http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643 Hi Everyone, My experience with Mirena is still causing me distress, and I had it taken out on 9/1/08. I've been Mirena free for 5 months now, and still waiting for my hair to grow back. I do see some small, short hairs around my hairline, and I'm hoping t Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:24:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16728 Have you by chance had your estrogen level checked? At 45, the progestin in the Mirena could have caused such an imbalance that it affected your hair in a very real way....something that might not have happened w/o the Mirena. The reason I ask is that my http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16728 Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:48:08 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16733 ALmost EVERYONE is losing fistfuls of hair a day with the Mirena. My familiy has been complaining for a year that my hair is in EVERYTHING. It IS!!! It falls out constanly. Its all over everything like a dog shedding! Women on here have been told that the http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16733 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:25:43 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16741 I just turned 31 and my hair has been thinning alot and it just feels different. It feels really oily. My ob said that its just from giving birth and it will grow back but my daughter is 10 months old. Well I know its the mirena because of all the other si http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16741 Wed, 04 Feb 2009 10:46:41 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16743 Read down the old posts as I have written about my hair loss. I had all the other symptoms too and had the mirena removed last May. I am still battling hair loss and it had turned into a scarring hair loss condition called lichen plano planaris. I use s http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16743 Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:50:02 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16778 I, too, had massive hair loss.....half my hair and I only had the mirena for 3 months. Upon on removal, the hair loss continued for 6 months. The dermatologist confirmed that it was from the synthetic hormone in mirena and told me that it would probably http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16778 Fri, 06 Feb 2009 12:32:05 -0500 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16818 Yes, I too have experienced many of the symptoms listed. The most obvious ones have been hair loss and weight gain. I kept thinking maybe it was my age, 47, and just the way life was going to be. I also have a thyroid condition which had been stable for http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=16818 Thu, 07 May 2009 19:33:24 -0400 http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=19602 I have had my mirena for 1yr and i too have noticed hair coming out. It really just started about 2 months ago. I thought it was shampoo or my hair dye. I have also noticed moodswings and have been very depressed. I started thinking about the hormones http://www.medications.com/effect/view/38643?item=19602