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How would you manage a patient who presents with hair loss that began after they started a GLP-1 inhibitor?

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Dermatology · UCLA Health

If it fits with telogen effluvium, I recommend monitoring. Many patients will improve after this initial shedding and will not have long-term shedding or long-term thinning. If there is any underlying androgenetic alopecia or pattern hair loss, then starting treatment as you normally would is also r...

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