Hair loss due to Letrozole

Hi Pixie cat, I have been completely hairless (or, in your case and mine, perhaps I should say, "fur-less" ;)  ) for the better part of a year now. I do have a wig but have not used it even once. During cold weather I used one of those chemo hats that look a bit like swimming caps, and on hot days I tend to go au naturel. That can present its own issues when people want to stroke my head, but I hiss at them and they back away.   This choice is not for everyone, but I like the freedom of not having to bother with a wig.

Are you able to ask your oncologist to refer you to a dermatologist? They might be able to help or refer you further.

Hi 

Did you have chemotherapy, i am also on Letrozole but it was the chemotherapy that has coursed permanent hair loss.. If you look on line i am in the article on hair loss in the Sunday mail last week by Moira Petty she wanted to know if we were told there could be permanent hair loss when offered the chemo, it would have been a help for me because i have spent the last 4 years looking for a solution, i have seen a dermatologist, tried regaine and you name it i have tried everything. I have to take Letrozole for 10 years in total but this has coursed osteoporosis so i now have to take alendronic acid tablets.

I also wear either a wig or hat when i go out, i think it affects a lot more people than 2%.