Has anyone dealt with alopecia on glp-1?

CanadaChris said:

This is telogen effluvium and the trigger is the rate of weight loss rather than the molecule.

Hair loss update related to hair shedding: I experienced noticeable shedding starting around month 3. My dermatologist confirmed it's telogen effluvium — a stress response to rapid weight loss, NOT the medication directly.

What's helping:

• Biotin 5000mcg daily
• Adequate protein (130g+/day)
• Iron and ferritin levels checked and supplemented
• Collagen peptides 20g daily
• Minoxidil 5% topical (prescribed)

The shedding slowed after 2 months and my hair is now growing back. Temporary but definitely stressful.

CanadaChris said:

This is telogen effluvium and the trigger is the rate of weight loss rather than the molecule.

I read this differently from CanadaChris, on substance rather than tone. The counter-case has not been addressed. Somebody upthread described the situation that does not fit, and the thread moved on rather than engaging with it, which is the failure mode this board is supposed to avoid.

Taking the question as asked, rather than the general version of it. Take it one variable at a time. Almost every unanswerable question in these threads is unanswerable because three things changed in the same fortnight, and no amount of subsequent argument can untangle them after the fact.

labquiet_amy said:

Hair loss update related to hair shedding: I experienced noticeable shedding starting around month 3.

Can confirm. Same sequence, different timescale. Nothing to add that would improve it.