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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jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Mar 28 12:59pm

In reply to @chippydoo "I could embrace never having to shave again. I embrace "the new me "as I move..." + (show)

The pain is, you still have to shave every day. Sure, you have no armpit hair no chest hair no leg hair, but that’s it!! Ha ha ha ha ha ha

chippydoo | @chippydoo | Mar 28 1:56pm

In reply to @jeffmarc "The pain is, you still have to shave every day. Sure, you have no armpit hair..." + (show)

LOL ADT the gift that keeps on giving

jmacpa | @jmacpa | Mar 28 2:05pm

Does anyone see this happening on Lupron? I'm 2 months into a 6 month trial and so far i havent had any hair loss. actually the thinning on the front of my head looks better. the one change i did see is: i normally shave once every 2 days and now i'm shaving once a week. so my beard / facial hair growth has slowed down.

jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | Mar 28 6:59pm

In reply to @jmacpa "Does anyone see this happening on Lupron? I'm 2 months into a 6 month trial and..." + (show)

I was on ADT for 8 years. I have to shave daily Even though I have No body hair.

I don’t like to have stubble on my face. I want it smooth. Too much of a pain to use my Shaver if I have a couple of Days of beard.

q95oldies | @q95oldies | Mar 29 6:15pm

Oh yeah, same here. I finished my last Eligard shot last Fall. 2 years of it. Arm and leg hair
mostly gone. Head, arm pits, face,etc. still there.

thmssllvn | @thmssllvn | Mar 30 11:53am

I just started ORGOVYX. I am also on Minoxidil for blood pressure. Unlike the topical version which did not help head hair systemically it does. Arm hair and chest hair more evident and less head hair loss if any. It will be interesting to see their effect together.

postprostatectomy77 | @postprostatectomy77 | 3 days ago

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 /

jeff Marchi | @jeffmarc | 3 days ago

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.

garylr | @garylr | 3 days ago

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

Maybe another case of "your mileage may vary." I did six months on Orgovyx with 28 sessions of RT in the middle. I didn't notice any hair loss at all. If anything, I think I have a little more hair on my forearms than I did before I started treatment.