So here's my situation, I've been thinning in the classic DPA pattern and I've been taking finasteride for about 5.5 months and it has thickened up my hair and reduced my shedding significantly. However I've been losing a lot of body hair including facial hair and eyebrows. I get my prescription from a hair transplant doctor and I went in to see him the other day to get my script renewed and told him about my problem. To say the least he was a little surprised, he said he's never seen someone lose body hair and eyebrows like I've been and he's been prescribing finasteride for 15 years. He told me my hairloss may be due to a thyroid problem and I should get it tested along with my iron levels mostly due to the fact of the eye brow loss.
does anyone have advice on how to make sure my thyroid problem is properly diagnosed? and what things in my blood specifically should I have checked?
A little bit of background, my family has more of a history of thyroid problems than hair loss. My mom and some of her family members have thyroid issues and they had a hard time getting diagnosed so I'm a little concerned. My entire family has only one person with hair loss on my mothers side, my dads side of the family is native and they're all NW0's.
I have some thyroid problem related symptoms like heart palpitations, trembling hands, feeling cold often, reduced appetite and of course hair loss!
thanks in advance for the advice!
does anyone have advice on how to make sure my thyroid problem is properly diagnosed? and what things in my blood specifically should I have checked?
A little bit of background, my family has more of a history of thyroid problems than hair loss. My mom and some of her family members have thyroid issues and they had a hard time getting diagnosed so I'm a little concerned. My entire family has only one person with hair loss on my mothers side, my dads side of the family is native and they're all NW0's.
I have some thyroid problem related symptoms like heart palpitations, trembling hands, feeling cold often, reduced appetite and of course hair loss!
thanks in advance for the advice!