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Is this normal on ADT? Body hair gone

Posted by scottbeammeup @scottbeammeup, Sep 15, 2024

I'm almost on my 6th month of ADT. This morning I noticed that almost all my body hair is gone except for the hair on my head. My underarm hair, pubic hair, and arm and leg hair are all missing. I look like a plucked chicken. Is this normal? Will this hair come back?

I also noticed that I haven't had to shave in almost three weeks.

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postprostatectomy77 | @postprostatectomy77 | 2 days ago
In reply to @jeffmarc "You lose almost all your body hair when you go on ADT armpits are bare so..." + (show)
@jeffmarc

You lose almost all your body hair when you go on ADT armpits are bare so are most of the rest of the body hair.

Only thing left is pubic hair and hair on my head.

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I guess everybody has hair loss in different spots, my arm pit, pubic area all bare, have had a pre balding head, so its tough to tell about the hair loss there

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jheadding | @jheadding | 2 days ago
In reply to @postprostatectomy77 "I had a prostatectomy 4/25/2019, I never had thick pubic hair, it was light fine and..." + (show)
@postprostatectomy77

I had a prostatectomy 4/25/2019, I never had thick pubic hair, it was light fine and wispy, after the surgery a lupron shot and 8 weeks of radiation ALL my pubic hair fell out, even on perineum and inner butt cheeks around my anus, and my arm pit hair is non existent hasn't really grown in maybe some blonde fine sparse hairs any one else experience the same /

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I was on Lupron for 14 months. Lost significant body hair beginning approximately two months after first injection. Reminded me of preparing for a swim meet in my high school days when we all had shave parties prior to the meet.

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postprostatectomy77 | @postprostatectomy77 | 2 days ago

I think both Lupron and radiation were responsible for my pubic hair loss

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northoftheborder | @northoftheborder | 2 days ago
In reply to @postprostatectomy77 "I guess everybody has hair loss in different spots, my arm pit, pubic area all bare,..." + (show)
@postprostatectomy77

I guess everybody has hair loss in different spots, my arm pit, pubic area all bare, have had a pre balding head, so its tough to tell about the hair loss there

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I didn't lose hair coverage on my head, but it changed. The individual hairs used to be thick and heavy; now they're thin and whispy, with a tendency to go "mad scientist" if I let them grow too long.
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kjbushur | @kjbushur | 2 days ago
In reply to @jeffmarc "You lose almost all your body hair when you go on ADT armpits are bare so..." + (show)
@jeffmarc

You lose almost all your body hair when you go on ADT armpits are bare so are most of the rest of the body hair.

Only thing left is pubic hair and hair on my head.

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Yes, it's the same for me. Oh well, I'm still above the daisy's

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postprostatectomy77 | @postprostatectomy77 | 1 day ago

after loosing all my pubic hair, and I mean all , top to bottom ,it has slowly started to grow back, sparse, thin wispy and blonde, which it wasn't before

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