accutane hair loss

[sweetiepie13]

My 22 year old daughtr used to have full, long, beautiful hair. It is very fine in texture- but she had lots of it. When she began taking birth control pills in HS, we noticed some shedding, but she still had enough new hair growth. (She tried a few different pills and the patch- now is off BCP. (I'm sure her hormones have been out of balance) In September however, she went on a course of accutane for 4 1/2 months. She was away at school or I would have told her to stop when her hair started falling out/thinning. Now she is medication free and has been for about 7 weeks (off b/c since Septmber- I know she was supposed to be on it, but she knew she was not sexually active and made this decision on her own) Have you seen patients with accutane hair loss? Is there a chance her hair will come back in? Should she get back on birth control pills in your opinion, or wait to see what happens with her hair? (She is afraid to take ANY medication right now, for fear of losing more hair) Thank you so much for your time, and for appreciating how devastating losing hair can be- especially in young girls.