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Can deprovera stop your hair from growing?
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No: Your individual hairs grow at different times (dyssynchronous growth). However, pregnancy or being on Depo-Provera can cause the hair follicles to synchronize their growth. Old hairs fall out to be replaced by new ones.
Answered 2/19/2015
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