much!
>
>--
>Email always welcome to: sonnet_fitz@hotmail.com
>
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