I started taking vaginal estrogen and now learned my dramatic hair loss may be a side effect. I recently stopped taking this medicine. I have an appointment with my gynecologist soon, but I’m panicking as I’m losing a handful of hair every day. What can I do?
Vaginal estrogen does NOT cause hair loss. In fact systemic estrogen is good for hair. There are several causes of hair loss, including:
- lack of estrogen
- too much testosterone
- low vitamin D
- low zinc level
- poor nutrition
- low iron level
- stress
- autoimmune
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All My Best,
Speaking of Women’s Health nurse
June 12, 2019 at 10:59pm