I was wondering if there was anyone who has taken Accutane in the past and experienced hair loss as a side effect; and has anyone been able to regrow their lost hair? I noticed from some older pictures of my hair (a few months after I stopped Accutane) that my hair loss hasn’t progressed since […]
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Can you receive or do you recommend getting a hair transplant while on Accutane (isotretinoin)? My understanding is that the drug disrupts cell division and skin regeneration. Will this delay healing? Yes, having a hair transplant while you are on Accutane it is not a good idea. You should wait a year without the drug […]
I went to the dermatologist the other day and she diagnosed me with TE. I am 21 years old and male. She blamed it on stress, when in reality I’m not stressed. What I believe it’s from is the 5 month accutane course I finished up in October of 2016. I honestly didn’t notice much […]
I am sure you get a lot of similar hair loss messages but I am really distraught and was wondering whether you could give me some advice on my situation. I’m an 18 year old girl and went on an 8 month course of accutane from December 2015-August 2016. My hair started falling out in […]
I took a look at the few photos you sent, and while they were poor quality photos, I didn’t see any hair loss. A maturing hairline could be what you’re worried about, but that is not considered treatable balding. Isotretinoin (Accutane) is known to cause hair loss in some, but having your hairline mature is […]
It could be genetics, but there is a known connection between the drug Accutane (isotretinoin) and hair loss, and even graying of the hair. Knowing that, the simple solution may be just to dye your hair. Speak to your doctor before you abandon the drug.
Propecia (finasteride) is used for the treatment of genetic hair loss, not for loss caused by other medications. I doubt that it will protect against possible hair loss caused by Accutane (isotretinoin).
I recently performed a hair transplant procedure on a patient that I had initially transplanted 17 years ago. He had good results at that time, but slowly over the years, the 2500 grafts he had transplanted in 1995 had died off. When hair transplant surgeons say that transplanted hair never falls out, one is reminded […]
Accutane (isotretinoin) is known to cause hair loss. Or you could also have male pattern baldness (genetics) unrelated to the Accutane use. Or even a combination of the two — in other words, Accutane may have accelerated your genetic loss. There’s really no way for me to know for sure via the Internet without an […]
Not all hair transplants are the same. There are subtle things that different doctors or clinics do that can affect the surgery. In other words, you are not getting the same product as you would when you buy cars at different dealers. You need to ask your surgeon these things, because I don’t know what […]
I doubt that Propecia (finasteride) will protect against possible hair loss from Accutane (isotretinoin). There aren’t known interactions between the two medications, but this subject needs to be discussed with the treating doctor, not with us over the web.
Accutane (isotretinoin) does work well for treating acne, but unfortunately one of its many side effects is hair loss. I suspect hair loss from Accutane is temporary, but it may accelerate the male pattern balding process. Only time will tell. I really do not have much experience with patients taking Accutane (nor do I prescribe […]
I frankly can not tell you if you have a connection between drug-induced hair loss from years earlier or if you just have male pattern baldness from genetic causes. It is true that Accutane (isotretinoin) does seem to cause hair loss, but I can not comment on an 8 year gap between taking the drug […]
Accutane (isotretinoin) does impact the quality of hair that grows, but it should not change direction. I would suspect that because of the changes in your hair character, the different direction of hair in one area was more easily noticed by you.
Anything is a possibility, but I doubt there are real causation relationships at play here. One may postulate that Accutane produced more diffuse hair loss mimicking DUPA (diffuse unpatterned alopecia), but you are trying to find answers and explanations to a problem and your guess is as good as mine. DUPA is not related to […]