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I have been on Xeljanz for 2 1/2 months 5 mg 2X daily and just last week I got about 7 white, baby fine "vellus" hairs right on top of my head and many, many of the same hairs on my face !! Like forehead, cheeks, etc. I never had hair on my face before just above my upper lip that I would pluck. Thankfully, it is light. There are no other hairs anywhere else right now but I am hoping for more. I just wonder if "vellus" hair always means you will get "terminal" hair with pigmentation? ..
Not necessarily. I didn't.
No Xeljanx. I had UV, tar shampoo, shots in the head, cortisone, prednisone 1963-1972. Then, after hair growth 1972-1990s, birth control pills seemingly caused hair loss again, going to AT and AU. Tried the shots and the Dritho cream, then gave up on it all by 2000. Now, at age 62, I just have white hair circling a bald dome. Regular brunette hair came back on most of body and face, but is sparse on arms and legs. I wear wigs, hats, scarves in public, and nothing on head (at home) when it is warm. After 51 years of this, I just accept it and move on.
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My daughter has had natural remission on and off for the last 11 years. (no drugs ) When her hair came back this way it will always start as vellus hair and then terminate in patches (she has had varying percentages of regrowth from 97% to 70%).
She has recently been diagnosed with another auto immune condition. (Crohn's disease). She was put on very high dosages of prednisone (very unpleasant drug)...and yes she had regrowth because of it, but never like when she went into a natural remission. She is now on an immunosuppressant..to keep (hopefully) her Crohn's under control. She has no hair even though on this drug. These type of drugs are not a great choice if you don't have to take them, there really are some horrendous side effects (and I know that people are watched closely) as my daughter is...but if I had the choice and my daughter had the choice she would not be taking them.
Rosy
Hi Rose, just wondering if you are still taking Zeljanz and if you had any more growth. I am two months on Zeljanz, but have not had the amazing results other people are having....yet. I do have some vellus on head, but is about it.
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