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I've been off of Accutane for over 2 years and continue to lose hair. I first noticed hair loss about 3 months post Accutane 80mg/day 4 months. I believe my hair was falling out the whole time however since I had so much then I never really noticed. Now I'm noticeably balding at 24 years old. Has anybody else experienced permanent hair loss? Any temporary hair loss?

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I have a lot to say so I'll try to be as brief as I can. I've had digestion problems since I was about 23. I'm 31 now. First few years weren't too bad. At around 27 things took a turn for the worse. I had stomach pains after every meals. Wasn't sleeping very well etc... Since then things got better probably because I'm eating healthier foods, I'm taking my time to eat slowly and really chew my food, I don't eat before going to bed etc... It was during the time when my digestion was at its...

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I thought it was just my health being crap or my diet or something, but I'm fit and my diet is excellent and I seem to have a few of the side effects of roaccutane... Hair loss: this happened almost exactly a month after I stopped taking on my 6 month course (which cured my acne I might add) BUT!! I'm 22 and there is patches of hair missing from my head! I can brush my hand through my hair and at least 10 strands break loose from the root of the hair! Night Vision: This was at its worst...

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what could these symptoms be attributed to? - blood takes longer to coagulate - lower libido I know this isn't much to go on. In the last year I've started to suffer from Hair loss and I've recently started taking a bunch of supplements that are supposed to help slow down or even stop HL. But I don't know, I feel different.

Someone I know started losing his hair not so odd except he is losing it on his body too, legs arms etc. he used to be a Meditteranean type, the GP has prescribed him... wait for it Anti-Depressants!!!!! He tried some vitamin pills but nothing seems to be working, hope someone can help Thankyou Best Wishes Gea Jones

I notice I haven't heard anyone mention joint stiffness while on 'tane. I had a remarkably bad case of that but I stayed the course because I naturally didn't want the acne to come back. But when I'd get up, or even get out of my car after driving a little while, I'd walk like Fred Sanford (remember that show?) plus the joints would crack loudly all the time, which was quite unnerving. Sounded like athe proverbial smattering of applause, I must say. But my face is as clear as I could've ever...

Does anybody have any experience/suggestions for a shampoo for highlighted hair that won't be too rough on my face? Thanks.

I am now 70 years of age. I have suffered acne since the age of about 12. Until antibiotics became available for general use there was nothing for us. This was the late 1940s. So we suffered and as a female I did what I could to cover up - hopeless. I had excessively oily skin and very open pores - my skin resembled an orange peel. I became miraculously clear of acne only during my two pregnancies in the early 1960s and then it flared again. I was prescribed The Pill to see what it...

Hi, I'm male, 31, and have high Testosterone levels. The reference range should 8.4-28.7 nmol/L by I am generally testing around 33.9. I believe this is the cause of symptoms that others my age do not seem to have, such as irritability, very high libido, adult acne and male pattern hair loss. I am currently taking Dutasteride (brand name Avodart) for the hair loss and to avoid the prostate problems my father hand, and it seems to have stopped the hair loss in its tracks (although no reversal...

Hey Guys & Girls! Everyone who's suffering hair loss due to Vitamin B5..... there's hope. After continiously trying to stop my hair loss, nothing seemed to work. I've tried almost everything it seems, from Biotin to B-Complex to Saw Palmetto to Zinc to L-Arginine.... I was getting frasturated as nothing seemed to help. On another board,

My skin isn't all that bad. Most of the time I don't even have pimples. However, I do get blochy skin and redness on my face. I know these symtoms sound more like rosacea than acne but the herbs I've been taking and the amount of water I've been ingesting have kept my breakouts to a minimum. However i do get infalmed skin on an everyother day basis. I want to go on accutane to get rid of this nusence for good. I don't want to worry about whether my face is gonna be blochy at any given time. I'm...

Hi, I've been diagnosticated with FMS (Fibromyalgia Syndrome). I'm suspecting that I may also have something else, and therefore I am looking for information about diseases of which symptoms are similar to those of FMS - As this question is commonsense, I am not posting this message to the FMS usenet channel (alt.med.fibromyalgia). These are basically the symptoms: whole body aching, sleep disturbance, chronique extreme fatigue, fibrofog, irritability to noise, light, people, smells,...

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I am about to go on a 4 month course of roaccutane and I have a few questions about this drug. How serious is the side effect of hair loss? My main concern is whether the hair loss will be permanent? My next concern is the interaction of Roaccutane with other drugs, specifically LSD and marijuana. Are these substances safe to consume whilst taking Roaccutane? Will Roaccutane have any effect on the experience produced by these drugs (ie. will it increase/decrease the effects or change the...

How do you prevent the Accutane side effect of thinning hair? Like what's the best thing to take or use to prevent this? And it's ok to get highlights while on Accutane right? Thanks

Hi All I've read many post concerning B5 and the side effect of hair loss .I was wondering has anyone in the group...been on B5 for an extended period and NOT suffered any hair loss ? To those, who have suffered hair loss has it grown back ? Take Care