Hair loss

I also have quite a bit of hair loss from the prednisone I am assuming. I have an upcoming appt with my dermatologist.

@linnead
I’ve noticed more hair loss, too.

Since being on Prednisone, starting in January of this year, I have noticed a lot of hair loss! Scary!

I was taking Nutrafol for a couple of years before my diagnosis. It may have helped slow my natural hair loss, but Prednisone has increased it. I’ll keep taking the Nutrafol either way. I also had my long hair cut to chin length, layered, and I use a curl cream and my hair appears thicker even though it isn’t. 🙃

Thanks, maybe I will give it a try. Anything would help at this point, I have gone from 25 mg to 8mg of prednisone, so hopefully that will help as well. I also bought this infrared device called hairmax, saw it in a Sharper Image catalog. My husband is using it as well for his bald spot. .It's got an infrared light in it and you "comb" it through your hair for 8 minutes every other day. It's supposed to show results in 4 months. We've been on it for two so I will let you know. I have always had a full head of hair and this is so frustrating. https://hairmax.com

My thick hair thinned significantly when I was taking prednisone for GCA. It came back, but I had a relapse and it thinned again. I've been off prednisone for 9 months and my hair's come back.

I haven't tried Nutrafol. I am on blood pressure medicines and heart ❤️ medicine in addition to the Prednisone which, yes, caused hair loss. I'm afraid to add anything. First I went to shorter cut, then a Pixie cut. I've never had thick hair. Finally bought a wig. I'm now alternating 3 and 2 mg. PREDNISONE and Kevlar. I hope my hair comes back! 🙏 to all of you!

I am taking prednisone (4 mg.), methotrexate and now Kevzara as well. I still have some pain in my shoulders though nothing like the original symptoms. After 2 doses of Kevzara, no real change. I had assumed the methotrexate was responsible for my hair loss and am weaning off it by 1 pill/week. So far no improvement after reducing from 6 to 4 pills. However, prednisone can also cause hair loss and, unfortunately, has been the most effective drug for the PMR. Which is most likely the culprit--methotrexate or prednisone? I've been through baldness after chemo for breast cancer and really don't want to repeat the experience!

I didn't have any hair loss with 3 years of prednisone. My hair did get extremely dry though. Once I started Methotrexate my hair immediately started to fall out. I've always had very thick hair but now I can see my scalp. I hate it but it's better than feeling pain so I have to let my vanity go. 🙁

@margedoc
Hi,
I didn't feel less pain on Kevzara until I taken it for 3 months. Then the change was almost miraculous!
I really don't want my hair to get any thinner or dryer. Maybe I can use my age to explain my hair...and my mother's baldness late in life.