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Mirena IUD and alopecia
Before the most recent episode of alopecia, I hadn't had an outbreak in 12 years. I stated using Mirena last October, and six months later I started developing alopecia again. I did some research and found out lots of other women have experienced hair loss while on Mirena. Has anyone else here had this experience? Or is this purely coincidental?
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Permalink Reply by Katelyn on
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Again I can relate, I had never taken birth control up until about 2 months before my first experience with AA. I wasn't on it long because it was too problematic for me. I was on Nuvaring and have read similar stories about hair loss. It could very well be a coincidence but it also messed up my cycle severely even 6 months later. It just kind of makes you wonder. I hope someone can get to the bottom of this!
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Permalink Reply by newme on
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My AU happened 6 months after I got off the Nuvaring. I really think more research needs to be done in regards to this stuff. I wish doctors would stop ignoring patients!
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Permalink Reply by Shanique on
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I have been on depo for over 12 years off and on and for the last 5 years I have been dealing with AA. For the last year I have had alopecia totalis, I lost all body hair, eyebrows and eyelashes. I was told by my doctor that alot of people are losing hair because of the Hormones in the birth control. I am switching to an IUD that has none or close to no hormones in them. I'll keep you posted on how everything is going.
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Omg yes, so all my body hair including eyebrows and lashes habe grew back. Unfortunately I sometimes see hair on my head then I don't. I did switch to the IUD but had to get it removed because it was stuck. I'm now back doing my Tumeric treatments and hopefully it works again.
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