PCOS Messages for November, 2002: Re: hair loss and PCOS

Re: hair loss and PCOS - are they related????????

From: Anne (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sun, 17 Nov 2002 19:33:36 -0600 (CST)

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Yes, hairloss is associated with PCOS; if you are predisposed to it then PCOS will make it kick in earlier than it would have otherwise probably. But it could have other causes too e.g thyroid, low iron and so on. But lots of 'normal' women seem to have some degree of hairloss, so that's some comfort I suppose. Also I think hereditary hairloss research really really seems to be getting somewhere. I was sceptical at first, but I'm really beginning to think treatments are really going to improve even in the next ten years or so, hopefully in less time. (Well it will have to be in less time, because otherwise I will be pretty bald.)

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...
>
>>>At Fri, 15 Nov 2002, kim wrote:
>>>
>>>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...
>>>

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