Guest guest Posted February 3, 2002 Report Share Posted February 3, 2002 Hi Jeena: I thought it was pretty strange too, never hearing about surgery and hair loss. It's from both the stress of the surgery and the drugs. I lost hair in an operation that was not traumatic as well as the traumatic implant/explantation, so it's the drugs. Did your doctor give you prednisone while you were shedding, or just to get your hair to grow back? Who is your dermatologist? Thank you for sharing with me. This is so hard. Pearl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2002 Report Share Posted February 3, 2002 No, not yet. I want to. This dermatologist I went to says just give it time, there's nothing else you can do. I think I need a new doctor....... Thanks. Pearl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 4, 2002 Report Share Posted February 4, 2002 Pearl Have you tried Prednisone? ----- Original Message ----- From: " el_jeena " <el_jeena@...> < > Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 7:06 PM Subject: telogen effluvium > Oh, I forgot to mention that my local MD had told me about this and > told me there were quite a few reasons a person could lose their hair > like this. Of course, I was anguished. At the time, he took a biopsy > of the bald spot to try and determine if it was from medication or > what. I guess there are different things to look for in the hair > follicle, too. Anyways, he never could find if it was a medication > or what. Of course, I knew it was the implants that did it, because > my hair started coming out in handfuls after I got them. He finally > agreed to me in private one day that he thought it probably was the > implants. > > Then, the other time I lost all my hair, I had a different Dr. and he > told me it was from the anesthesia. When I told yet a different Dr. > about that experience, he said it probably wasn't from the > anesthesia, but the shock of surgery and he said that any trauma or > shock to the system can induce telogen effluvium. > > I never could get the same answer from any of them as to why I lost > my hair. When I went on Prednisone, my hair grew back and pretty > fast. The problem was...so did hair on my FACE! I was plucking > constantly cuz these " horse " hairs were erupting! Now, I am off > Prednisone and the hairs on my face are not coming back and I am just > hoping and praying I don't go bald again! > > It is really hard to get any definate answers, or maybe I should say > the SAME answers from all the Drs. > > It is very strange that would say she has never heard of such a > thing. It is actually pretty common. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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