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Post COVID hair loss: Will it grow back?
Post-COVID Recovery & COVID-19 | Last Active: Feb 28 5:04pm | Replies (107)Comment receiving replies
Thank you for the clarification. My temp is 98.6 when I wake up ("normal") and climbs during the day to the 99's, but never above 99.9. I understand this is common in long Covid. Brain fog and general malaise and fatigue are in tandem with temp. Putting up with the symptoms is easier than accepting the fear of complete hair loss.
Vitamin B in the form of Biotin has been prescribed for my hair loss. Nutrifol was suggested by my dermatologist, and 5% minoxidil. Two weeks of those vitamins and topical application of minoxidil has not changed the amount of hair loss. In fact, it seems to have increased.
If there is anyone else out there with LONG COVID and a story of hair loss to tell, please share.
Many thanks to all who have responded
Judy
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I have symptoms of long Covid with the hair loss beginning 4 months after Covid and it has tapered off to mild shedding now. I thought I was going to go bald. I am 8 months post Covid. I can't use Minoxidil as it makes my scalp itch terribly. I have gotten off sugar and have lost 20 lbs as sugar feeds inflammation due to my already having Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis almost all over, Graves Disease & Hashitmotos. These worsened since Covid last year. I use Pureology shampoo & conditioner and I am seeing new hair come in. I am on B Complex & B12 injections as it was low and my D3 lowered due to Covid so I am taking sublingual D3+K2. I continue to have hypersalivation (excessive saliva) since Covid and the doctors are baffled. I had a bad case of oral thrush after Covid due to the antibiotics/steroids for Covid pneumonia/asthmatic bronchitis and then the hypersalivation started. The meds for hypersalivation dry out my eyes and I already battle dry eyes. I am on a strong probiotic and eating clean. I am trusting the Lord these long Covid symptoms will wear themselves out. I pray the same for all of you. God bless each and everyone of you.