Does depo-Provera injection cause hair loss?
How our community feel they have been impacted by hair loss on depo-Provera injection
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
None or not sure
97%
A bit
2%
Quite a bit
1%
A lot
1%
A great deal
1%
Out of the 175 reviews for depo-Provera injection, 0 people (0%) reported hair loss.
Reviewers that reported hair loss as a side effect
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
Used for 12 - 18 mo
28 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 22nd Oct 23
Stopped periods after 2nd injection… fairly happy with this contraception compared to the pill. Biggest side effect for me is low sex drive
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
0 comments
Used for 6 - 12 mo
16 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 11th Oct 23
I was on it for 9 months and I only started the pill today but the injection had made me bleed nonstop and have really bad back pain and the weight gain was really bad I didn’t feel myself and the sex drive at the start was high but it kept getting lower and lower the cramps are worse than the ones i used to get and my family have a high estrogen level it doesn’t work that well when you have high estrogen levels.
Top side effects not reported
0 helpful
1 comments
Used for 1 - 3 mo
25 years old
🇬🇧 UK
• 20th Jun 23
Since you take this and it lasts 3 months, there is nothing you can do if you don't like the side effects. I had a dreadful bloating feeling in my stomach that never would leave and this is something I never had before and have never had since. I would feel floods of depression and absolute misery come over me all of a sudden for no apparent reason, which again I had never experienced before or since.
Top side effects not reported
1 helpful
0 comments
Depo-Provera injection common side effects
Data is taken from self reported Lowdown user reviews
42% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported tender breasts
41% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported vaginal dryness
35% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported vaginal discharge
31% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported lower back pain
30% of depo-Provera injection reviewers reported period like cramps
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