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Losing hair when stopped Yasmin (Yasmin)

posted by msklo, 18.08.2009, 20:47

Thank god that I'm not the only one! I'm so upset I've been crying for 2 weeks. I had very think hair to start and the TE is horrible and I cringe every time I even tough my scalp.

I was on BC pills for 10 years, I'm not 28 and stopped the pill because I wanted to get the hormones out of my system before we start trying to get pregnant. I was on Ortho for years then something else then Yasmin. 3 weeks after I stopped Yasmin my hair has been falling out about 200-500 a day. I've lost count at this rate. I can see my scalp and i can already tell my hair line is different. I have less hair around the back of my head and also around my bang area.

Thryroid is fine as per the bloodwork. Which I honestly already knew. I knew right away that it was from the pill because I've never experienced anythign like this before to this magnitude. I'm so upset.

I'd love to hear if anyone else's stories and if your hair is growing back at all. I just don't know what to do. Pretty soon I'm going to just have to shave it all off.



» Here is my hair loss story; it is long:
»
» I am 27 years old, and about 6 months ago, I was suffering terribly from
» hair loss. I was on Yasmin for 5 1/2 years, and stopped taking it to get
» pregnant. 5 months later, my hair started falling out in giant amounts.
» It fell out all over my head, all day long, wash or not, brush or not,
» ponytail or not, constantly. I would say I lost 1000 or more hairs a day
» for 5 weeks. My ponytail was about as thick as a quarter, not a silver
» dollar anymore - you get the picture. I probably lost 60% of my hair
» during that time. It was totally devastating. I was at a loss for an
» explanation.
»
» I went to a dermatologist. I still think it is from Yasmin
» discontinuation, but he seemed to think it was from having the flu 2 1/2
» months before the hair loss started and having a temp of 103 for 2 days.
» That can definitely kill hair growth temporarily. I think it took a long
» time for the pills' hormones to get out of my body, and maybe that explains
» it. Also, I had bloodwork done, and my thyroid was fine (definitely on the
» side of hypothyroid if anything, not the hair loss-capable hypERthyriod).
» My hormone levels were fine, and all that.
»
» I know how devastating this is. I went to the dermatologist, a regular
» internist doctor, and a naturopath. The naturopath gave me some B-12
» vitamins, thyroid herbs, a yeast intibitor, and told me to go on a gluten
» free diet. All I can say is that when I went to the dermatologist, he told
» me that I should be losing hair for about 2-3 months, lose about 75% of it,
» my follicles were fine and not damaged, and it will grow back. I think
» with the help of the naturopath, the herbs, and the gluten-free diet, I
» only lost 50-60% of my hair for 5 weeks, not 3 months.
»
» I also started taking a very high dose of natural vegetarian Biotin (5mg,
» I think, like 20x whatever is daily reccomended), and using Jason Naturals
» brand Biotin hair shampoo and conditioner. It is like only $8 per bottle
» of each from the health food store, and it made my scalp feel great
» immediately. I don't know for sure, but I am willing to bet it helped a
» little - not with the hair loss (the telogen effluvium spontaneous kind
» that I had), but with the regrowth.
»
» I am happy to say that 6 months later, I now have what I consider a great
» head of hair. My hair was always thick and plentuful, and for about a
» month, it looked like I was sick and balding. I was embarrased to go out.
» It was not that the hair was thin or thinning, but that it was just
» dissapearing altogether. Not a month after it stopped falling out (which
» happened spontaneously the same way it started), I had about 10,000 hairs
» on my head that were about 1/2 inch long. So frizzy and sticking up they
» were, but the balding effect was gone - thank god.
»
» I am not a vain person, but I have always loved my hair, and I know how
» devastating this is for women and young women especially. PLEASE believe
» me. If telogen effluvium is what you have (all of a sudden type of hair
» loss), especially after an event (birth control discontinuation, sickness,
» surgery, death, stress, postpartum, flu, injury, etc.), please believe me.
» I cried every night and day, and even thought I was going to have to get a
» wig!
»
» It did stop for me after taking some action with natural remedies. I know
» it would have stopped ANYWAY, but I wanted to quicken that process. I was
» SO upset by the whole thing, and I know how upset you are. IT WILL STOP
» and you will have your hair back. PLEASE DON'T STRESS (impossible, I
» know). No amount of avoiding hair wash, brush, pillows, will do anything
» to help you, so don't be going around with greasy knotty hair. That is not
» going to help you at all. It will just make you even more self-concsious.
»
» Best of luck. I wish I could help more, but just know from one female
» hair-lover to another, it WILL be okay, and your hair will come back.
» Within 2 months, your scalp will look fine and unnoticable of the whole
» event, and within 8-9 months, your ponytail will be thick again. IT WILL
» BE OKAY!


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          • to tandjsmom - tandjsmom, 26.01.2007, 07:41
  • Any recommendations on how to go off yasmin? - JamieRoe, 25.11.2008, 21:00
    • Losing hair when stopped Yasmin - msklo, 18.08.2009, 20:47