sir I am having thyroid problem. I am suffering from hair loss.daily I am loosing lot of hairs.I am taking thyronorm tablets 25 mg and i am using mintop 5% soln. but hair fall has not come down, its increasing day by day.do u have any treatment to stop hair fall in quick time..if u have please suggest me.
Hello. Thank you for writing to you seem to have halogen effluvium. Underlying thyroid is one of the causes of halogen shedding. Once the underlying cause is corrected hair fall would still take 1-3 months to recover. This is because hairs that are already in halogen phase will shed over the next 1-3 months and only then these hair follicles would re-enter growth phase (managed) and start producing new hair. Minoxidil helps in faster transition from halogen to managed. This may in fact manifest as further increased hair shedding once patient starts using minoxidil because of managed hair that is growing that pushes out halogen hair and may manifest as increased hair fall. This increased shedding in response to minoxidil is known as managed surge. This reaction to minoxidil is actually quite welcome because halogen hair that were going to be shed over a longer period of time are shed faster due to managed hair growing and pushing halogen hair out.Therefore, I suggest you to continue with the treatment for thyroid as well as topical minoxidil and hopefully your hair fall will recover soon. Regards