Post COVID hair loss: Will it grow back?

Posted by nichirschfield @nichirschfield, Feb 2, 2022

My husband had severe COVID in late Oct/early November, and now his hair is falling out rapidly. Has anyone else experienced this, and did it grow back?

Thanks,
Nicole

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I was in the hospital 5 days back in October with covid as well. I am recently noticing that I have thinning hair. I also went through a drastic diet change and went a few weeks with little to no meat. I am not sure which to attribute it to. Not as quickly as it sounds like for your husband but happening gradually.

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Mine is finally growing back. Tell your husband to go to a dermatologist who specializes in hair loss.

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Yes, I experienced the same. A month or 2 after having had COVID I began to lose my hair

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I started losing hair about 3 months after I had Covid. I starting taking 10 mg of biotin daily and within a week or so I saw an improvement.

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@welchllb

Mine is finally growing back. Tell your husband to go to a dermatologist who specializes in hair loss.

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He went to a dermatologist and they recommended propecia, but once you start you have to be on that for life. Did yours recommend something different?

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@nicolemag

I started losing hair about 3 months after I had Covid. I starting taking 10 mg of biotin daily and within a week or so I saw an improvement.

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Thank you for the advice, we will look into that

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@nichirschfield

He went to a dermatologist and they recommended propecia, but once you start you have to be on that for life. Did yours recommend something different?

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Yes, I am on a half dose of finasteride. I will continue to take it - also, has positive effects for a bladder issue I have.

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I was in the hospital November 2021 for 21 day. I loss my hair. It would come out in handfuls. I had to just cut my hair short. It is growing back. It’s about 4 inches or so. It’s darker and curly. It very upsetting.

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I experienced severe hair loss and breakage post Covid (I also had one vaccination at that point). Because of the "breakage," which was 1-2" from my scalp, I asked for iron and thyroid tests. My iron was way below normal and my ferritin was on the line of demarcation between low and normal. I have been taking prescription iron since (April 2021) and my hair has begun to improve but it is not yet back to normal.

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Yes it will grow back and it should stop falling out as well.

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