Re: hair loss and PCOS - are they related????????
From: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri, 15 Nov 2002 20:16:49 -0600 (CST)
Yes, PCOS and hair loss are related. Usually it is due to the high
testosterone level (male hormone) creating male pattern baldness (as
well as male pattern facial hair growth).
Hair loss can also be attributed to thyroid problems.
At Fri, 15 Nov 2002, jodi wrote:
>
>Funny when old posts crop up again...
>
>Hair loss most certainly is attributed to PCOS, linked to it at any
>rate. My hair loss has flaired up like crazy and I am very self
>conscious... thereis an obvious thin spot in the center of my head.
>Funny, I used to wear bangs to disguise that my hair was thin at the
>temples... now I am growing out my bangs to disguise that my hair is
>thin in the middle! AT least you DO see other girls with hair thin at
>the temples...
>
>I am just afriad that nce I figure out how to stop it - i suspect it's
>generic glucophage not working - it is never going to grow back... and
>I'm having a wedding next october, i wanted to be pretty! :-(
>
>i'm considering wigs but they'd be so hot and itchy...
>
>At Fri, 15 Nov 2002, Valerie wrote:
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>>I have always heard it was a PCOS thing... my endo said that it is a
>>direct result of the testosterone/DHT/DHEA that we have too much of, I
>>know I am starting to have a flair up in the speed of my hair loss
>>lately, my husband is such a nice guy but he simply does not understand
>>that telling me that balding chemo patients wear hats or scarved is not
>>the answer I was looking for!
>>
>>--
>>Valerie
>>
>>At Fri, 15 Nov 2002, kim wrote:
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>>>At Mon, 15 May 2000, anonymous@obgyn.net wrote:
>>>>
>>>>i have read in many posts that some doctors are saying hair loss is NOT
>>>>a side effect of PCOS/high testosterone levels. Some say it is. So
>>>>which is it?? Does anyone know? I have been having hair loss for months
>>>>now. It comes out everytime I run my fingers through my hair. Does
>>>>anyone know if this is related to PCOS? Im so confused...
>>>
>>>Oh my God, I don't know if I have your answer, but I DO know I share the
>>>exact same problem -- for over a year now. I have had multiple tests,
>>>and been sent everywhere from Lupus specialists to hair loss
>>>specialists. Nobody knows, or cares. The thing is, I have strange
>>>symptoms that were sudden. Hair loss whenever I run my fingers though
>>>my hair (throughout my scalp, not just in one place) (I'm not bald,
>>>thank God) dandruff (very sudden and itchy and has never gone away
>>>since), low blood sugar (hypoglycemia), slight anemia and a positive on
>>>the ra factor test. I have purchased books and looked up info. on the
>>>Internet. I have sought out second, third and fourth opinions. Nobody
>>>knows a thing. I think I may have stumbled across something right here.
>>>I'm going to find a new obgyn and make an appt. in the morning! I'll be
>>>waiting to see if anyone of knowledge answers you. I REALLY hope they
>>>do.
>>
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