will cortisone injections make your hair fallout?

[austin200]

Hi, I have been receiving cortisone injections for treatment of my traction alopecia in both temple areas. One side of my hair appears to be growing while the other side appears to be falling out. Can cortisone steroid injections actually cause your hair to fall out?

[gokufather90]

Hi there beautifull , my name is moises , i am 23 years old of age , and im having the same routine problem but alittle diffrent , well i had this beautifull hair since my younger ages , I have only died and bleached my hair ones in my life back in three years ago , and now that im 23 years old i have spots on the front of my head , then i decided to go to the dermotologist and have told my doctor my story , she recomended me steroid injections , i have been taking them now for 9 months staright and nothing yet , the only problem is tho , is that my eyebrows are like receding :( what is going on ? does that means that my eye brows are going to fall out completley and not going to have it again ? did i made the right choice ?

[austin200]

Thanks for your answer, I really appreciate your time on this topic. I have been doing a lot of research on this topic and a lot of people have had the same results-steroids making their hair fall out. I do not know why this is happening and neither does my dermatologist. Do you think the steroids may have made the hair go into the telogen phase, will it regrow?

This is very concerning and if steroids injections to the scalp cause hair loss, then maybe this isnt an option doctors should offer for those of us already devastated by hair loss\slow growing hair, etc.

Thanks,

Austin200

[Bhupinder Kaur, MD]

Hello,
Steroid shots are usually given for regrowth of hair in alopecia and they do not cause any hair loss as their side effect. If you are having any hair loss after the steroid shots, then you must get it checked from a dermatologist.

It is very difficult to precisely confirm a diagnosis without examination and investigations and the answer is based on the medical information provided. For exact diagnosis, you are requested to consult your dermatologist. I sincerely hope that helps. Take care and please do keep me posted on how you are doing.