Extreme hairloss

low Hemoglobin level can be a cause of this,i was having same issue few months ago but as soon as i achieved normal level through some iron tablets and juices problem solved.

sin.......Problem solved as in quickly?

Katerina....don't lump mesalamine in if you've been on pred. .

Hairloss through hormonal changes is classic with prednisone, but it also happens with injury to body, extreme changes from diet, illness and pregnancy.

What happens typically is that dormant stage is prolonged....but keep in mind that a new hair growing pushes out the dormant hair. We lose at least 100 hair daily and replace all hair around 3 - 6 years since each hair only grows to a certain length before it becomes dormant. Hair grows average a half inch a month....takes almost 3 months for determination of cessation, dormancy, new hair growing and poking through the scalp and much longer to see progress of growth.

Prednisone will cause interruption of the normal cycle bigtime.

What one can do is initially have blood testing of thyroid and any pertinent vitamins and minerals such as b vitamins, zinc, iron, etc.

There are vitamins available directed for hair growth.

Hair growth products made by Bosley contain Minoxidil.....could be an option for you if you haven't noticed a change after 4ish months regarding shedding. Bosley and Nioxin have wash, condition and topical products to help stimulate the scalp and have hair look and feel thicker.

Hang tough....things will get back to normal with time.

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Thank you allllll for your replies. It is tough, and yes I am on oral mesalazine, but also pred for a long time, didnt think the mesalazine caused hairloss.

But yes i was slightly low on iron in last bloods so i suppose that could be a contributing factor.

Im glad to have found this site and read other peoples experiences

Pred and the flare are the root causes of the hair loss for sure. I found rosemary oil massaged into the scalp helped when I had severe hair loss from pred and a flare-up.
I thought the 5-Asa's were also a contributing factor for a while, but I soon discovered that they are not the root cause of hair loss at all.

Every class of UC medications from mild anti-inflammatory mesalazine/mesalamine like Salofalk, to immunomodulators like Imuran, to biologics like Remicade all mention hairloss as a rare side effect (less than 1 percent of patients experiencing it). Mind you that there is no shared ingredient and all have very different methods of working. At least to me, that makes it pretty clear that it is most often the underlying UC that is causing the hairloss not the meds.

@ jerseyguy1......do you own a supplement company on the side?

JK.....do you still take those two things now, or did you stop after seeing new hair? I don't see them in your sig line.

Better and stronger? subjective, certainly not a guarantee.

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