Hair loss

[Twiglet2353]

Can someone reassure me that the hair loss will stop?
Started end of June 85kg
Hair loss started end of August
Current weight 73kg

I have taken collagen, biotin and a multivitamin from the start. Repeat bloods booked for next week but recent tests end of July were normal (Ferritin 51 which is the highest I think it’s ever been).

I highest I had gone to was 3.75mg, but then went back down to 2.5mg 3 weeks ago to see if it would help. I’ve had to increase back up again tonight as the food noise was back

Those who have lost hair and come out the other side please let me know when it will end!

It’s not the drugs that’s causing it, it’s the sudden drop in weight. Best thing you can do for your hair is drop the weight s l o w l y.

It started for me after about 3 months, lasted about the same amount of time and then totally resolved. It’s very unlikely that it’s down to any kind of malnutrition and more likely to just be telogen effluvium.

Thank you. Did you remain on MJ the whole time? Has the hair loss come back in cycles or did it just self resolve? Did you do anything different to help slow the shedding?

I lost a lot about 3-6 months in and lost a lot for about a year now I think about it. Fortunately I had very thick hair but was losing handfuls and handfuls (probably twice what you’re holding) every time I washed my hair and every time I brushed it.
i ate well but lost weight (and hair!) fast. Even when my weightloss slowed (it’s now stopped completely) it came out. It’s been okay for the last few months but it’s never really seemed to increase in volume. I didn’t bother with supplements because I looked into them and there was too much choice and I got decision paralysis! Don’t know that I believe in them anyway.

I’m still on Mounjaro now, haven’t stopped. The hair issue was in the first year and it’s been just over 2 years now. I haven’t had any hair loss since and I did nothing at all to stop the shedding.

Thanks everyone. Wash day today and lost similar amount and then again when brushing. Hoping it will start to calm down over the next month or so then going by what’s been said

Yeah it’s not the drugs causing the hair loss, it’s the weight loss. It wouldn’t matter what method you use to lose the weight, some people just react this way.

I've been on mj for 2 years and in maintenance since November 25 and still losing hair! I've actually gained 3lbs since my lowest weight in March 26 so its not about weight loss, also my weight loss was 1lb a week max, even starting off I only lost 5lbs in 3 weeks, so it wasn't fast at all.
Some of us are affected by the GIP in mj I believe, because I switched to wegovy for 3 months in nov 25 and the hair loss stopped, but it didn't work for me and i had side effeccts so I switched back to mj and on day 2 hair loss started again and continued since. I've had blood tests NHS health check in dec 25 and everything is normal so it must be mj for me. I also focus on protein and add collagen to my morning protein shake and even had a course of biotin injections and tried several hair growth shampoos but it all did nothing.
My dose has reduced from 15 to 3.5mg, I'm tapering down so hoping when I come off, if not before the hair loss will stop.