hairloss with INCIVEK Triple Therapy??

[shyconklin]

Has anyone taking the INCIVEK experience hair thining or hair loss! If so, when?

[dustbear]

I've been using a hair colour for years from a company called Herbatint that is made in Italy. It's a vegetable dye with no ammonia and peroxide I buy at the local health food store. I tried it about 4 weeks into tx but found it irritated my scalp which I thought was strange.  

Your advice has helped me decide to not colour until well after EOT.  I just cut off 6 inches to a short bob, as I have lost about 1/4 of my fine thin hair and yesterday I found 2 bald spots. They are hidden so it doesn't really bother me. I wear a ball cap, but mostly due to my light sensitivity.
I really hope my hair grows back curly like some have said, it will be a welcome surprise if it does!

[48weeks]

I noticed hair coming out actually shortly after I finished the Incivek. I manily noticed it in the shower, not really the mirror so I guess I didn't get it that bad. One thing I did get was itchy scalp and I sort of resolved this by washing my hair every other day as opposed to every day. I am now 2 months post EOT and I can't really tell if my hair is coming back or not because although my hair thinned, it didn't really alter in appearence.  Good luck, I'm still undetected waiting for SVR hopefully. Keep going!!

[heart_in_the_keyes]

you know oddest thing...saw hepatologist today.  The transplant nurse said to me....your hair is looks different...what did you do...I said nothing...she came up and looked at it and said wow...wow...your hair is getting looks like it is growing and getting thicker...I had thought so too but just thought it was wishful thinking,

The only change in medication I've had in the last couple of months is for my thyroid.  Never took thyrroid meds before.  Once I did I read up on side effects and it said that they actually could cause hair thinning.... For some odd reason I always seem to respond to a drugs in the reverse......could the riba and interferon caused a problem with my thyroid that I've had to deal with this last decade??? Since taking meds and not freezing like I have been for years...still tired but that is the HCV...will never get away from that until I get rid of the HCV....but have seen others post that they have had to take thyroid meds since starting treatment.  They didn't have problems with the thyroid before treatment.  strange hair.

Wish wigs didn't look like muskrats on my head (lol)  I'd just wear then (LOL) Tired of dealing with it.  I'll try that place for hats...when outside even on mild day it feels like sun is burning scalp.  Thank heavens I look good in baseball cap but they aren't for every occasion and bless the fact I''m not a vain person focused on my looks like a couple of my friends,,, they spend so much money and time in pursuit of youth which has gone bye instead of enjoying today for what it is,  

Hair loss for women though is especially tough because we don't want to go out in public....it's hard to fix our hair to make it look acceptable,...it affects our feminity,,,,it's an additional adjustment on top of everything else,,,,how come men look so good as they grow older and they look great when they get bald.....hmmmm. ....

[ceanothus]

You should check out the other current hair loss thread at http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Hepatitis-C/Hair-Loss-Survey/show/1959624?

I also would recommend YouTube for videos on different ways to wear scarves. There was one great video that a chemo patient made showing herself making a beautiful head-covering from an old t-shirt and a little added decoration. I liked that better than most ready-made scarf solutions, but in the end I usually found hats to be the quickest and simplest solution - you throw them on fast and they don't have to be adjusted all the time like a scarf. I lost 70-80% of my hair but I still always had enough to look pretty normal with a hat on, as it always showed the most on the top of my head. Check out Sierratradingpost.com for a good selection of cheap hats . I was able to get 9 or 10 hats on one shopping spree for a total cost of about $100 with tax! I also found YouTube videos on how to sew your own hats and made one cute one myself when I couldn't find any in a color combo I wanted.

[Dee1956]

I know this is an old post however anything to do with hair I have to jump on the bandwagon :)
My hair is growing back thicker and fuller than ever.  I even have curls! Before I had fine thin straight hair.

It does grow back, best of luck

[heart_in_the_keyes]

interferon and riba cause hair loss, dry skin, sensitivity to light, and rashes. I also had a very thick unruly mass of blonde curls to mid-back length and after the combo regimen hair started thinning and breaking off.  Finally got tired of it....did a mini-cut....and I mean mini....and it came back in straight and thinner but never have gone back to that mass of heavy curls I use to curse daily.....LOL