Hair thinning due to Pred?
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Hi everyone, I was at the hairdressers today and she asked me had I noticed my hair thinning. I hadn't noticed because I have very fine hair anyway but she did remark on it. Would this be the pred? Also these hot flushes, I am well past the menopause and even in this cold weather I rarely put the heating on it's as if I have my own built in thermostat which seems to on max most of the time. My heating bill will be a lot cheaper if this keeps up.
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karen28161 pat38625
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pat38625 karen28161
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EileenH pat38625
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I've been on 3 different sorts of pred: enteric coated prednisolone in the UK, Medrol (methyl prednisolone) here and now Lodotra (prednisone). I had no real problems with the enteric coated except that weight I had put on with PMR due to immobility redistributed to face and middle and I lost some hair but it was very thick anyway . With Medrol my hair went mad - dry and frizzy, it fell out and what was left barely grew at all. I also grew a fairly impressive dark beard - and I have been white since I was 40! It started as peach fluff and got steadily stronger and darker. Since I was put on Lodotra the beard has gone and my hair has all grown back, smooth shiny like it was before and curly! That is taking some getting used to - it had been straight for the 7 years of PMR having been curly before. Within a few months of starting the Lodotra the new hair was growing back in, like a baby's hair but under the longer hair at first!
pat38625 EileenH
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vanessa66630 EileenH
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EileenH vanessa66630
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How did you break your leg? How very careless - especially just before Christmas! ;-)
joey2 pat38625
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pat38625 joey2
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constance.de pat38625
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Also strange - I never had hot flushes!
pat38625 constance.de
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Crystalcave pat38625
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i usually have quite thick hair but also my hairdresser has commented on my hair thinner than it used to be. Also it has become very dry and brittle, I think it could be the meds I am on. I am also my own thermostate as you say. I hardly ever have to have my heating on these days and have to be mindful of when I have visitors as I sometimes forget how cold they can be. Hope you are keeping well at the moment.
sue
pat38625 Crystalcave
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And yes very rarely do I have the heating on. I will put it on for a short while just to heat the room, sometimes I would need a hand held fan. Someone did comment that when they ate sugary food/fruit that made it worse. Well with the holidays over and no more chocolate I am going to try it and keep a diary. Thanks again.