Comments on: More About Spironolactone – Success Story

By: crissi

crissi — Sun, 14 Apr 2019 09:30:25 +0000

Doris what is the level of progesterone you take?
I tried taking it last year and fear I did what you said.

By: Doris

Doris — Mon, 28 Jan 2019 05:48:26 +0000

Hi everyone,

I see a definite pattern here that no one else seems to see. Spiro will not work if you are taking any type of estrogen. Contrary to popular belief, it is estrogen that causes hairloss not progesterone. Progesterone actually helps with hairloss if it’s in an appropriate dose. I made the mistake of taking high doses of progesterone and in doing this, I didn’t realize that it was being converted to estrogen. Not only was this dangerous for me but I lost half my hair. I am now on a normal amount of progesterone and on 200 mg of Spiro and my hair has all come back. Please get off bcp or any type of estrogen. We have so many environmental estrogens all around us, that adding more is deadly. If anything, add a little progesterone.

By: Ally

Ally — Sat, 01 Sep 2018 13:41:07 +0000

Hi, thanks for all your input ladies. Tina, I really do emphasise with you. It is hell sometimes. So sore.
My doctor is not sympathetic at all! He is male with loads of hair.
I have taken Aldactone in the past, with no effects! It is frustrating and I have bought already a wig, but it feels strange. I am past crying and sometimes caring. I suffer from depression and want to stay home all the time!! What is AGA????
Thanks all for sharing.

By: Tejas

Tejas — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 17:11:17 +0000

I am 23 years old, i have pcos last 4 years l have hair loss problem and i had take bc and matfoemin and minoxidi 2% but nothing was worked

By: LPH

LPH — Fri, 12 Jan 2018 21:32:06 +0000

I am 36 yr old and I suffer from hypothyroidism and part of my symptoms is hair loss and unwanted body hair. I was prescribed Spiro for the unwanted body hair. I began taking spiro everyday as recommended and I did see a decrease in body hair on certain areas like my arms but not too much on my face. I kept taking spiro and I did notice a huge huge decrease in hair loss on my head. Before, when I washed my hair oh my, so much hair fall out and again after I brushed and styled. I was so depressed I began seeing my scalp and I felt so embarrassed because shortly after washing and styling my hair looked oily as if I didn’t wash it ugh!! After a few months of taking Spiro my hair’s condition started changing I started seeing new hair growth and thicker pony tail not too thick because my natural hair is not thick or thin I completely stopped shedding I was so happy. Anyways, my skin was looking better my scalp and face wasn’t as oily or acne. I didn’t attribute these wonderful changes to Spiro because I thought my thyroid meds were doing it for me. Anyway long story short I didn’t see an improvement on the unwanted hair so I stopped taking spiro and began treating my facial hair with laser hair removal( expensive but totally worth it). After I stopped the Spiro I slowly started shedding again and my face has huge pores and oily all the bad symptoms came back. In conclusion I’m going to start taking Spiro again and come back to this page with updates. my dosage was 25mg twice a day. I was never put on birth control due to having a normal menstrual cycle. You’re doctor might prescribe birth control if you have irregular periods. I also (sometimes) take multivitamins or pre natal vitamins. but I’m not consistent in taking vitamins. Hope this helps someone!!

By: Ratz

Ratz — Thu, 19 Oct 2017 11:09:38 +0000

Hi….i am having hair loss from last 7 years
. I had tried homoeopathy, initially I got my hair back but soon there was reverse hair fall. Finally I have started allopathy treatment, my doctor has prescribed me spironolactone 25mgx thrice a day. After 10 days on spironolactone I got spotting during urination. Am worried is it going to make any improvement for hair regrowth

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 14:01:16 +0000

Hi ladies,

This is such a fantastic forum – I’m SOOO glad I’ve found this. My hair loss started 3 years ago in 2014 when I suddenly developed seborrheic dermatitis on my scalp with some hair loss/shedding with a tingling/crawling sensation/soreness on my scalp. I had other symptoms (fatigue, indigestion, IBS, low grade fever) which were initially misdiagnosed as a bacterial infection. In the next three years, my scalp deteriorated – increasing scalp soreness/pain and scaling with more hair shedding. I finally got my endocrinologist and dermatologist to test my hormone levels and confirmed that my hormones (estrogen and progesterone) were within normal ranges but are gradually decreasing as I get older.

Colleen, your symptoms sound exactly like mine — so I’ve asked my derm to put me on spiro as well as finasteride. I’ve just been on them for about two weeks and am keeping my fingers crossed that they work to reduce sebum and ultimately fix my scaling/irritated scalp and stop hair shedding.

Question for the ladies — has anyone experienced a really painful sore scalp? The pain is unbearable and I sometimes have to sleep with my face down on the pillow to avoid rubbing my head against the pillow which really irritates my head.

Hope we all find a cure for this very distressing condition….

God bless =)

By: Desire

Desire — Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:30:34 +0000

I read you were taking 1500 Metformin. My concierge doctor put me on 1000 Metformin and I almost died. I could not eat anything without throwing up. I lost almost all of my hair. Basically I could not function. My endo told me to stop the Metformin and within 3 days I was back to normal. She gave me Spironolactone 25mg. and I am waiting to see if it helps my aggressive hair loss.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 08:01:45 +0000

Furthermore, hearing some success stories on hear has helped me. It’s nice to know that there is some light at the end of the tunnel (hopefully) and that others have got their lives back.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Sun, 10 Jan 2016 07:59:42 +0000

Hair loss infiltrated my life when I was around 16 and started to become more apparent/noticeable towards my 18th birthday. I saw a dermatologist who specialized in hair loss (Janet Roberts, I’ve seen her name mentioned a few times in forums). After diagnosing me with genetic hair loss, she began a regimen of 200mg/day dosage of spironolactone along with applying 5% minoxidil each night to the crown of my head. Losing my hair, especially at such a young age, has been the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. Since realizing my dire situation, I’ve put on 20+ pounds and have developed quite crippling social anxiety and depression. Hair loss is all that’s in my search history and this ordeal has essentially consumed my life. I want my hair back so bad!!! I used to have very long, thick, and healthy hair; it was so nice that I couldn’t leave the house without having received a compliment from strangers telling me how beautiful my hair was. Guys loved how long my hair was, boyfriends always made remarks on how they loved my long hair urging me never to cut it. Accepting that those days are over kills me, but I know I must move on. My appointment with the dermo was this previous Thursday, and tonight I applied Rogaine for the 3rd time. It already is bothersome and uncomfortable and it upsets me so much to see how carefree other girls my age are with their hair routines! Ladies, imagine just showering without having to be extra protective with how much you lather your hair in fear of seeing excess hair fall in the drain- or even just simply scratching your head! I’m so angry at my genetics, but it is what it is right? I hope I haven’t come off negatively from this post, but it’s hard to deal with this knowing that not many can relate. This is the first time that I’ve articulated my frustration with hair loss, certainly won’t be the last, but I’m truly giving it my all to get myself together and fight this/live my life again. Sending many thoughts and prayers for all us women who are in this war against hair loss together <3