Hair Loss During HepC Treatment

[bikehead]

Will my hair come back after interferon/ribavirin therapy?  How long will it take?

[rockymoe]

My hair always comes back and looks thicker when it does. I will tell you when I did the infergen I lost my pubic hair and it did not grow back. I figure I don't need it some woman pay $100.00 for that look lol

[meakea]

Yes, it will come back.  You should notice a difference within the first few months off treatment.  Hair grows at about 1/2" a month so give it time...

[alagirl]

I think it's all variable on the timing, but it does come back.  Oddly, I didn't REALLY start to lose massive amounts of hair until right after I finished treating.  I guess I was probably losing some before without noticing so much as I have huge amounts of hair.  But after I finished (I only treated between 5 and 6 months) I lost about 2/3 of my hair.  I lost hair up to a month or more after I finished treating.  It took maybe a year to get it all back again.  It took the longest to get my eyelashes back.

[joemc34606]

Sorry took so long to answer, I'm on triple therapy now for 7weeks and haven't lost any hair. But in 2007 I treated for almost two years and lost a lot of hair, not bald but very thin, good thing I had a lot. It all came back right away and is now just as thick as before. One thing it did was straight my hair all over my body, that's weird you know that a powerful drug to straighten hair. But it's back to curly again. Good luck. Joe