Can Accutane make you lose your hair?

Anyone who knows Accutane, knows that there are side-effects.

However, I heard that one of them, is that it makes you lose your hair. Is that true?

See, I'm aware of most of the side-effects of Accutane, and I have no problem with that. However, if that one certain condition is true, well than I'm not gonna bother with Accutane.

So, does anyone have any conclusive information or experience about this matter?

Can Accutane make you lose your hair?

I've been on Accutane before. I was on it for about 6 months. The way that the medication works is that it's really just a super high does of vitamin A. At very high doses, vitamin A turns off all of your oil producing glands. Acne is caused by bacteria that grow within the oil glands when they get clogged (normally by skin cells or dirt). The symptoms of accutane include very dry skin, eyes, nasal passages, and lips. I had to constantly carry around chap stick since my lips were crazy dry. Also your skin may also be very dry and itchy and you will end up applying lotion several times per day. The only other major symptom that I had was it did run me to the bathroom a bit for the first week or so.

The mechanism of action for the drug as I've listed above does not involve hair loss. I never experienced any hair loss when I was on the drug either. Overall it's a good drug with the side effects aside.

I hope this helps.

Can Accutane make you lose your hair?

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Can Accutane make you lose your hair?

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