Letrozole and Hair

I don’t have a great solution but I use Rogaine. It stopped the shedding completely for almost a year but now sheds again (I still use it though). I’ve been on letrozole for 4 years and shedding started about 2 years in. Not sure if this is partly due to letrozole and partly menopause related? Before I lost my hair to chemo I was 36 and pre-menopausal so I think some thinning of hair after menopause is expected. It sucks though but no one seems to notice but me. Hope someone posts to say that the thinning stops eventually! Take car

Well-ll-ll, I thought I had prepared myself for this, I found out a couple weeks ago, that maybe I'm not so prepared. When I ran my hand through my hair a couple weeks ago, I saw about a half dozen hairs on my fingers. I blamed it on the dryness from the heat in the house. I can't use that as an excuse anymore.

I wash my hair every four days using baby shampoo, and instead of scrubbing my scalp with my fingers, I just pat my head LOL.

I think I will try the Rogaine.

Thanks for posting this question, and thank you also to those who have replied. I started Letrozole in late March last year and recently started noticing my hair coming out (on the pillow, in comb/hairbrush). I too wondered how far it will progress. I wonder why it takes a while before the hair loss begins. I've been in menopause for 5 years, so was already post-menopausal before diagnosis of the BC. I was diagnosed in late 2018.

I agree that the foam version of Rogaine (or generic version) is better than liquid/serum version. You only need to use it at night (versus twice a day) and it’s not that messy. I aim for 6 nights a week. I also try washing my hair every other day vs daily since I seem to lose hair when I comb it wet. I’ve never heard or read of anyone going completely bald from letrozole (or any AI) so that’s good. My mom and grandmother are both on different AI’s and neither have any bald spots or anything that looksconcerning. I’ve complained to doctors about hair shedding and they just kinda say ‘at least that must mean you don’t have much estrogen’ which I guess is true.

My hair never came back completely after total loss. But I had some. 4 years, aramidex, about 7 months on tamoxifen, still not bad.

Letrozole is taking what little I have now. I expect to loose it all. My brows and lashes are about gone. Haven’t shaved legs in weeks. Nothing there.

I saw this article and thought I’d try it. Can’t hurt, may help.

There is a product called Toppik you can use on thin spots.You shake the fibers onto your head and they fill in the thin areas. You can get it at beauty supply stores.

I’ve been on Letrozole since the end of April and, here it is, 4 months later I’m noticing hair loss. I have a thick head of hair and noticed that I’m losing an excessive amount ofhair in the shower, when I brush/comb it, and when I run my fingers through it. Since it’s summer, I’ve been letting my hair air dry instead of using a blow dryer. I was post-menopausal at the time of my surgery in March. I’m glad I found this post and will speak with the medical oncologist at my follow-up in October. I also switched the timing of taking the pill because I noticed that when I took the pill before bed, I had severe hot flashes during the night. Now I take the pill in the morning and noticed that the hot flashes are a little more manageable.