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Re: PCOS and Hair Loss
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Mon, 11 Feb 2002 10:45:49 -0600 (CST)
I have to share that I am very thin (just about 100lb) and have been
this weight for about 8 years. Still, I suddenly started experiencing
problems with hair loss about a year ago-- I don't know why it would
just happen out of the blue, but it isn't my weight that's the issue.
That being said, from waht I understand, it may help to lose weight if
you are overweight, since being overweight tends to aggrevate most
symptoms of PCOS.
Lastly, I put on 15-20lb (in just 2 months) when I went on BCPs 8 years
ago. On a whim I started exercising for an hour 4 times/ week. This is
my salvation. If I stop, I feel the weight go up a little. Just
getting my body moving seems to help me tremendously. For any of you
who don't exercise, I highly recommend it. IT makes me feel so good
about myself!!!
At Sun, 10 Feb 2002, tera wrote:
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>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:
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>>At Sun, 10 Feb 2002, Belle wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>>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
>>
>--
>Tera
>
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