Dermatologist Shereene Idriss explains spironolactone, a medication that blocks testosterone to treat hormonal acne and hair loss, especially for people with PCOS. It can regrow scalp hair and reduce body hair, but may cause breast enlargement or irregular spotting. Talk to a board-certified dermatologist before starting.
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Period. I'm in the back of the cold. Your daddy, and he's working a pop in a park. Dealing with acne, Losing your hair, and you're a woman's prone lactone might be your miracle drug. Including you if you have pcos. Why? Because all of that is due to being either super sensitive to testosterone or having higher levels of testosterone. And seronolactone, she blocks the effects of testosterone so you're not as sensitive to it and therefore your hormonal acne, poof, gone. Your hair growth, poof, coming back. But your boobs might get bigger too, and you may get irregular spotting. Side note, pcos, ladies. You guys have higher levels of testosterone. That means we lose hair up here, but we gain hair over here, here, and here. When you take spironolactone, it's going to help increase the hair up here, but minimize the hair here, here, here, and here. Hope that helps clarify it, but it does come with side effects and you should always see your local board certified derm. Let me know if you guys have questions below.
