Its been nearly 12 months that i have been taking this medicine, for acne n now i m suffering hair loss.. everytime i comb my hair, it knots at places and finally i end up with lots of hair loss moreover i also get frequent headaches and my head feels heavy all the time.. Please help me out... What should i do? Should i continue taking this medicine or Should i quit?
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It's not so much an issue of what dose works best but rather what dose is safe and still works. The two are very very different concepts. High doses of oral minoxidil work wonderfully for hair but are likely to cause a range of side effects.
We do see a small percentage of women who experience hair loss after starting BioTE testosterone pellet therapy. Often, they have male or female pattern baldness in the family and it is triggered by the testosterone metabolizing into DHT. We usually lower the testosterone dose, and add a...
