How some weight loss medications can cause hair loss

Can weight loss medications also cause hair loss?

We know they work. Thousands of people have shed pounds in weeks after using one of the semaglutide diabetes medications.

Only Wegovy is FDA approved for weight loss as of now, but be warned if the weight is falling off fast, something else may start falling out too.

"It's massive amounts of shedding, up to even 50% of their hair. They see their hair in the shower, on their clothes, on their bedsheets. There's just hair everywhere," says Cleveland Clinic dermatologist, Shilpi Khetarpal, MD.

Dr. Khetarpal says she's seeing 15 to 20 patients a week dealing with significant hair loss. All of them are using the weight loss drugs. Hair starts coming out around three months after they begin the medication. She says that hair loss is not necessarily a side effect of the actual drug, but fallout from the rapid weight loss.

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