Hair loss

Bring on your suggestions please. It seems that everything I've had remotely connected to feminity is gone -- lost breasts, lost ass, scrawny legs and arms -- now lost hair.

What are your ideas to counter hair loss if it can be done given the meds and the disease itself.

elen

How come the prednisone made my hair twice as thick when I first went on it. Some say it's the asacol that is causing the hair losss (plus other factors like malnutrition)

I wash my hair every two weeks at the beauty parlor where I get it flat ironed. I don't wash my own hair. It is extremely dry and coarse, and I shouldn't wash it very often

I appreciate your suggestions...

journey....you have a lot more issues happening...and I'll add that every 2 weeks washing without any scalp stimulation in between isn't a good thing.

Pred the other time thicker hair? well, unless it was over a year process....you would have lost the hair AFTER the pred use...you're on it again with severe weight loss, flaring and many other meds and issues. You have to look at the big picture.

As well, ironing brittle hair can also cause breakage that you might not be seeing. Make sure your hairdresser uses moisture packs with a bit of protein...not a lot because that will cause more breakage.

What products is she using on your hair? What type of hair do you have? Severe curly? afro? is it straightened via chemicals?

Big picture....don't make it all about asacol.

quincy

With all the weight loss I seemed to have gotten a free face lift, which is nice. I am doing everything I can to gain, but it's hard when you're not on dairy, and you exercise, and you generally want to eat healthy foods.

Remember that some things ARE in your control....exercising more than what you take in regarding calories will only work against you.

Yes, 5ASA meds can have some problems....but it's not as though you can attribute all to it.

What shampoos and conditioners are you using for your hair? What product before you flat iron your hair?

How long is your hair?

Do you pull it back in a ponytail? put it up in clips?

Do you have little baby hairs growing aound your hairline? If they're all even, it's breakage, if it's all looking like nice tapered hair...that could very well be your hair growing back.

Hair grows a half to one inch a month...it lies dormant for 3 months before falling out and will take another 2 - 3 months for it to reach the scalp and for you to notice the "babies".

One loses up to 100 hair a day...normally.

Plus, everyone has their whole head of hair replaced every 2 - 6 years...depending on how long each follicle is programmed to grow.

Add stress, birth control, hormones such as steroids, illness, extreme weight loss....etc....something regarding the cycle of the hair PLUS if it happens in conjunction with any of the above...you'll have hairloss.

Oh, may as well throw in heredity....if your mom's dad is bald, it's possible you could have that tendency as well for female hairloss.

The other possibilities are autoimmune hairloss....

Hang tough, have your hair cut short enough to look fuller, look into the Nioxin (check out makeupalley.com for some reviews on it....you have to join) and there are many products that will probably work for your hair type.

Lots of questions...but that's what I do..lol!
quincy

recently went back on the Asacol.............it causes my hair to fall out.......I have really thick hair that grows fast so it replaces itself as well.........just that they are growing back in gray!    

asacol is a lifetime med. Are you pretty sure that's a hair loss in terms of side effects? I sure hope not...

Have you been anemic? Because that can definitely cause hair loss. But once I got into remission with Asacol, my hair grew back. We all respond to meds differently, so it's hard to say if the hair loss is from being so sick or from meds. In fact, hair loss is not an official side effect of Remicade, but I'm pretty sure that is what is causing me to lose hair.