Re: PCOS and Hair Loss
From: tera (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 10 Feb 2002 22:28:31 -0600 (CST)
Hi there!
Like Belle said, hair loss comes from within. My cousin who has PCOS
lost a ton of weight and is still experiencing hair loss. Hair loss
associated with PCOS is usually caused by excess androgens. Being
overweight CAN cause an increase in androgens in some women so it can't
hurt to not be overweight. But like I said you can have high androgen
levels while being THIN not just overweight.
Not everyone with PCOS experiences hair loss just as not everyone with
PCOS experiences cystic ovaries, acne, infertility or excess body hair.
Different women with PCOS have different symptoms. My advice to help
prevent hair loss is to help keep androgens low by keeping weight down,
taking Glucophage if you need to. Also, a low carb diet helps some PCOS
ladies with many symptoms.
Also, F.Y.I. it is very rare for a woman to become BALD. Thinning hair
is not rare but being BALD is. Take care! God bless! Tera
At Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Barbra wrote:
>
>At Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Belle wrote:
>>
>HI Belle,
>I,too was thin,but had thinning hair that started in my early teens.
>At a point,my hair was so thin,that you could see thru it and then it
>progressively got worse.Had the acne,and horrible cycles all my life
>with miscarriages.Hair is now normal,(I don't know why),but weight gain
>is evident.
>Do you think that there are periods where pcos can be aggravated,and
>then get controlled.I found that I got alot of symptoms after my last
>miscarriage back in 1996...that seems to be when all my problems started
>with my current illnesses.
>I miscarried in the fourth month,when I was 35.
>I have never been well after that.
>
>Thank-you
>>I do not know if I answered this one back in 2000 or not but here goes.
>>
>>PCOS is a syndrome. You will not necessarily get all of the symptoms.
>>Some women with PCOS have a full head of hair.
>>
>>Weight has nothing to do with it. I was losing my hair while I was a
>>teenager with regular periods and very thin (115 -120).
>>
>>The best thing we can do is to try to make sure that we are as healthy
>>as we can be and to not try to deal with only single problems. We do
>>not always have outward effects of the problems that we may have with
>>PCOS. The hairloss begins from within.
>>
>>At Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Rachel wrote:
>>>
>>>At Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Elizabeth wrote:
>>>>
>>>Hi there!
>>>If you get an answer to your post, PLEASE LET ME KNOW,
>>>ok???
>>>
>>>>I'm 29 and have just been diagnosed with PCOS. Does this mean that as I
>>>>get older i'll develop male pattern baldness for sure? Does everyone who
>>>>has PCOS lose their hair? I'm horrified! Can it be controled by weight
>>>>loss? Does it have anything to do with that? If I maintain my weight
>>>>will it control the hair loss or is it going to happen no matter what?
>>>>
>>>>Help!!!
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Elizabeth
>>>>
>>--
>>Hope this helps,
>>
>>Belle
>>
>--
>Sincerely,
>Barbra Camara
>
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Tera
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