Hello, about 3 weeks ago my doctor inserted the Mirena IUD.
One day after I started experiencing high blood pressure, anxiety and panic attacks . 6 days after getting it inserted I removed it. Two day after removal my hair started falling out! Not just a little 3 or 4 strands but whole handfuls. I have no circular patches so I doubt it's alopecia. Its been almost 2 and half weeks and I've lost over 50 % of my hair. My bathroom is filled with hair my bed my laundry . It comes out the most in the shower so I've refrained from washing my hair as often. I've used the same shampoo I had before so I know that's not the culprit, how ever I still changed shampoos . I bought Biotin 10 000 mcg and have been taking it for almost a week now. My hair is still falling out. Any suggestions. I already have depression and anxiety. This was the last thing I needed as I hide behind my long hair as one of my best qualities and now I have to cut it short to hide the gaps.
Thank you !
When will I stop losing hair from Removed Mirena?
Question posted by Jamie19 on 22 Jan 2018
Last updated on 25 October 2018 by Vanadium123
5 Answers
I don't have much of a response. Only sympathy, I have had Kyleena for 6 months, and a month ago is when my hair started falling out in handfulls. Especially in the shower.
Im thinking of going back to the pill.
Hi, I'm sorry that you have had this experience. It effects us women badly to lose our hair. I also had this experience as a result of the mirena coil. I got the coil inserted at the end of November 2017. Almost 3 months later I noticed my hair falling out a little, then more, then a lot to where people were noticing and there was hair constantly falling out in large volumes. There was hair all over my house, my carpets were covered in it, I had to clean clumps of it from my hairbrush and shower plug daily. The chair in my office was surrounded by hair. I felt like it was nearly jumping off my head. So I removed the coil and waited for it to stop. I had already lost about 30% at this stage. I waited 2 weeks and it was still falling out so I spoke to my doctor. She said once my period comes back, my body would regulate itself again and all hormones should be gone and my hair would stop falling out.
At this stage it was affecting me quite badly to where I had anxiety over it because I didn't know when it would stop and if it would grow back. I used to have lovely long and full hair. After another 5 weeks, my period finally came and my hair stopped falling out almost immediately. My hairdresser confirmed what I already thought... I had lost about 60% of my hair. My scalp was really itchy too. Apparently this is from hair loss or hair regrowth. I read up alot about it everwhere and a term i coulsnt proniunce kept coming up again and again. Its called telefilm effluvium. Basically this means that your body gets a "shock" from a change in hormones (in the case of mirena coil or pregnancy) and a signal is sent to your hair follicles to prematurely fall out. It takes 3 months for the hair to fall out but since the signal has already been sent, it cannot be stopped by any external product for hair loss. The good news is that my hair stopped falling out about 12 weeks ago and has grown back about 3 inches. It looks different and not as good as it used to but at least I know I will get there in time. I hope this helps you. It's so awful to lose your hair and very stressful to not know why.
It took over a year for my hair to stop falling out after the Mirena was removed. Here I am 3 years later and my hair is extremely thin and lifeless. I've been forced to wait wings to look presentable. If you find a way to thicken up your hair, please share.
Hello-i wish i had an answer to your question but instead I am hoping you can tell me how your hair loss is now? I just had my Mirena removed 3 weeks ago and my hair has been falling out in handfuls-like you, mostly in the shower. It has taken me years to grow my hair out and I am so scared of losing it.
Thank you for posting this question and I hope to hear from you soon,
Kristen
I have never heard of micro doses of levonorgestrel causing such issues. What did your doctor say?
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