A woman has revealed that she lost sixty percent of her hair after coming off hormonal birth control, saying that ‘hormonal shock’ triggered the autoimmune disease alopecia areata.
Chancy Sessions, 25, from alabamaopened up about her dreaded hair loss in a series of TIC Toc Video. In May, she went viral after sharing pictures of what her hair looked like before and after birth control.
Her long blonde tufts had fallen out of her hair within a few weeks, and she had large bald patches on her scalp that she feared would never grow back.
He wrote in the caption, ‘Birth control doesn’t spoil you that much…’ clipWhich has been viewed more than 9.4 million times.
Chancy Sessions, 25, of Alabama, revealed in a series of TikTok videos that going off hormonal birth control caused 60 percent of her hair to fall out
Her long blonde tufts had fallen out of her hair within a few weeks, leaving large bald spots on her scalp.
session first revealed Her shock diagnosis in February, nearly four months after her first birthday spiraled out of control, led she to say she was ‘silently suffering’.
‘I was on hormonal birth control for over 10 years. I never really got the advice that there was another option,’ she explained. ‘Every time I’d go to the doctor, they’d say, “Oh, birth control will help with this. You’re lacking birth control? Let’s increase your dose. This will help with that.”
‘By the end of my birth control journey, I was on the strongest form of birth control they offer to the general public.’
Sessions decided it was time to stop taking contraception after her marriage in June 2021. She explained that she had previously met with her doctor and asked if there was anything she could do to prepare her system, but she was assured that hormonal contraception did not cause any harm to the body.
‘Bulls**t,’ he said. ‘I was literally living in hell for the last four months.’
Sessions went out of birth control in November, and by January, she was losing her hair in bunches, which she described as a “real nightmare.”
Sessions had long, thick blonde hair that swept down her back before she lost her hair
When Sessions went to a dermatologist, it was determined she was losing her hair due to ‘hormonal shock’, triggering alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes hair loss
Sessions first revealed her shocking diagnosis in February, nearly four months after her first birthday spiraled out of control, saying she was ‘silently suffering’.
‘How many hairs have I pulled out of my hair in one hair wash?’
She said she went to her gynecologist immediately, but was told it was flowing and that nothing could be done. In fact it was suggested that he go back on birth control.
‘I really felt like my life was ending,’ she said buzzfeed, ‘I knew something had happened before it got worse, but no one around me would take me seriously.
‘My in-laws and parents kept saying it was due to stress and I was very angry because I knew it was definitely not there. On my honeymoon in Bora Bora and Tahiti, I was in the midst of one of the happiest moments of my life, when I first noticed that something was wrong.’
Sessions then went to a dermatologist, who determined that ‘hormonal shock’ was causing her hair loss.
After blood tests and a biopsy, she was told that discontinuing birth control had triggered alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes unpredictable and patchy hair loss.
Sessions reported that she had been on birth control for over a decade and was on the strongest hormonal birth control possible when she stopped taking it in November.
Within a few months, her hair had started falling out at an alarming amount, leaving bald spots on her scalp
Session’s gynecologist was unable to help her and even suggested she go back on birth control
She said in her video from February, ‘I have lost 60 percent of my hair in two months due to hormonal birth control, which initially triggered alopecia areata.
‘I am grateful for the amount of hair I still have. It could be very bad. I’ve seen too bad,’ she said. ‘I have seven to ten bald spots on my head. Yes, I’ve been wearing a hat for two months because of how bad my hair is, and I’m grateful.’
Sessions said she also bought a wig because she was convinced she would lose all her hair, but she noted in another video from last month that her hair ‘grows back as fast as it falls out.’
In the clip, she ran a comb through the top of her scalp to show off the tiny bits of hair that had grown so far.
‘I started losing hair in January and was almost bald, but by April, it was completely covered again, so February was my real growing month,’ she told BuzzFeed. ‘There was peach fuzz in February, but now I have two to three inches of hair all around.’
Thousands of people have commented on the session’s viral video, and many were inspired to share their own experiences with hormonal birth control.
Sessions was afraid she would go completely bald and even bought a wig
However, Sessions said that her hair ‘grows back as fast as it falls out’
Sessions is increasing her hair growth in her recent video
Session now has two to three inches of hair that has grown and covered in bald spots on his head
‘Oh God!! This happened to me on a very small scale,’ wrote a TikTok user. ‘I am very sorry to hear this.’
‘I am a hairstylist and I had many clients who’ [started] To experience major breakage and hair loss after getting birth control,’ someone else added.
Another shared, ‘Going from BC I got the worst cystic acne of my life. ‘It was terrible and nothing helped it. (Until I got pregnant and my hormones were recalibrated).’
Irregular or heavy periods, acne, hair loss and headache are all symptoms post birth control syndrome (PBCS)Which can happen when a person stops taking hormonal contraceptives.
Dr. Aviva Romm coined the term in her 2008 book Botanical Medicine for Women’s Health, suggesting that some people may experience irregular periods and other symptoms in the months after they stop using hormonal birth control. could.
However, despite anecdotal evidence that the syndrome exists, there are no scientific studies to confirm its true status, and it is not widely recognized within the medical community.