Is hair loss really that common a side effect of taking NSAIDs? If it is, how long does one need to take them before hair loss occurs?
Hair loss is not a common side effect of taking NSAIDS such as Motrin, Advil, etc. It is so rare, I have not personally met anyone in my 20+ years who came to see me for this complaint.
2015-07-01 06:11:072015-09-14 20:34:39Hair Loss And NSAIDs – Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drug
I have a couple questions regarding meds as being direct causes of MBP among other things. Well, I have been on antidepressants for quite some time now, and for a while I stopped taking them, around the time inbetween the ages of 16 and 17. Around the time I was almost 17 and a half I got back on them and when I turned 18 is when I started noticing a change in my hairline.
Currently im 19 and a half and the left side of my hairline has gone up maybe a bit more than half an inch and the right side about an inch. Are antidepressants directly linked to MPB? Do they trigger hair loss? Or when they talk about hair loss as a side effect are they talking about the patchy kind that just falls out and regrows when you stop taking the meds? My family history of hair loss is very inconsistant so its hard for me to tell if I really am experiencing MBP or just a mature hairline. Unfortunately I have a very skinny long face and naturally pronounced hairline so it makes it all the more noticable….. My other question is, this whole gene therapy thing. If we do find a cure for hair loss through this what will happen to your buisiness? Will you continue working for the hair loss industry? Just curious, heh. Thank you for your time sir.
While many medications may cause hair loss, the most common cause men is genes, unrelated to medication use. Genetic hair loss causes male pattern baldness (MPB). It is possible that your medications could have accelerated changes in your hairline or balding, but there is really no way to be 100% certain. Mapping out your scalp hair for miniaturization may give you insights into any gene expression that is active at this time. Male pattern baldness is also known as androgenic alopecia (AGA), because hair loss is from the effects of androgenic hormones, such as dihydrotestosterone (DHT). While we all have androgenic hormones, only the men with the gene for hair loss will lose hair. The change in your hairline, if it follows a specific pattern as MPB, will generally mean you have the gene for hair loss. To be certain though, you should be evaluated by a doctor for a physical exam and a miniaturization study. I really cannot diagnose your hair loss problem with just brief descriptions. BaldingBlog is merely a source of the opinions of our staff physicians and is not a source for diagnosis.
With respect to gene therapy, I sincerely hope it will come to fruition in my lifetime. While it is undoubtedly still many years away, it will definitely impact my field in a positive way. After all, we are the physicians in the field of hair loss. Gene therapy will only empower us to offer more options to our patients.
2007-12-26 15:34:412007-12-19 15:05:58Hair Loss and the Inevitable Cure?
I’m 22, Male, and have had a ton of stress over the past four or so years. I’ve been slowly losing hair (noticed a bit of loss about two or three years ago I think) on the right side and now a small bit is gone on the left side. Is it possible that this is stress related but NOT indicative of MPB? I mean is is possible that this isn’t just speeding up MPB that I’d get later on regardless? And if it grows back a bit or stops falling, do I need to worry that it is MPB which will continue? Or can I move on and assume whatever was lost, whether it regrows or not, was just due to stress and that there won’t be any more loss? I really need help please. Thanks so much!
As this is very important to you, you should see a doctor like me who can make the diagnosis and using tools such as the HAIRCHECK test (https://baldingblog.com/haircheck-test-how-it-is-done-video/) and try to predict what your future might look like. Then based upon that assessment, a good doctor will build a Master Plan for you to follow. The key is to keep your hair and with today’s medications and hair transplant technology, it is something that you should want for yourself.
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I’m a 43 year old African American female. I’ve used hair products all my adult life. In addition, I wore weaves from braiding and sewing tracks on my hair to gluing tracks on my hair. To braiding my hair as well. I used extensive heat from flat irons to hair dryers. Everything has come to a halt. The top portion of my hair is bald in the crown area of my head in many large spots. I had a small spot for years smack dead in the middle of my crown area and never thought anything of it. Well a month ago my hairstylist noticed the small spot is no longer there. There are huge spots now that is red and is tender. For years my scalp always felt irritated very strange… Even when I brushed my hair my scalp would hurt. I recently got rid of all the hair products that contain Sodium Laurel Sulfate and Sodium Laurel Lereth Sulfate. I purchased all natural shampoos and conditioners.
Well I went to see a Dermatologist. He kept saying something about a band…? Dead hair follicles that will not grow back. Well they did the Biopsy and now I wait. He thinks it might be Lupus of the skin…. WHAT !@&^*()(*_( What is that… My first cousin has Lupus (enternal). I’m stumped…. I am wearing wigs because my hair is not long enough to cover the bald spots… What a mess…. Your thoughts Doctor?
You will know more when the biopsy comes back. If you don’t have Lupus, you have many causes for hair loss all listed in your first paragraph of your email to me. This is a complicated problem that will have to be evaluated with you sitting right in front of me and my obtaining the biopsy from your dermatologist. For more info, look to the Lupus Foundation of America‘s Lupus of the Skin page.
2009-06-24 09:33:422009-06-19 13:11:56Hair Loss and Lupus of the Skin?
Lots of people have a lot to say about hair loss and solutions. The article is a bit one sided, talking about the high costs of transplants. Did you know that hair pieces (wigs) can run in the thousands and thousands of dollars in your lifetime? When I met with Hair Club some years ago, they told me that they would expect about $12,000 from each client for a 5 year time-frame. That was about 8 years ago, so taking inflation into account… hmmm…..
Not much on that in this article, but worth reading anyway.
I have been shedding hair like crazy during the last month. It may be from shock due to losing 10 lbs of weight but I don’t know how rapidly I lost the weight. I am eating less carbs and more protein though. If the hair loss is due to shock how do I reverse this? I don’t want to start eating loads and regain the weight.
Rapid hair loss following a loss of rapid weight loss is common. If you have the genes for hair loss, then the hair loss induced by the weight loss may not be reversible in men.
2021-05-19 01:43:402020-12-21 11:44:45Hair loss following rapid weight loss
Hair loss is not uncommon following a hairline advancement surgery in a female which will reveal the scar that was made at the time of the surgery. Matter of fact, this can happen with almost any facial surgery and I have seen this in many face lift and brow lift female patients. A hair transplant is the only solution for this which will bury the scar in the transplanted hair and the hairline can be moved further forward at the same time.
2018-01-12 06:07:282018-02-07 12:22:18Hair loss following a hairline advancement in female
Hi Doctor,
Great to find a forum that cuts through all the nonsense on balding; this really is a great service. I am a 25yo male with a hairline receding around two inches at one side. On this receding side I have a “cow’s lick,”(not sure of medical definition!) and this seems to be where the majority of the loss is occurring. I am currently on finasteride, and am worried that the loss at one side looks rather odd.
Is a “cow’s lick” particularly prone to loss? Or is this purely coincidence?All the best!
Asymmetrical hair loss is not uncommon. It would be a coincidence that your cowlick is on the side with the hair loss. You should see and doctor and probably go on appropriate treatment. Lopsided hair loss does not look good for most men.
2009-12-11 08:35:402009-12-08 12:15:44Hair Loss at the Cowlick
This happens when a person drives a car or truck for a living, the side on the window gets more sun exposure than the other side causing damage from to the skin and more hair loss. We can see this very well in the photo below, of a truck driver whose face aged more on the drivers side of his face. For people who drive in Australia, the opposite occurs because they drive on the other side of the road.
