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Surprise hair problems

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karenjaninaz
karenjaninaz

I don't mind my hair becoming curly; it's cheaper than a perm. After I was on pred for awhile the hair coloring my beautician always used started resulting in a different shade. At first he thought he made a mistake and double checked the formula. Apparently the medication enters the hair shaft over time changing its characteristics. The same thing happened after I was very ill in 2012. I had been treated with assorted antibiotics, antifungals, par enteral nutrition and pain killers. My brown hair came out red with the same formula. 

Can anyone relate? I'm not ready to go grey- yet.

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  • Anhaga
    Anhaga karenjaninaz

    Posted

    Don't know about the colouring issues, as I never have.  But lately my hair feels like it's back to its normal thickness, although I seem to be losing great handfuls of it, and I wonder if what's happening is that the hair which is coming out now is the hair which was growing in when I was at higher doses of pred, and had much thinner hair with different characteristics than I did before and do now?

  • TIsser
    TIsser karenjaninaz

    Posted

    Like you my hair went curly on pred, your right much cheaper than a perm, now down to 7.5 I would be disappointed if my curls disappeared.... being in my 70's I am happy to have silver hair and with a touch of vitapoint it looks really pretty, my hairdresser also admires the colour.

    regards Tisser.

  • margaret89358
    margaret89358 karenjaninaz

    Posted

    Hi Jarenjaninaz. I thought it was

    Me, my hair goes curly and I have always had straight hair. I put it down to sweating, whenever I do

    Anything like hoovering I come out in a sweat, and my hair is wet and

    Curly. Also the colour doesn't last

    As long. A wonderful drug but

    Lots of side affects which I hope in

    The future will disappear, The

    Forum has some wonderful results and it is very comforting to know

    We are not alone.

  • EileenH
    EileenH karenjaninaz

    Posted

    Nothing wrong with being a natural platinum blonde wink  I was almost white at 40 - and abandoned the chemical colour I had used for 10 years after the day before I was 30 I looked in the mirror and decided they didn't look like the greatly admired silver streaks any more! Tried lighter colours but couldn't find one I liked and since then - I've use the money for better things lol

  • nick67069
    nick67069 karenjaninaz

    Posted

    prednisone impacts hair for sure.  I always had dense hair and for every haircut I needed thining.  I still need it, but much less and only in the back and sides. Seems like pred is doing thining for me at the top of the head biggrin.  Also hair feels less flexible, kind of dry. It must be one of side effects of using pred, oh well ... there are worse things in life then "bad" hair.

  • april1247
    april1247 karenjaninaz

    Posted

    I guess it depends on how old you are Karenjaninaz but grey can be stunning at any age.  Apparently at the moment lots of young women are having their hair dyed silver as its very fashionable!  I know that's probably not very helpful but I am really sorry that you are having problems with your hair as I know how much our hair means to us.  

    I don't know about being curly, but my hair which is naturally very curly/frizzy, and very thick is now, after being on pred since April, falling out in handfuls...also, its much finer than it was.  I've been grey since I was in my early fifties and am now white at the front and mostly grey at the back.  I just wish it would all go white, and stop falling out.  Can anyone tell me if the hair stops falling out, or do I have to wait until hopefully, the PMR decides to burn itself out, in which case if it takes several years I may well be bald...cry  

    • EileenH
      EileenH april1247

      Posted

      Often it isn't the pred - it is the illness itself but it doesn't start being noticeable for some months after being ill. I had a really bad hair period 4 or 5 months after being in hospital with something else - I'd been on pred for years by then and it hadn't been too much of a problem before. But it all grew back - at first curly and then as it got longer, less curly. Now the long top hair is fairly easy to blow-dry smooth - the shorter hair underneat around the nape of my neck is still very unmanageably curly...

  • Susanne_M_UK
    Susanne_M_UK karenjaninaz

    Posted

    My very fine, straight hair started becoming wavy about 18 months ago. I initially put it down to 6 months on MTX, but it's still wavy one year on. I've been on high doses of pred for about 2.5 years. Now finally managed to taper to 10.5mg.

    I hope it stays wavy, love it. I shampoo and I'm ready to go. No need for lengthy styling. 😊

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