HealingWell
Search Close Search
☰

Fine Hair

Support Forums
>
Ulcerative Colitis
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply
❬ ❬ Previous Thread |Next Thread ❭ ❭
Posted 10/11/2012 9:48 AM (GMT 0)
Hello all,

I've been on prednisolone 40-30-40mg (one week at 30mg but flared so went back to 40mg) for just over 5 weeks now, and Mesalazine 3.6g daily, and Pentasa enemas every night for 4 weeks. Noticed my hair is shedding a bit more than usual. I have started taking multivitamins and cod liver oil and was wondering if anyone had suggestions to help me save my hair!? Any advice would be much appreciated

Many Thanks

Posted 10/11/2012 9:59 AM (GMT 0)
I lost a lot of my hair while on prednisone. It is discomforting but the good news is it does grow back in once off the prednisone.
Posted 10/11/2012 10:34 AM (GMT 0)
That's why there has been so much hair loss! I thought it was just stress! Ok, my hair loss is stress but know I know her's is the medication!

Thanks!
Posted 10/11/2012 10:50 AM (GMT 0)
Thanks for the reply!

Thought the pred might have something to do with it! thin hair, fat face all fun and games with prednisolone. Reassuring toknow it won't last forever!

Need to start tapering off it soon but am a bit scared. Going to start coming down 5mg a week at the weekend, gave myself a week longer on 40mg than GI said just to give intestines longest chance i could for healing. Fingers crossed it goes smoothly!
Posted 10/11/2012 1:23 PM (GMT 0)
When I was losing my hair, I started taking a B100 vitamin -- B12 and Biotin combined and it helped quite a bit. I've always had fine hair and the thinning of it wasn't fun! Also, I've just discovered coconut paste -- wet your hair, put in coconut paste, rinse and then shampoo. Thickens hair plus makes it nice and soft.

Posted 10/11/2012 1:55 PM (GMT 0)
I am a HUGE fan of Biotin. :) I take 5mgs (5,000mcgs) of Biotin everyday mainly because it helps with horizontal ridges I have in my nails due to nail psoriasis. But anyone who has constant D should be on it. Approximately 80% of the Biotin stored in our bodies are in the large intestine. When we have constant D, it depletes the Biotin stores. It can also help you regrow hair and/or make it grow faster.
Posted 10/12/2012 11:33 PM (GMT 0)
I lost hair by the handful when I was on pred and 6-MP the last time.  There were quite a few days that I cried in the shower.  At first, it seems like I lost a lot of hair really fast, but then the hair loss leveled off, and eventually it grew back.  I took a two pronged approach to mitigating the hair loss: a) nutritional supplementation (Biotin and Walmart's own brand of gelatin tablets) and b) making the hair look more full (Nioxin and hot rollers). 

The only thing I stuck with in the long term was the Walmart Gelatin tablets (Nature's something?... it's obviously their house vitamin brand).  They are dirt cheap, help your hair and nails grow, and I think that gelatin helps to prevent the collagen loss that occurs in skin when you are on prednisone.

I hope that you can find something that works for you!

Posted 10/17/2012 3:12 PM (GMT 0)
I actually grew hair while on higher doses of Prednisone. It didn't start shedding until I reached about 7.5mg, and its been falling out for about 2 months now since then.  I am guessing it won't stop until I am completely off the Prednisone.  At one point I had to go back up to 30mg and the hair loss immediately stopped, so I'm pretty sure for me it has to do with the taper.  My dermatologist didn't really have much insight as to why it seems to be better at higher doses. 
Posted 10/17/2012 11:36 PM (GMT 0)
Prednisone can increase hair growth - but usually not on your head (from my previouse readings and personal experience... ) Had a lot of facial hair - luckily I'm very fair blond so it didn't show much. As for the hair loss it was more so after a few months on the pred (moon face too was only after a few months for me) I was scary how much hair I was loosing especially in the shower... huge clumps would gather around the drain. It was nice to see the new growth however once off for a while. it was very obvious when you looked closely - tons of new short hairs all over my head.
✚ New Topic ✚ Reply