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Many drugs have hair loss as a side effect. However, in most cases the use of drugs are not the primary cause.
These drugs can cause hair loss but not very commonly. The vast vast majority of patients who take these drugs do not develop shedding or hair loss. If you think you have hair loss from a medication, be sure to see a dermatologist specializing in hair loss. A full medical history, a careful examination of the scalp and blood tests are all essential. A biopsy is usually not necessary and seldom helps.Hair loss can be dose dependent for some individuals but certainly not all. For many patients, it's an all or none type phenomenon.Medication related hair shedding is among the most challenging types of hair loss to diagnose. Hair loss from medications usually happens 4-10 weeks after starting a drug.Switching between similat drugs even within the same class can sometimes be helpful. So even if one type of antidepressant causes hair loss another might not.All in all, anyone who thinks a drug might be causing hair loss should see a dermatologist for careful evaluation.
Yes, these drugs have hair loss as a side effect in some women. Speak with the doctor who prescribed it to you and see if there are alternative drugs.
If your hair loss was due to kidney disease and if was reversible, it may take up to one full year to see hair grow back. However it probably isn't as simple as one direct cause. There are many people with kidney disease who have a full head of hair.
Dear rb9909, The amount of sexual activity that a man may have with male pattern hair loss has no relationship to the amount of testosterone produced, nor the amount of DHT locally in the scalp. There is no correlation between sexual activity and DHT levels, so you can certainly feel free to...
Dear rb9909, Thank you for your clinical post and photographs. The use of Finasteride also called Propecia which blocks androgen production at its source and therefore lowers local scalp DHT is likely the gold standard in delaying true genetic male pattern hair loss. The additional use of...
