Comments on: Can progesterone cause hair loss? http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/ Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jill http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9529 Jill Wed, 16 May 2012 23:05:29 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9529 Hi Joanne, So sorry about your hair--I know it's horrible. You say your hair fell out with the cream but not the progesterone pill? My doc said our skin isn't supposed to absorb stuff --it's supposed to keep things out, so maybe this unnatural delivery is causing our hair loss? Hi Joanne,
So sorry about your hair–I know it’s horrible. You say your hair fell out with the cream but not the progesterone pill? My doc said our skin isn’t supposed to absorb stuff –it’s supposed to keep things out, so maybe this unnatural delivery is causing our hair loss?

]]> By: Jill http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9527 Jill Wed, 16 May 2012 22:54:33 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9527 Hi Delilah, That's very interesting. I had a VERY low thyroid until I started meds last year. My doc kept increasing them to get my T4 and T3 into medium-high normal. My TSH plummeted. Then my hair started falling out (although my fingernails got stronger which is weird). Of course my doc was fooling around with estrogen and progesterone and testosterone at the same time so it's impossible to know where the culprit lies. Meanwhile I just shed and shed. Hi Delilah,
That’s very interesting. I had a VERY low thyroid until I started meds last year. My doc kept increasing them to get my T4 and T3 into medium-high normal. My TSH plummeted. Then my hair started falling out (although my fingernails got stronger which is weird). Of course my doc was fooling around with estrogen and progesterone and testosterone at the same time so it’s impossible to know where the culprit lies. Meanwhile I just shed and shed.

]]> By: Jill http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9526 Jill Wed, 16 May 2012 22:46:10 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9526 Hi Holly, I'm so sorry about your hair--it's such a horrible side effect and no one seems to have answers! Do you know your estrogen/progesterone levels? If not, ask your doc's office for a copy of your last labs. If your progesterone is "normal" due to the creams but your estrogen is low that could be why your hair is falling out. Hi Holly,
I’m so sorry about your hair–it’s such a horrible side effect and no one seems to have answers! Do you know your estrogen/progesterone levels? If not, ask your doc’s office for a copy of your last labs. If your progesterone is “normal” due to the creams but your estrogen is low that could be why your hair is falling out.

]]> By: Thaddeus Yoquelet http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9518 Thaddeus Yoquelet Wed, 16 May 2012 17:30:24 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9518 Great information :) Great information :)

]]> By: holly http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9480 holly Tue, 15 May 2012 17:48:42 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9480 Jill, pls i would love to chat with you b/c i have just lost alot of hair in the past 7 months. i have tried progesterone creams etc.. just don't know what to do.. Anyone else who wants to chat i just don't know what to take regarding my hiar loss.. Thanks Jill, pls i would love to chat with you b/c i have just lost alot of hair in the past 7 months. i have tried progesterone creams etc.. just don’t know what to do.. Anyone else who wants to chat i just don’t know what to take regarding my hiar loss..

Thanks

]]> By: holly http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9420 holly Sat, 12 May 2012 18:48:21 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9420 Carole, pls tell me what meds and what dosage you used to get your hair to grow back..i have lost loads of hair.. Carole, pls tell me what meds and what dosage you used to get your hair to grow back..i have lost loads of hair..

]]> By: Ruth gilbert http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9398 Ruth gilbert Sat, 12 May 2012 06:28:05 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9398 Hi angela please goggle Dr Jonathan Wright as he is expert on bio identical hormones and you can send him questions at his clinic. They say Maca is good for hair loss. regards ruthie Hi angela please goggle Dr Jonathan Wright as he is expert on bio identical hormones and you can send him questions at his clinic. They say Maca is good for hair loss. regards ruthie

]]> By: Ruth gilbert http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9397 Ruth gilbert Sat, 12 May 2012 06:19:07 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9397 Hello thin hair please look into bioidentical cream hormones and goggle Dr Jonathan Wright who has been a specialist in bios for 30 years. good luck. Hello thin hair please look into bioidentical cream hormones and goggle Dr Jonathan Wright who has been a specialist in bios for 30 years. good luck.

]]> By: Ruth gilbert http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9396 Ruth gilbert Sat, 12 May 2012 06:15:36 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-9396 Hi olga just read your comment. you should never take any estrogens without progesterone as it causes cancers and lumps in your breasts. progesterone helps to keep the estrogens in check as it is non carcinogenic. Please goggle Dr John Lee called the father of progesterone and also Dr jonathan Wright who has been a specialist in biodentical hormone replacement for 30 years. Hope this helps Hi olga just read your comment. you should never take any estrogens without progesterone as it causes cancers and lumps in your breasts. progesterone helps to keep the estrogens in check as it is non carcinogenic. Please goggle Dr John Lee called the father of progesterone and also Dr jonathan Wright who has been a specialist in biodentical hormone replacement for 30 years. Hope this helps

]]> By: Jill http://menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-8954 Jill Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:40:22 +0000 http://www.menopauselifestyle.com/blog/can-progesterone-cause-hair-loss/#comment-8954 I've been on bioidentical hormone replacement --vivelle dot patch and progesterone cream --for over 4 years with no meno symptoms and feeling great. Then my doc decided he wanted my progesterone to be higher so he put me on Prometrium--the bioidentical progesterone pill. After a couple of months I started seeing hair loss but I thought I was imagining things. Now, 6 months after starting the oral progesterone I am seeing a lot of scalp and having hot flashes again even though I'm on estrogen! A recent blood test showed I have NO estrogen, no testosterone, very high--off the top--sex hormone binding protein (SHBG) but normal progesterone. My doctor is stumped (again) so I've researched this myself. From what I've read, taking hormones orally causes the liver to produce a lot of SHBG which binds estrogen and testosterone but not progesterone. This makes the estrogen and testosterone unavailable to the tissues so taking replacement estrogen and testosterone is futile and a waste of money. All the meno symptoms return with a vengence and the unbalanced progesterone makes your hair fall out. Bottom line: don't take hormone replacement orally! I have stopped the progesterone pill and am really hoping my SHBG will normalize and my hair will grow back. Oral hormones are evil. I’ve been on bioidentical hormone replacement –vivelle dot patch and progesterone cream –for over 4 years with no meno symptoms and feeling great. Then my doc decided he wanted my progesterone to be higher so he put me on Prometrium–the bioidentical progesterone pill. After a couple of months I started seeing hair loss but I thought I was imagining things. Now, 6 months after starting the oral progesterone I am seeing a lot of scalp and having hot flashes again even though I’m on estrogen! A recent blood test showed I have NO estrogen, no testosterone, very high–off the top–sex hormone binding protein (SHBG) but normal progesterone. My doctor is stumped (again) so I’ve researched this myself. From what I’ve read, taking hormones orally causes the liver to produce a lot of SHBG which binds estrogen and testosterone but not progesterone. This makes the estrogen and testosterone unavailable to the tissues so taking replacement estrogen and testosterone is futile and a waste of money. All the meno symptoms return with a vengence and the unbalanced progesterone makes your hair fall out. Bottom line: don’t take hormone replacement orally! I have stopped the progesterone pill and am really hoping my SHBG will normalize and my hair will grow back. Oral hormones are evil.

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