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Accutane and shorter, darker wire like hair (APKH)

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(@corter)

Posted : 05/16/2017 4:50 am

Anyone take accutane and notice something like this happening to your hair? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4830168/ its called APKH or whiskier hair and its where your hair becomes shorter curly dark and kinky, this study suggests accutane could be a cause for it, anyone else have this happen to them?

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(@oli-girl)

Posted : 05/16/2017 6:20 pm

I am not sure about darker, but I do know in the Accutanepopulation, just like also those taking chemo they have had a change from straight to curly or wavy hair, along with hair loss, dry hair, breakage etc... there are things to improve these side effects. some recover after stopping treatment, some do not!

Hope this helps

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