Ok, let me first start by saying that I'm a 21 year old female and I've been on birth control pills for about 5 years. When I was a child and through my teens, I had very thick hair. I was put on BC pills when I was 16 because I had terrible cramps and my period wasn't regular. My gyno put me on Ortho-Novum 7/7/7. I took this for about 3 years, and then my cramps started coming back badly and so my gyno (a different doc than I usually saw) put me on Levora. I took this for a little over a year until my next doctors appointment. My gyno that I usually see could not understand why the other doc put me on Levora because apparently its a high dose pill and she thought at my age it was unnecessary. It was during the time I was on Levora that I started noticing that I was losing more hair than normal. Clumps and clumps everytime I washed my hair, brushed my hair, dried my hair, even just walking around hair would fall out an cover the front and back of whatever shirt I had on. I told my gyno about this on that visit and she took me off Levora and put me on the patch.....after a month on the patch I couldn't take the side effects anymore, called my gyno, and she put me on Mircette, a low-dose pill. I have been on that for a few months and feel great. BUT, I'm still having MAJOR hair loss! I don't know what to do anymore! There isn't hair loss in my family and the last time I dyed my hair was over a year ago so I can't still be dealing with side effects from that. I'm so confused. I want my hair back! What should I do??? :confused:

PS - After going off Levora, I did a search on the web and apparently that and 2 other BC pills have been linked to major hair loss. I've been off Levora for 4 months now....could I still be having effects from it or is it out of my system??? :confused:

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Ok, let me first start by saying that I'm a 21 year old female and I've been on birth control pills for about 5 years. When I was a child and through my teens, I had very thick hair. I was put on BC pills when I was 16 because I had terrible cramps and my period wasn't regular. My gyno put me on Ortho-Novum 7/7/7. I took this for about 3 years, and then my cramps started coming back badly and so my gyno (a different doc than I usually saw) put me on Levora. I took this for a little over a year until my next doctors appointment. My gyno that I usually see could not understand why the other doc put me on Levora because apparently its a high dose pill and she thought at my age it was unnecessary. It was during the time I was on Levora that I started noticing that I was losing more hair than normal. Clumps and clumps everytime I washed my hair, brushed my hair, dried my hair, even just walking around hair would fall out an cover the front and back of whatever shirt I had on. I told my gyno about this on that visit and she took me off Levora and put me on the patch.....after a month on the patch I couldn't take the side effects anymore, called my gyno, and she put me on Mircette, a low-dose pill. I have been on that for a few months and feel great. BUT, I'm still having MAJOR hair loss! I don't know what to do anymore! There isn't hair loss in my family and the last time I dyed my hair was over a year ago so I can't still be dealing with side effects from that. I'm so confused. I want my hair back! What should I do??? :confused:

PS - After going off Levora, I did a search on the web and apparently that and 2 other BC pills have been linked to major hair loss. I've been off Levora for 4 months now....could I still be having effects from it or is it out of my system??? :confused:

Hi:)

I know this post is old, but if you're still reading I wanted to tell you what happened to me. I started losing my hair about 3 years ago due to stress and my thyroid(you may want to have that checked). It was falling out just like your's was. I would find my hair all over the place. I finally talked to my doctor and he told me it took about 6 months for the hair to start growing back and get into it's normal routine. He also told me to go to the store and get what is called AG Pro Tabs. I took those tablets and slowly but surely, my hair started growing back. I just bought another bottle because my hair is thinning again because my thyroid is flarred up. I hope something helps you:)

Chantel