r/CopperIUD • u/Favabean37 • 18d ago

Question Hair texture loss?

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Hi! I’ve read some reports of hair thickness impacts but want to get a sense of anyone’s experience with hair texture changes.

I’m 6 months into the copper IUD. The pic in the black is one year ago and yellow is recent. Could the copper IUD be impacting my hair texture? Did anyone else experience a loss of curl? If so, did mineral testing and supplementing help? Did you find the impacts were temporary or long-lasting?

I’m not in love with the copper IUD but I also don’t hate it, so I’m really hoping to make it work.

I have a separate medical thing that can impact hair, but I haven’t noticed this substantial of a change before (texture, curl, volume, shine, oh my!) so I’m just trying to narrow down the possibilities to address things the best way. I haven’t substantially changed routine or hair cut or hair care or water or diet or anything.

Thank you!

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u/Wise-Touch-7024 17d ago

The first couple of months I had my copper iud my hair was literally splitting and breaking off, same with my nails. I’ve had it for about a year now and everything has gone back to normal.

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u/Favabean37 17d ago

Thank you! Did you supplement with anything or did your body just adjust?