persephone 0 Share Posted August 19, 2004 Okay without being paranoid...how many strands of hair is it normal to lose a day?I'm on a low-dose Roaccutane (60mg a week) and I've just started noticing more strands falling out recently. Now I don't want to start blaming the Roaccutane as it could be because of the Summer heat and seasonal hair shedding but I just wanted to know how much is a normal amount of hair to lose everyday? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
persephone 0 Author Share Posted August 22, 2004 I'm bumping this thread up...Is nobody going to answer my question please?! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sadcaroline 3 Share Posted August 22, 2004 hey.. honestly its probably the roaccutane doing it. i think its normal to lose like 50-100 strands a day, but its known that accutane causes hairloss, dont worry though, once u stop it the loss will stop, an u will grow back everything u lost. also, the type of hairloss one gets from accutane is very diffuse, it wont ever get noticeable to anyone but you. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
May 0 Share Posted August 22, 2004 Hey!When i was on accutane hair loss was the thing i was MOST worried about. I also got paranoid i was losing more hair than usual....i think accutane DOES make your hair and scalp really dry, so you might lose a bit more than normal because of that. However, i never really noticed any significant hair loss from accutane. Also, as soon as i stopped it the dryness of my hair went away. My derm told me that in all her years of practice she has NEVER observed significant and permanent hair loss as a side effect of accutane.may Quote Link to post Share on other sites
evigrex 0 Share Posted August 22, 2004 I never experienced hairloss from accutane, and dont know of anyone who has. I think its pretty rare from those that I have spoken to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
acnekilledmylife 1 Share Posted August 23, 2004 omg that some scary shit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
persephone 0 Author Share Posted August 26, 2004 Thanks guys for the response! I was really freaking out that I'd lose all my hair and I think that because it's one of the listed side-effects I started getting ultra paranoid. It's funny that now my skin is almost completely clear instead I start worrying about the condition of my hair. It's as if I always have to obsess about one particular aspect of my appearance... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
