PCOS Messages for April, 2001: Re: hair loss questions

Re: hair loss questions

From: Kimberly (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:53:13 -0500 (CDT)

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Hi Jennifer,

Hairloss can also be a sign of thyroid problems. Have you had your thyroid function tested lately? PCOS and thyroid problems kind of go together, so it might be worthwhile to check into that soon. Decrease in thyroid production can cause bigtime hairloss or if you are taking Synthroid, any changes in dosage can trigger it too. I agree with BlueBonnet that some BCPs can aggravate the symptoms. I had a bad problem with OrthoTriCyclen. If you need a good BCP that is a little more PCOS friendly,there is Desogen or OrthoCept. Spironalctone can help by reducing the androgens, which can cause hairloss, excess hair,and acne..etc. Lots of good info on the board, good luck...Kimberly

At Fri, 27 Apr 2001, bluebonnet wrote: >
>All my symptoms, including hairloss, pretty much all started together.
>I'm on metformin, spiro and was on bcp's ntil recently. The hair loss
>has decreased, as had the facial and body hair. just one precaution, if
>you are going to use bcp's, be wary of tri cyclic ones (like ortho tri
>cyclen) and what happened to me- i went off the bcps rather suddenly and
>grew fuzz all over my body within a week. very odd, but oh well. it's
>starting to go away some (again). You might try looking back in the
>archives for more details on hair loss-i know it has been discussed here
>before.
>
>At Fri, 27 Apr 2001, jennifer wrote:
>>
>>For those of you who experience loss of hair, I would like to know when
>>you started experiencing this and what can be done about it, if
>>anything. I don't have this problem (yet) but I have as much anxiety
>>about developing this as I do for the symptoms I currently have like my
>>facial hair.
>>Thanks
>>
>>--
>>jennifer
>>

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