Can vitamin D cause hair loss since it's a steroid?

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Hello, Doctors. Sorry to bother you. I have a question if you don’t mind answering if any doctor has time. You know how taking anabolic or androgen steroids will make male pattern baldness worse by speeding up the process. I take vitamin D. And I read vitamin D is a steroid hormone and not a true vitamin. Can that speed up the male pattern baldness process since vitamin D is a steroid. Thank you

Jeff Donovan, MD, PhD · Answer

Vitamin D does not cause hair loss when levels are in appropriate ranges. So the answer is no. Yes it may be a hormone but it’s not an anabolic steroid. There are many types of steroids - so don’t let the name confuse you.

Samer Muala, MD - Account Suspended · Answer

Vitamin D is not known to cause hair loss.  Usually other causes are at play.  I have seen the opposite- where vitamin D deficiency when treated helps with hair loss.

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