I have been off of bcp for 3 wks. after taking it for 3 yrs. Thus far, I have noticed a ton of hair loss. (I believe that my hair loss was triggered when I took Yasmin 5 yrs ago.) Do you think this is due to my body having to adjust and will eventually regulate itself? Do you think that this is a sign of what's to come and things will get worse? Perhaps try bio-identical progesterone to help balance things out? HELP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Its okay, it's normal for symptoms to return or appear after coming off BCP. Try taking some vitamin B complex and omega 3 supplements they may help you. Also visit your doctor to see if there is anything they can perscribe you with to help you. Also I found some 'success stories' on the hair loss/growth forum, perhaps you could look through there and find some things to try out:
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I have been off bcps for 2 years now. I find it helps quite a bit with some things.
I noticed hairloss but I had also had a baby and lost hair. Supposedly progestrone helps grow hair or atleast makes it thicker and when you stop having progestrone it will fall out. THis is what I heard about hair loss after having baby anyway. Mine was coming out in batches atleast you couldn't tell by looking at my hair but i was really thinning out.
Since I've stopped BCPs I notice less PMS and my skin has cleared up some but not completely and I don't have huge breakouts as often.
I've heard you can put prenatal vitimans in you shampoo/conditioner(one of them maybe both) and let them dissolve over a month. OR you can crush them up and make the wait time shorter.
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Thank you so much, your response was helpful. Is it coming off the estrogen or the progesterone in bcp that makes your hair fall out? I have an appt with my dr on tues to check hormone profile and possibly get on bio-identical hormones, at least for a while until things balance themselves out. I hope they do b/c I can't go on like this! One more question... did you have hair loss before you went on the pill?????
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