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does thyronorm reduce hair loss
A 32-year-old female asked:
Dr. Quang Nguyen answered
Specializes in Endocrinology
Talk to your doc: If your tsh swung from 5.5 to 0.25 on only 25 mcg of thyroid med, then it's unlikely you have a thyroid problem. Go back and talk to the doc who presc ... Read More
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A 26-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Sneid answered
41 years experience Endocrinology
Synthroid (thyroxine): does NOT cause hair loss. The problems with your thyroid that lead to your needing Synthroid (thyroxine) can cause hair loss problems, but it is hair ... Read More
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A 34-year-old female asked:
can switching thyroid brands levoxyl, (thyroxine) synthroid armour and to synthroid cause hair loss?
Dr. Tsu-Yi Chuang answered
50 years experience Dermatology
Don't know.: Probably not.
A 46-year-old member asked:
Dr. Imtiaz Chaudhry answered
27 years experience Facial Plastic Surgery
Hair loss from meds?: Both hypothyroidism as well as hyperthyroidism can cause hair loss. I would recommend seeing a dermatologist or someone expert in the hair loss treatm ... Read More
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A 25-year-old member asked:
Dr. Quang Nguyen answered
Specializes in Endocrinology
Unlikely: If the TSH is normal and other thyroid parameters are normal, then it's not the thyroid or the synthroid (thyroxine) that is causing the hair loss. Y ... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Sneid answered
41 years experience Endocrinology
Most likely: Due to the hypothyroidism which is now being treated. It will take months after your thyroid level is normalized for the hair breakage to stop, but yo ... Read More
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A 36-year-old female asked:
Dr. Susan Wingo answered
33 years experience Endocrinology
TSH 2.5 is normal: A TSH of 2.5 indicates normal thyroid status, assuming that the pituitary is working normally. An evaluation to check this assumption out might be wo ... Read More
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A female asked:
Dr. Todd Sisto answered
37 years experience Breast Surgery
Too little info: to be able to guess. The best place to start would be with whomever prescribed the Synthroid (thyroxine)
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A 58-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Sneid answered
41 years experience Endocrinology
Synthroid (thyroxine): lasts a long time in your body and hair loss cannot occur in that short a time once you stop it. The levels persist for weeks and decline by only 1/2 ... Read More
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A 39-year-old female asked:
Dr. J. Lawrence Dohan answered
57 years experience Dermatology
Wrong assumptions: Iron level not relevant. "Stress" probably not a factor. Very low TSH because of overdosed thyroid probably not part of it. Thin hair on top is very c ... Read More
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