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Author Topic: HAART and hair color change  (Read 4644 times)

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Offline egello

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HAART and hair color change
« on: March 14, 2007, 02:23:54 am »
for a couple of years now before i got sick with PCP, my hair (naturally black) has been turning lighter and lighter almost to a point of reddish light brown. however, i noticed that since starting my meds. 1.5 months ago, my new growing hair is as black as it used to be some years ago.

anyone noticed this change?

if so, is hiv causing hair to get lighter?
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Offline egello

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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2007, 04:20:48 pm »
ok, i am noticing mroe and more,, the new growth is definitely jet black, and there is a clear line of new black hair and the pre HAART almost blond hair, everyone thinks that i had my hair bleached and my natural hair color is growing back... what the heck... anyone ever experience this?

could it be that the HAART is making my digestion better so all the nutrients that feed color black is gaining back?
1/29/07 14 T, 300 k V, 1.8 %
2/22/07 197 T, 247 V, 6.8 %
3/27/07 164 T, <50 V, 5.4 %
5/28/07 177 T, <50 V, 8.2 %
7/28/07 214 T, <50 V, 9.6 %
10/3/07 380 T, <50 V, 10 %

Offline egello

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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2007, 11:20:43 pm »
somebody please respond???
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2/22/07 197 T, 247 V, 6.8 %
3/27/07 164 T, <50 V, 5.4 %
5/28/07 177 T, <50 V, 8.2 %
7/28/07 214 T, <50 V, 9.6 %
10/3/07 380 T, <50 V, 10 %

Offline Kellyk

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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2007, 11:36:53 pm »
I think I've noticed more grey since starting HAART in Nov. :/

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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2007, 11:41:12 pm »
I'm not sure I understand well.

Are you saying that since tested positive you noticed that your hair was going blond and when you started meds your hair was going back to its natural color?
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Offline Ihavehope

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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2007, 02:25:34 pm »
i don't get in egello.

Your hair is growing back to it's natural hair color and u are freaked out?

You should really calm down a notch, i would worry if my hair was turning blond but that didn't seem to worry you much. anyway ask your doc.
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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2007, 06:46:59 pm »
Egello..similar  thing happened to me....before I was sick I had very thick dark brown salt/pepper hair......after I started meds  my hair thinned out significantly and turned almost white...after two years I  was almost back to where I started from..reasonably thick med brown s/p hair...I took more than a year to get cd 4 above 200 and vl  undetectable

Dr told me it was essentially the same as the effects of chemotherapy.....large doses of drugs..very compromised immune system.. nutrition way out of balance.....then as your body recovers so does some of the more obvious effects....

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Offline egello

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Re: HAART and hair color change
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2007, 04:30:52 am »
no no,, i wasn't really worried, but i just thought it was interesting.

for several years before i was diagnosed with aids, my hair was turning lighter and lighter almost going blond, but since starting HAART two months ago, my new growth is completely black as my hair used to be. I can see a line between the new hair growing out since starting the HAART and hair before that.

So i guess this is a good thing? I mean I feel like crap on some days due to the meds, but does the hair color change show that I am actually getting better? even though my brain fog is getting worse everyday? hmm,, i have no idea

1/29/07 14 T, 300 k V, 1.8 %
2/22/07 197 T, 247 V, 6.8 %
3/27/07 164 T, <50 V, 5.4 %
5/28/07 177 T, <50 V, 8.2 %
7/28/07 214 T, <50 V, 9.6 %
10/3/07 380 T, <50 V, 10 %

 


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