Recent content by fairlgirl

Hey guys, I posted here a while ago but I have now been off Accutane for 12 months and have lost 60% of my incredibly thick hair. I look completely different and am devastated because I am young too. When the shedding started, I was losing about 700 hairs a day but it tapered off to about...

Hey, just saw this sorry! I'm now 11 months off accutane and have max 40% of my original beautiful hair. This has destroyed my life. I don't want to go on Minoxidil bc of the side effects but might have to if no improvement in 6 months. I can't believe my hair is now my number 1 insecurity. All...

If any of you know - how long will it take for this awful patch to fill in? I'm sorry, I know that a lot of you do have permanent genetic hair loss so may see my situation as petty, but I have still lost at least 2/3 of my thick hair and I am young and really scared. I'd love to know if this...

Hey guys, just updating - I am now 8+ months post-Accutane and this is only worsening. It is in NO way resolving itself like a drug-induced Telogen Effluvium should. All my levels are fine. I don't know what's happening to me. Still losing tiny short 1cm hairs, 2 inch hairs.. my hair cannot stay in the anagen...

Sorry to bump and I know we are all in our own depressing hair loss situations.. but what do you think of these pics?

Hey guys, I took Accutane for 8 months, and have been off it for 5 months. I'm F18 and I have been losing hair heavily (200-300 a day) for about 8 months.. so it started towards the end of my Accutane course. I have low ferritin but am taking iron, as well as all other obvious vitamins. I'm...