Hello all. I started this medicine a week ago and my hair hasn't stopped shedding its getting really scary how long should it take to stop.
Hi Tina,
Just thought I’d share my experience with you regarding hairloss.
I started shredding large amounts of hair 5 months after I started tapazole (aka MM). I mean I was losing 500 hairs a day. Had all my blood work done and everything came back normal. My endo and derm both determined it was temporary. While there are reports that MM could cause hairloss, my endo said it’s rare. My hairloss was likely caused by sudden significant weight loss from being hyper, loss of vitamins and I was very low in ferritin/iron. If it’s shedding now, the assault likely took place 3-5 months ago due to hair growth phase.
Anyway, to answer your question, my hairloss slowed down after 6-9 months. Hang in there, I know it’s disheartening but if it’s not related to any other medical condition, it will stop.
Ok, this is interesting. Some people are hit by hair loss AFTER taking MM, then the loss slows down and stop losing goes next... Will it ever grow back eventually? Just wonder. (my experience: start taking MM 2.5 mo ago, hair loss, thinning occurred, no slowing down, no stopping... yet!)
Tina,
Llevo un año tomando esta medicina y mi cabello sigue cayéndose, necesitas encontrar la manera de mantenerte tan tranquila como puedas. Eso es lo que me siguen diciendo, pero mi vida es tan estresante, siento que entre estas 3 enfermedades que tan amablemente me han sido dadas, más otras 4 cosas más que me están pasando en el cuerpo, pronto seré un caso perdido. Pero cariño, habla con tu médico y averigua si necesitas hacerte una prueba de la glándula pituitaria y ver cuáles son tus niveles con eso. Es el gran problema de todo. Estás en mis oraciones porque odio esto. No solo tengo hipertiroidismo, también tengo hipotiroidismo, además de la enfermedad de Graves y Hashimoto, y como dije, algunas cosas más. Y es un maldito viaje en montaña rusa del que quiero bajarme.
Thank you that's good to know.
I am so sorry, it's a lot to deal with, I've been trying to not worry about it but every time I comb my hair, was my hair it's like it's shedding from the roots. I hope everything your going through gets better, I really appreciate your comments and others on this forum they have really helped me a lot to understand this disease thank you so much for sharing your experiences with this.
hi Tina, I’m in a similar situation and hair is falling out like crazy and I’m seeing patches on my scalp. Can you let me know what you ended up doing for the ferritin and for the hyperthyroidism? I’m also seeing the weight loss and low ferritin and am on methimazole. thank you.