Receding hair side effect of bc ? Posted: 06-16-08 11:38am
I'm 22 years old and have been on birth
control for many years (~6 years). Lately
I have noticed my hair-line receding
around my widows peak just on the one
side. I part my hair on this side and at
first I thought it was because of that,
but reading up on it I see that it may be
a side effect of birth control? Is this
true?
I looked into the "hair loss" topic but
nothing was said about this topic.
Any help? Should I go off the pill to see
if that's what it is?
It's a finger's width difference now and I
don't want it to get worse!
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Maddie34
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Posted: 06-16-08 12:23pm
Yes, it's possible that your birth control
is causing this.
Speak with your doctor, he may switch you
to a different pill with a different
dosage of hormones, or take you off them
completely.
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fallsian
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Posted: 06-16-08 14:55pm
I believe so as well.
Also, have you lost eyebrow hair? This is
off-topic but my former yogi told me that
when women lose thier eyebrow hair on the
lower end that it is a symptom of a
hormone imbalance.
Totally off-topic but I thought I'd put
that out there.
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MaeFaerie
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Posted: 06-17-08 06:28am
My friend told me that was a possible side
effect of the type of birth control she
and I use (NuvaRing) and I was really
surprised! I don't think I've ever heard
of it before and I'm almost sure it's not
on the literature that comes with my
prescription every month. Maybe it's the
sort of thing that only happens after
several years so it's a new side effect
being noticed?
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Sunshine333
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Posted: 07-07-08 15:51pm
Ya I'm going to go check it out with my
doctor. Hopefully It will start going
away. Since the last time I posted it's
gotten worse. I just hope I don't go
bald!! I'll let you know after I talk to
my doctor... but even he might not know
about it! (I'm on Tricyclen 21 btw)
