Acutane Side Affects

Hello from Puerto Rico!

My son is 23 yrs of age, he took Accutane on three occassions 4 yrs ago and now he is loosing his hair.  Could this be a side affect to  accutane?  How can I help him with this being we dont have this hair lost in our family and he is so young.  Thank u for your help!

Lucy

[loiloi]

Hi. Some patients experience hair loss (alopecia) or occasionally an increase of hair (hirsutism) whilst on Accutane.
Accutane is out of your body 5 weeks after finishing the course. After 4 years it is not likely that Accutane is the cause of his hair loss.
Eloise.

[lols08]

My son is 24 and lost his hair after using accutane when he was only 18. Nobody else in our family has this problem either. He takes propecia every day and it really works. Unfortunatly he must stay on it for the results. Its not over the counter. You must get it from his doc.