Hair Changes
- Some people may experience hair changes while taking immunosuppressives. Hair changes are usually limited to hair thinning. Sometimes, the thinning occurs in patches.
- 30 out of 100 people experience these problems on Cytoxan and 9 out of 100 people have hair changes on Cellcept.
- This effect is temporary hair grows back when treatment is stopped.
- Hair changes are more common with Cytoxan than Cellcept.
- Lupus, itself, may also cause hair loss.
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