Injection and hair loss

How our community feel they have been impacted by hair loss on injection

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

None or not sure

95%

A bit

2%

Quite a bit

2%

A great deal

2%

A lot

0%

Out of the 301 reviews for injection, 16 people (5%) reported hair loss.

Reviewers that reported hair loss as a side effect

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

Used for 3 - 6 mo
17 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  1 week ago

took some time before i ever come here mainly because i was scared , shy , & hated myself for what im about to talk about here❤️ trust me when i say it’s hard ( im even trying not to cry ) shap so i started my pregnancy prevention journey this year on April it’s been 6 months now & never missed even a single dose (big ups!!) Starting it was so fun & games bcs i would notice some changes & that for me was a game changer bcs I’ve always wanned to gain weight so badzzzz ( i lost weight before so starting this journey for me was a bounce back ) may started eating a lot!! , June my periods desappeared July i got some pimples , august i experienced painful headaches, September my mood swings would change here & there & all that came unoticed to me because that one thing I’ve always wanned does not happen im not gaining still , bro im so drained i feel like it’s so useless for me to inject i don’t know but yeah hey i just hope god pulls through im even thinking of leaving it

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Very negative mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 18 mo - 3 yr
16 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  13th May 25

I was on this injection for 2 years, the whole process put me off . when i started the injection i had a period of 16 days (over two weeks) and it was so heavy, months went on and my periods stopped all together, i didn’t have a period for minus 2 years , i’m now on the combined pill but i did receive higher anxiety and depression towards taking it for ages, the doctor offered me antidepressants but i didn’t want to be taking them as i am a quite smily happy person but i literally lost all my energy and motivation to do anything.


Somewhat negative mood

3 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Used for 3 - 5 yr
20 years old
🇬🇧 UK
  •  22nd Mar 25

It is effective and it's convenient but unfortunately the side effects are really bad but it depends on different body types


Somewhat negative mood

2 more effects

0 helpful

0 comments

Injection common side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

43% of injection reviewers reported vaginal dryness

43% of injection reviewers reported tender breasts

40% of injection reviewers reported vaginal discharge

39% of injection reviewers reported lower back pain

38% of injection reviewers reported period like cramps


Possible injection side effects

Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews

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